Tag: cookies

  • Personified Cookies bring Holiday Cheer

    As usual, December has been a fun-filled whirlwind kind of month. Chanukah came unseasonably early and before I could blink, it was gone! This year it was a real challenge for me to find Chanukah candles. I know that Jews are far outnumbered here in Boston, but I didn’t think it was quite so extreme.…

  • Take Two

    I’m going to try it again. Selling my cookies, that is. My friends Siiri and Jeremy are holding a holiday open house. They’ve asked several of their friends to participate by selling homemade/ handcrafted goods. I’ll be there with cookies and other sweet surprises alongside these talented people: Ogusky Ceramics Prosperity Candle Black Cap Arts…

  • Something Cookie-ing

    I’ve been busy in the Bread and Beta kitchen lately. There are many recipes and stories I want to share with you. Yet for now, I’m working on something new. It involves sharing in the real, physical world, not just the virtual cyberspace world. If all goes according to plan, I will be selling some…

  • Graham Cracker Cookies

    Lately I have been interested in learning to cook things that you might not normally cook. I think this is a phenomenon that is common in my age group demographic. When I encounter books like Can It, Pickle It, Cure It or blogs like Food in Jars, I completely relate to the authors. Perhaps in…

  • C is for…

    I know a lot of people love cake. Still more people are partial to cupcakes. They fawn over them and create achingly adorable or unusually flavored cupcake versions in mature and delectable flavors like passion fruit or dark mocha.  I like a piece of cake as much as the next person, but that’s as far…

  • The Great Italian Cookie Caper – Part Deux

    By jove, I think I’ve done it! After weeks – no – months, of dutiful testing, I’ve come up with my own personal perfect anise biscotti. This has been very hard work. I have the 5 extra pounds and content smile to prove it. Of course, it has been well worth the effort. I could…