I braved a blizzard to drive to work and partake in the end-of-the-world potluck. The theme was to bring the one food you’d want to eat if the world really does end tomorrow. I made bread budding with whiskey sauce. After my 45-minute commute (it usually take 20 minutes) and seeing photos of downed trees [...]

I mocked Mother Nature by bringing a piece of summer into my kitchen. I love s’mores. I love setting a marshmallow to flames, then squishing it between to graham crackers and chocolate. I love the messiness and the stickiness, and the feeling of happiness that comes with eating a snack that makes you feel like [...]

I made a new cookie. Baking Christmas cookies is a tradition, but that doesn’t mean you can’t add a new recipe to the mix. I try a new cookie recipe every year. Some recipes are awesome and are now part of my cookie rotation. Others were a one-time-only cookie, but that’s OK. Trying new things [...]

I got tired of unwrapping candy. Baking with candy is great. We never have candy in the house. Unless it’s Halloween. Or my birthday. Or I had a rough day at work. Or we’re making popcorn (because we always add M&Ms to popcorn at my house). OK, we have some type of candy in the [...]

We made our neighbors happy. After taking a picture of all the cookies we baked yesterday, the kids and I packed eight boxes of goodies to give to our neighbors, the mailman, the recycling crew and garbage collectors, and the UPS delivery guy. Even with all those cookies we gave away, we still have a [...]

I learned that my children are the best kids in the world. We baked cookies for seven hours yesterday (hence the late blog post; by the time our kitchen was put back together last night, I was too sore to type). We started around noon, rolling out the sugar cookie dough. (Emma’s recipe; not mine. [...]

I gave in to peer pressure. Today was a rough day – and not just for me. It seemed everyone on the features desk was putting out small fires, so when someone mentioned craving a cookie, I mentioned that I had considered taking on a 12 Days of Christmas Cookies challenge for Everybody Eats. “That’s a [...]