Category Archives: Dessert

Some girls’ hearts go pitter-patter for a robin’s egg blue Tiffany & Co. box. Mine, on the other hand, goes all-aflutter for a cream-and-green Williams-Sonoma box. So when Michael and Heather presented me with such a box for my birthday present, I literally shrieked with excitement. It was an Ebelskiver pan! Man, do they understand me. Continue Reading

        Is there such a thing as a perfect morning cookie? As it turns out, heck yes. Orange Vanilla Chip Cookies. My mornings involve cuddling and watching cartoons, not measuring and spooning flour. So I made the cookies late last night, rolled the dough into a log and stuck it in the Continue Reading

      Today marks the beginning of Lent. Many will observe the season by abstaining from meat on Fridays and “giving up” a habit for the next 40 days. I’m sure many will be putting away the chocolate. I’m with you there. But I’m wondering… Can we keep apples? Can we let walnuts stick Continue Reading

Am I supposed to hate Valentine’s Day? Is that still happening? It’s hard for me to not get excited about a day that celebrates love. Have you noticed that I LOVE pretty much everything I write about? I can’t help it. But in a way, I get it. Many consider February 14 to be simply a “Hallmark Holiday” Continue Reading

Sometimes people (okay, one person once) ask me, “You cook and bake so much…how do you keep the weight off?” Ummm…..simple answer? I don’t. I’m not too worried about it. The same five-pounds has been following me around like a lost puppy since my mid-twenties. When I’m stressed, tired and hungry – it moseys on Continue Reading

        I might be in the minority when I say: I love mornings.  It’s not because I’m particularly a morning-person. Not because I love to watch the sun rise. No, it’s all because of this: This little blur of a jumping bean is the reason I can’t wait to get out of Continue Reading

        There is good … and then there is great.  Haircut … Blowout Treadmill … Hike Beautiful … Happy Age … Maturity Swim … Scuba Kiss … Love Old … Vintage Bottle … Draft Friend … Sibling Money … Charity Delicious … Healthy Apples … Cinnamon Coffee … Cake  Apple … Cinnamon … Coffee … Cake  There’s great … Continue Reading

Did I ever tell you about the time I fell in love with karaoke? It happened. For my birthday one year, we had a karaoke party at a Manhattan bar called “Tinga-Tinga.” At first I was a little shy. Then I realized how lame I was. If I was going to enjoy my night, I Continue Reading

Without a doubt, I live in the wrong era. I have always believed that my soul belongs to another age, some long-ago weathered and sepia-colored time. When I watch movies from the 1940′s and 1950′s especially, my heart feels strangely nostalgic. As if I’m missing my old, already-lived life. The glamour, the sophistication, the music, the Continue Reading

Today I bought one of my favorite movies, Waitress.  Such a great movie. The late Adrienne Shelly wrote, directed and had a supporting role in Waitress, which was a hit when it opened to Sundance in 2007. It never became a huge box-office smash – which is just fine by me. I love a quirky Continue Reading