Toddler Cookie Party
On New Year’s Eve, we had a wee party. Not a debauched, drunken, what-was-I-thinking kind of party. No, this was something a little gentler, a little ...
The Chocolatiest, Quickest, Most Rewarding Treat for No Effort at All: Amazon Cake
Thank god for the internet, that’s all I can say.
This afternoon I got a little stir-crazy—I’m just finishing one of my long-term on-site freelance gigs, which ...
Jew Food, Nutritious Nibbles, Snack
Passover Salt Fix: Baked Potato Chips
I hate Passover (funny, I said the exact same thing last year). Not only do I get sick of matzo almost immediately, I have a ...
Pre-Blizzard Spicy Hot Chocolate
They say we’re going to have a blizzard tonight. I’m so deep underground, scrambling to finish my freelance work, that I doubt it will make much difference to me—except that ...
Stephen’s Raspberry Brownies
Here’s a guest entry, written by Stephen, my husband—yes, the famous “S” has asked to be de-anonymized. We had a dinner party last weekend (which I’m planning to ...
Baking, Books, Breakfast, Snack
Christmas Morning Coffee Cake
The holiday spirit has eluded us this year. Because of my surgery, we missed both S’s family Christmas get-together and my own family’s Hanukkah one. We ...
Baking, Breakfast, Nutritious Nibbles, Pantry Cooking, Snack
Yup, It’s Autumn: Pumpkin Bread
One day maybe five years ago, my friend and former colleague L brought a loaf of pumpkin bread to work; it was devoured in about sixty ...
Breakfast, Dessert, Nutritious Nibbles, Snack
Perfect for a Cool Fall Morning: Baked Apple Compote
There are some days, especially at this time of year, when you just have too many apples. So what do you do? You make this simple, ...
Baking, Books, Jew Food, Snack
Sneak Peek at the New Year: Chocolate Honey Cake
If you’re a member of my family, here’s a look at tonight’s dessert:
Tonight is the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. S and I ...
Food Is Love: Oatmeal Cookies
It’s excruciating, waiting. S and I have some practice at it, after so many months of waiting for a positive pregnancy test, but nothing compares to ...