Posted in cookies, dessert, recipe comparisons, winter/holidays on Mar 4th, 2010
You know those people who decorate sugar cookies so beautifully it’s hard to believe those works are art are edible? Yeah, I am not one of them. I haven’t made sugar cookies in months, and you know why? It’s a pain in the butt, and the results of my decorating are never [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, fall, fruit, healthy, quick bread, whole grains, winter/holidays on Jan 11th, 2010
I don’t know why I feel the need to state this every year, but, again, for the record: I am pro New Year’s Resolution. Yes, we all know that you can resolve to make changes any day of the year. So what? New Year’s Day is the official last day of holiday [...]
Posted in freezer friendly, gluten free, good as leftovers, lamb, winter/holidays on Jan 7th, 2010
Whenever I eat lamb, my first whiff of it always seems a little…off. Is lamb like feety cheese – stinky, but in a good way? Or am I just attuned to beef, and I’m surprised when the lamb smells different? Whatever, I’ve decided that I officially like lamb. Stinky or not.
This [...]
Posted in chocolate, dessert, nuts, pie, tuesdays with dorie, winter/holidays on Dec 29th, 2009
Conversations from this Christmas:
Me: I was thinking we could all go to the botanical garden’s light show like we did a couple years ago.
My sister: Oh yeah, we did that last year too, so it’s a new tradition.
4-year old, after opening a present: A truck! Vroom vroom! Can I open another present now?
His [...]
Posted in custard, dessert, fruit, nuts, pie, tuesdays with dorie, winter/holidays on Dec 1st, 2009
I’m not really good with pears. I don’t know much about them, so I never buy them. And, of course, because I never buy them, I don’t learn much about them. Which types are best for baking and for eating? When are they in season? How do I know when [...]
Posted in chocolate, cookies, dessert, favorites, freezer friendly, winter/holidays on Nov 26th, 2009
It’s Thanksgiving! And that means it’s officially Christmastime!
Right?
Oh, it means something about giving thanks? Hmm. That’s cool too.
Still, once the feast is over, it’s all about Christmas. I used to try to hold off thinking about, hearing, and seeing anything Christmas-related until Thanksgiving, but you can imagine how successful that strategy [...]
Posted in cake, dessert, fall, fruit, nuts, tuesdays with dorie, winter/holidays on Nov 24th, 2009
When I did my bake-and-send extravaganza last summer, I unintentionally left a few key people out. Namely, our moms, both mine and Dave’s. Oops.
I did, however, send a box of cookies to my mother-in-law’s sister. Who, of course, called my mother-in-law, mentioned the cookies, and then…I was in trouble. Well, not [...]
Posted in dessert, fall, fruit, quick bread, winter/holidays on Nov 20th, 2009
Sometimes I’m too full of myself for my own good. When I saw this on Jen’s site, I noted that she called it ‘cranberry dessert.’ But, in my hubris, I figured, what the hell, it looks like a cake. I’ll call it a cake and serve it as a cake.
In retrospect, though, [...]
Posted in cookies, dessert, freezer friendly, tuesdays with dorie, winter/holidays on Nov 17th, 2009
A story:
I was trying to decide where to go to graduate school, visiting schools and meeting with potential advisors. One of those advisors had me over for dinner at his house with his family. His wife said she’d recently made molasses taffy, and I blurted out, “It doesn’t taste like molasses, right? That [...]
Posted in breakfast, citrus, fall, freezer friendly, fruit, quick bread, winter/holidays on Nov 5th, 2009
This recipe changed the whole shape of my last year. Before making these great scones, I’d spend a large part of both weekend mornings cooking, usually something sweet one day and something savory the other. It made for a nice breakfast category here, but it wasn’t the best way to relax on the [...]
