countdown to chrismas day 25! The Strand in New York is known for two things, miles and miles of books and employees that have way better things to do than help you actually find a book in those miles and miles of books. But that is the good thing about it, since you have to […]
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Turkey Canales
Canales are definitely the quirky ones of the patisserie world. They are so addictive, but not crazy sweet, nor crazy colorful. They just have a texture that you only get from a canale, but once you’ve had your first bite it feels like a crunch followed by a softness that literally is how every bite […]
“gobble” cake
This year, a perfect desert that will get your whole household grinning is a turkey ice-cream cake! And since it is stored in the freezer, and is basically just ice cream, you can take however long you want to gobble it up, especially if you are doing the holidays solo! When I first saw […]
amish friendship bread
After the agony that was my middle school experience, joining an environmental science program at a small, rural high school felt like finding the keys to heaven (oh god, has a dorkier sentence ever been typed?). A huge portion (a statistically bizarre amount) of all my favorite people came from my time there, where we […]
Thanksgiving Cookies!
Happy World Kindness Day! What is a sweeter way to show someone you care than to make them some on theme cookies? Today’s blog is all about Thanksgiving cookies and a special book that is all about kindness (and Thanksgiving). One of my favorite parts about the holiday season is all the great books that […]
pumpkin pie mini bites- with corrected recipe link
Is there any better, heart in the right place, holiday than Thanksgiving? In no way have I always felt this way. As a kid, it seemed like the holiday that came after Halloween that you had to slog through before starting to beg relentlessly for what you wanted at Christmas. It was something to […]
cassandra complex cookie
Nothing much to say except tomorrow, whatever happens, we are all in this together, for better or worse. If the worse happens, I hope some amazing people are inspired who might never cared enough to do anything, and then they enact change we couldn’t even think possible. If the best happens, I hope we get […]
halloween hand pies
halloween countdown DAY 31!!!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! If you are looking for a hearty, fast and cute recipe to make before hitting the streets trick or treating, this is the one to do! You can even assemble all the parts hours before dinner and just pop them in the fridge until you are ready to heat […]
gravestone madeleines
As a child, I imagine Marcel Proust being quite the handful, er mouthful. I wonder if he would wax poetic over things he was eating at the time, or if all the neural connections he would later pull from to write his books just electrified his brain silently, only to be returned to decades later, […]
madame leota and her crystal ball
Right about now, we are all wishing for a peak into the future…whether it is a look into what will happen after the election, or when covid will leave us all alone. I think the future is much easier to deal with this year if it comes in cookie form- enter (floating) these Madame Leota […]