This year was my first year participating in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. It was so much fun to be able to bake for other bloggers and wait in anticipation to see what packages would arrive. What is the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap? The premise is that once …
Here in the States, we have been miss-educated. Before your mind wanders too far into what number of thing I could be talking about, remember, this is a food blog. What I am talking about here is the quite tragic, gross miss-representation of a macaroon. Recently, this delectable Parisian cookie …
A while back, T and I attempted to make grape jelly. For a first attempt, it turned out ok, but it was nothing to write home about – not enough flavor and all the wrong consistency. We’ve been able to doctor that first batch enough that it’s edible and actually …
I really wanted to try gingerbread this year but instead of taking the normal route, these Garam Masala-Chocolate Gingerbread cookies that I came across on Foodnetwork.com struck my intrigue. I pretty much followed the recipe exactly. I did cut it in half, but left egg the same, and omitted salt …