Say it with me: COOKIES. I love cookies almost (if not more) as much as I love pie and coffee, which if you’ve met me says a lot (because pie and coffee). Cookies are my kryptonite. I can’t have them in the house. I WILL EAT THEM. December is a hard month for me as cookies are a natural accompaniment to the holidays. I mean, I’m pretty sure I could
With Thanksgiving well under way, I wanted to make a confession: I’m grateful for all of the delicious turkey and stuffing…but sometimes I just seriously prefer a juicy piece of chicken. I knowwww…the turkey gods are offended. And I understand! I can get down with the turkey and gravy for one night but after that, I just have to switch it up. Whether you feel the same way or not,
Somehow the week of Thanksgiving always seems to be the BUSIEST week of the year for me, between it being Stir-Up Sunday (yes, I make boozy Christmas pudding) and Thanksgiving (all the pies are being made by me, yessir they are … and the pie crusts too), plus there’s the off chance (read: highly likely) I will get sick, because it’s what I do. #IwillNOTgetsickthisyear Craziness aside, I have found, over
Not to panic anyone, but Thanksgiving is NEXT WEEK. Let that settle in for a moment. You okay? I think I have a mild case of panic and the only thing I have to worry about making this year is pie (she says as she orders a turkey breast to roast because OMG, TURKEY) … but, really: how, HOW, is Thanksgiving next week? For those of us lucky enough to
When I was a little girl, I remember one of my favorite things to hear was we were going to get a Tootsie hotdog. Tootsie’s, now known as Outlaws Grill, was a little family run country store with a counter and stools set up so the locals could have a hotdog, chili dog, or a sandwich. I thought there was something magical in the way those hotdogs were made. There
