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If a mom thinks about a cookie, and thinking leads to procuring, and being unsatisfied with procurement leads to baking cookies, which inevitably leads to the most important question there is, soft or crisp? I am a crisp cookie person, my daughter prefers hers soft. When I bake cookies I often resolve this by pulling one batch from the oven […]

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When I was in fourth grade I entered a Girl Scout bake-off, and won first prize with a plum cake. I believe it was the Plum Cake Cockaigne from The Joy of Cooking. Each of my sisters and I made something for this competition, and basically my mom just gave us each a recipe. I […]

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If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, or have read my ‘about’ page, you know I’ve spent a lifetime failing at dieting. So a little over a year ago I swore off diets forever, and started writing. I guess for me writing has been liberating on so many levels, including allowing me to […]

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I ordinarily post on Wednesdays, but after returning today from a trip to NYC to see  a taping of The Chew, and celebrate Rachel’s birthday I’m just not up to it. That being said, I will post a recipe Thursday that will be well worth waiting for! If you missed Monday’s post, please check out […]

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