One of my favorite baking goddesses (I have many) is Alice Medrich. Yes, that Alice, Chocolate Maven, Dessert Queen and creator of quite possibly the…
A second recipe from The Perfect Cookie by America’s Test Kitchen caught my eye for a different reason. I had just made a batch of Potato…
My grandma had a washboard she kept next to the bathtub in a round, white tin basin. For those of you thinking “washboard?”, picture a…
Every now and then my political leanings sneak into a post. Nothing overt, a line, a sigh, a one-liner although I’m pretty sure my feelings…
This month’s Food52 Baking Club pick is Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bakery Book. A gorgeous, very heavy (a workout just lugging it around) opus on all…
A rift on CCC! Salted Butter & Chocolate Chunk Shortbread, buttery, filled with chocolate topped with fleur de sel and edged with sugar. Delicious!
Blueberry-Lemon Shortbread from Miranda Couse’s Easy Homemade Cookie Cookbook is a winner. These cookies remind me of my favorite scones which have dried blueberries and lemon zest…
One hundred and twenty-ish Remember that number. Way back in January we took an impromptu trip to New York for my cousin’s birthday. My cousin’s…
I snappd this photo at Black Sand Beach on the Big Island. When I saw the sign on the tree, one of my favorite cookies…