Now that Christmas is over and there’s no chance of me spoiling any surprises for JB, I’ve got a few products to recommend, starting with this awesome meat thermometer. I think someone sent me a link to it more than a year ago, and I’ve saved the info in my email ever since, waiting for […]

I shudder to think of it now, but I almost threw out a gallon-sized bag of gingersnap cookies that had inexplicably hardened up. (I had a pair of 2-year-old sous-chefs when I was making the cookies, that’s all I’ll say in the way of blame.) Then, as if by divine intervention, I dipped […]

I meant to post this before now to give you time to contemplate its holiday breakfast inclusion possibility, but if you’ve got family in town for a few days, there should be plenty of occasions to whip up this super-delicious, marginally-fancy-looking fruit salad. It would make a nice light side dish at dinner, or the […]

I’m sorry. Those of you who don’t celebrate Christmas are probably like, “OH NO, NO MORE CHRISTMAS PLEEEEEASE, WHEN OH WHEN WILL IT BE OVER!!??” Just a few more days of it. Hang in there.
One Christmas long ago I mentioned I wanted Christmas CDs, and I got them from EVERYONE. The […]

I made these cookies a couple weeks ago after I found myself craving a dessert that featured mint candies (what can I say: pregnancy is weird), and they fit the bill so wonderfully I pretty much annihilated them all over a three-day period. They are delicious and kind of chewy and just perfect for the […]