Love And Olive Oil

Banana bread often veers into two extremes: overly dry, or so moist you worry it’s underbaked. But this loaf just might be the goldilocks of banana bread, with the perfect balance of moisture and tender crumb and a nutty brown butter flavor that serves to enhance the caramel notes of the banana. A tiny bit of sour cream adds moisture and body and prevents the bread from being...

Intensely flavorful with a delightful jammy texture that almost melts in your mouth, these passionfruit jellies are what’s known as pâte de fruit: a traditional French confection made by cooking fruit puree, pectin, and sugar until it sets into a firm gel that is then molded or cut into squares and dusted with granulated sugar.

Passionfruit is one of the most intens...