I’m not really that big on french fries. I will eat them, of course, I just don’t really love them. But sweet potato fries? Those I find hard to resist. So I was excited to try the homemade kind — and even more excited when I realized how fast and easy it is. Plus, they […]
This morning I got an e-mail from WordPress with my blog stats for the year: How many posts I published, how many photos and some of the most popular posts. Then Toby suggested I do a post about the top 10 recipes of 2010. According to my site statistics, bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin was by far […]
Merry Christmas! I hope Santa brought you everything you asked for… but since he may have eaten all your cookies, I’ve got your back. And these are so good that they will make you smile even if you only got coal in your stocking. The key to the amazingness of these meringue cookies is crushed […]
These cookies could really be made at any time of year, but they definitely say Christmas to me — whether you call them Mexican wedding cookies, Russian tea cakes or something else. I have never had any trouble with these before, but the first recipe I tried this year was a little problematic. So as […]
It’s almost Christmas! Today I was going to give you cookies AND photos of 10 lords-(aka hot guys)-a-leaping, but it is surprisingly difficult to find photos of hot guys jumping. Instead, here is Knowshon Moreno leaping over a dude, and nine good-looking-guys-not-leaping: Matt Damon, Tom Brady (pre-Bieber hair) and Mark Sanchez, James Blake, Cristian de […]
I make gingerbread every year, partly because the little gingerbread men are so cute and partly because they are so delicious with pumpkin dip (recipe at the bottom). Yet every year I manage to lose the gingerbread recipe or forget which recipe I used before. I do remember that last year I used a mix […]
As you may know, I love vintage clothes. Especially my mother’s coats from the 70’s. So I thought I’d try a vintage recipe — from my grandmother’s 1964 edition of the Joy of Cooking. Apparently this recipe has sold “many a copy” of Joy of Cooking. Or at least it had in 1964. They are […]
This is a perfect time of year to wish — like all good Miss America candidates — for world peace. These cookies are so named because Dorie Greenspan’s neighbor believes a daily dose of them would ensure world peace. I can’t disagree. We have a magical Giant near us (the supermarket, not, like, Grawp) that […]
On the fifth day of Christmas cookies, I give to you: easy, low-calorie shortbread. Ba-dom dom dom. Since the macarons from Day 4 are so high-maintenance, I wanted to give you a recipe that doesn’t require a lot of time in the kitchen. These don’t look super Christmas-y, but the spices are very festive. If […]
We can’t all afford Blair Waldorf’s fabulous clothes. But you CAN make some of her favorite French macarons (if you are patient enough). These are different than (yummy) coconut blob macaroons. In fact, I am not entirely sure I had ever tasted one of this kind before. But they turned out surprisingly good, thanks to […]