Once upon a time I thought there must be a holy grail of chocolate chip cookie recipes out there somewhere. I thought that when I found the perfect one, it would fulfill all of my chocolate chip cookie needs, forever and ever. What a foolish idea! There must be about a million ways to make […]
Ever since I’ve known him, my husband has been on a quest for the perfect churro. You see, his family spent two weeks in Spain when he was a teenager, and Dave stuffed himself with churros for breakfast every morning. He keeps telling me that churros are one of his favorite things, but every time […]
Did anyone else watch the American Baking Competition earlier this summer? I was addicted to it (so bummed there won’t be a second season!). I loved the setup: bake a “signature” item, demonstrate technical expertise, bake something fancy and complicated. It really got me thinking…do I have a signature pie or a signature bread? I […]
I like cookies. I like warm, crumbly cookies. I like them with nuts and brown sugar. I like it when they are full of butter and they melt in my mouth. I bet you’ll like these cookies, too.
Okay, I don’t know about you, but December is a really busy time of year for me. And it’s not just Christmas–my husband’s birthday is also in the middle of December! Plus, with baby Jake hanging around, demanding us to cuddle with him and coo with him, it just seems like the whole month passed […]
So perhaps you’ve heard of the infamous Neiman Marcus cookie. As urban legend goes, a mom and her daughter were shopping at the Neiman Marcus department store, and they stopped to get some lunch. After sampling a chocolate chip cookie, which they deemed to be the best chocolate chip cookie on the face of the […]
Oh my gosh. These cookies are divine. You must make them. Right away. Soft but slightly crumbly dark chocolate cookie covered in sweet, sticky, stretchy caramel…*drool* So I’ve got to warn you before you make these. It’s impossible to eat just one. That’s partly because if you stack them together, it will be very difficult […]
So. I’ve been completely AWOL lately. I’ve been a bit distracted, what with starting a part-time job as a German teacher, finishing up my semester at grad school, and BEING FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS PREGNANT! Thought I’d slip that in there 🙂 My pregnancy so far has been rather delightful. I fell into that […]
Is it awful if I admit that the first and possibly best madeleine I ever ate came in a Starbucks wrapper? (That’s right…it wasn’t even fresh…) I mean, the madeleines in France last summer were delightful, and I really enjoy the madeleines I make at home (yeah…I nearly single-handedly polished off the whole dozen…), but […]