Monthly Archive

May 2008

It’s Cookie Day

It was time to try a new cookie.  I’ve really been a fan lately of oatmeal cookies, so when someone on a bulletin board pointed out this cookie on the Ghirardelli website,...

Mussels With Oven-Roasted Beets

One of the benefits of Andy working out of town from time to time is that it give me an opportunity to play in the kitchen and make things I’m just not...

A Double Crisp with Dorie

I have to start off today with a caveat.  I didn’t actually make this recipe that I’m going to share today.  Not really anyway.  Sunday I decided to make a dessert, and...

A Winner from The Barefoot Contessa

Last night I broke one of the cardinal rules of cooking, and that is to not prepare a new dish for the first time for company.  Okay, I guess I actually do...

Happy May Day!

As Abigail was getting ready to leave for school this morning, she gasped and informed me that we forgot to move our calendars.  Silly girl, I said, it’s still April.  Um, no,...