Welcome to the next installment of Holiday Yum, our Holiday recipe blog hop series! For the entire schedule, click here. Today, I have a classic recipe from my childhood: butter spritz cookies. I make it every year. It only requires a few standard ingredients, and it can give you an assortment of different-looking cookie styles. Here’s…
Welcome to our Holiday Yum blog hop recipe series! Today, blogger humorist (and one of my fab gal pals) Natalie Hartford treats us to a personal and hilarious take on French Lace Cookies, so you’ll want to check it out! But while you’re here, I’d like to share a little holiday analogy with you, re-posted from…
Time for our next recipe on the Holiday Yum blog hop! Check out fab blogger, mom, and Kosher foodie Estee Lavitt and her mouth-watering recipe for Chanukah Baked Latkes. Yep, now you can have your latkes and bake them, too! Why wait for Chanukah? I just have to try these… Looking for gifts for those…
For those of you already looking at snow on the ground, or envious of those who have the white stuff, this one’s for you. Folks in the 19th century had a lot of fun sledding, and doing other winter sports, too. (Click here for last year’s post on 19thc Ice-Skating in Central Park). Here’s an excerpt…
Here’s a re-post from last year’s Cyber Monday, with an addition on the end. Happy Shopping! Welcome! If you’re reading this, then the ‘net hasn’t yet crashed from the hordes of internet shoppers. Now that the turkey-induced coma has worn off, most folks are pulling out their wallets and trying to figure out what to…
Happy day before Thanksgiving! Here’s a quick laugh you’ll enjoy, before you: a) get in the car and crawl through holiday traffic b) frantically clean the house for overnight guests c) reacquaint yourself with odd kitchen utensils (where’s my mandoline?); or d) all of the above Big Bang Theory Flash Mob (on the set of…
Welcome to our Holiday Yum series! From November 17th to December 31st, a group of us bloggers will be posting our favorite holiday recipes for you to try out and enjoy. We’ll have everything from cookies and candy and cakes to appetizers and roasts and mocktails! For the full schedule so far, click on the…
Samuel Clemens, widely-known by his pen name Mark Twain, is probably one of the best commentators regarding the nature of human beings. He’s certainly one of the most quotable, too. I won’t be going into his biography because it’s crazy-extensive, but for those interested, this Biography.com link has a good one on him. Today, Mr. Clemens has…
