There are at least two kinds of eaters in the world–those that have dessert every night and those that don’t. We’re the latter sort, with the great exception of Company.  Company for dinner, that is.  My grandmother made dessert for her ten children every night.  To this day, my dad instinctively hunts around for a [...]

(Foolishly?), I have begun making most my Christmas gifts in the last few years.  I’m realizing how much TIME it takes, and that it’s not necessarily much cheaper.  I picked Emily up for our Christmas date last night.  When she asked me how I was, I said, “I’m not in the Christmas spirit.”  I haven’t [...]

Alright already!  Enough not-so-subtle hints dropped about my Mom’s cranberry pinwheels!  Sheesh.  It’s fun pretending I’m annoyed, but my Need to be Needed tendencies love it.
My Mom’s been making some version of these cookies on our Christmas baking day for a few years now.  This year, she used fresh cranberries and pecans.  Other years, she’s [...]

I saw my friend Dawn at the gym this morning, who told me she’s had cookies on the brain lately because of this blog.  She’s too nice to curse me, but huffing and puffing at 5:45 a.m. was punishment enough.  Sorry, Dawn.  More cookies.
But there’s more to this story.  1) These are for the fire [...]

Here’s something for a rainy day.  Lord, we’ve been having a lot of those lately.
I should not be making or eating cookies these days.  I brought my favorite dress to NYC and was appalled.  It fit me perfectly last November, and I could barely zip it this time.  Time for Moderation 2010.  I’ve fired up [...]