Their version of a chocolate muffin, made with a complicated overnight cornstarch ferment is gluten-free and soft textured with a rich, deep chocolate flavour.
Breakfast is always grapefruit juice, black coffee and a bran muffin made by his wife, Dr. Judith Wurtman, who directs Triad, a commercial weight-loss center in Belmont, Mass.
Plum, marzipan and cinnamon muffins Makes 10-12.
Corn Meal Muffins (made with yellow corn meal).
The muffins made by the New English Muffin company in Woburn, Mass.
These diminutive muffins make the rotation at least twice a week.
And a whole-grain muffin recipe by Shauna James Ahern produces muffins so ethereal, fluffy and tender they seem like pastries from another planet — a sweet one, without gravity — and better than most other whole-grain muffins made with whole-wheat flour.
Muffins made with high-quality Valrhona chocolate lay down a marker, but its the light, aromatic cardamom twists (£1.90) that are fast approaching legendary status.
While the chief executive's job is now held by Sharon L. Patrick, it was mainly Ms. Stewart, the chief creative officer, who described -- over banana smoothies and pear muffins, made with two Everyday Food recipes -- the identity and purpose of the magazine.
Hungry children will eat what is readily available, and what was available in my house at all times was fresh fruit, a fruit salad, carrot and celery sticks with a low-fat dip, homemade quick breads and muffins made with far less sugar and fat than commercial versions, skim milk, 100percentt fruit juices and water.
It was an odd sort of treat, but wholly compelling, consisting of a dish of sour cream, a dish of stewed and sweetened wild strawberries and a selection of delicious little raspberry and blueberry muffins made with almonds and without flour.
