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painted get well cookies: Eglantine Roses to heal a wound

Those sneaky Victorians sure knew how to circumvent uptight social mores with style. By attributing meaning to flowers (as in, the Language of Flowers, as in, floriography), they could send covert messages to their secret loves via bouquets. How very clever and romantic. I’m taking their cue, but without the secret lover part. These flower [...]



Valentine’s Day from the archives

I have much to love this Valentine’s Day… not just my husband, five-year old daughter and three kitties, but a new baby girl. And my Roku box. Also, Pinot Grigio. Now, mind you, it’s not all lovey dovey cheesy in our house where Valentine’s Day is concerned. I reserve that mostly for the blog. My [...]



Cookie HQ at HERSHEY’S Kitchens: My Video and Photo Shoot

You probably don’t know this, but last month I was treated to a  fantabulous trip to the Hershey’s Headquarters? Wait, you might know. Because I talked about it HERE. And HERE. And HERE. Sheesh. I talk too much. Anyway,  I joined a dozen bloggers to make yummy holiday videos in the Hershey’s Test Kitchens with [...]



Christmas present cookie bites for Celebrations

  While I’m off having a baby in the hospital and through the magic of pre-posting, I’ll share with you a few posts I made  for Celebrations! Next up…   You may not be able to tell from the photograph, but these cookies are small. A mere 1 1/2 inches square, to be precise. And they [...]



winter and Christmas treats from the archives

Last archival roundup of the year! And this baby is coming veeeery soon. As in, a couple weeks. As in, you might not hear from me for awhile. I do have some more Christmas treats coming your way, though, through the magic of pre-posting and my nerdish penchant for being over prepared. As always, I’ve [...]