Here is a secret - I've been going to bed early every night, early early. Like 8 p.m. early. It's as if I'm so overwhelmed with all I have to do, I just give up and go to bed. It may be time to ...
Quick and Easy Desserts
Peppermint Bark Biscotti Recipe
Biscotti stole my heart on a very specific day in 1995. I had just biked to my friend's house and was surprised to find nearly every surface of her kitchen covered in pan after pan of long skinny ...
Zesty Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti TWO WAYS!
Zesty Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti is my second favorite biscotti combination in the world (after Peppermint Bark Biscotti, of course). These crisp Italian dunking cookies are inspired by Warren's ...
Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe
I was obsessed with ice cream when I was a kid. When I was growing up, we lived a few blocks from a local ice cream shop. I would pilgrimage there daily in the summer months, and when it was locked ...
Sour Cream Shortcake Recipe
I’m a total sucker for raspberry anything. I love them for their tart sweetness, and for the ability to pop the fat ones them onto the ends of my fingers like I’m 9 years old, a la Amelie. It’s ...
Quinoa Breakfast Cookies Recipe
Cookies for breakfast, you say? But of course. These little morning bites are gluten-free, and loaded with good stuff – like almonds, cranberries, and whole cooked quinoa for a different ...
Lavender Madeleines with Lemon Glaze
The time has come – Baby Time, that is! I’m taking a few weeks off to change diapers, kiss tiny foreheads, and chill out with my husband and our new little Mini-Me. While I’m out, some of my fave ...
Chocolate Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies Recipe
It was only one year ago that I sat here, hugely pregnant, with no idea what the next year would bring. Who has any idea what to expect their first year as parents, really? You never quite ...
Yummy Brown Sugar Meringues Recipe
It still amazes me sometimes, this cooking thing. Take brown sugar meringues, for example. Two egg whites at the bottom of a large mixing bowl do not look like much. A half cup of brown sugar ...
Salted Almond Honey Brittle Recipe
I like lists. It’s a nerd thing, what can I say? I like how they make me feel organized, even the times I create one while lying around on my couch and using a list app on my phone. (I’m also a ...
How To Make Hazelnut Penuche Recipe
So, what I’ve discovered is, I’m not very good at making candy. Why- I have no idea. Penuche is technically pretty simple- a creamy, brown sugar-y fudge that, from the initial glance of the ...
Whiskey Lemon Bars Recipe
For weeks, I’ve had this bright idea to make a baked good that remind me of a whiskey hot toddy. They would be lemon bars, with liquor and honey! And a shortbread crust! God, you are ...