27 Dec 07 | by Lorraine in: Christmas, Food, Sweet Stuff | 6 Comments »
Merry Christmas, everyone! The husband and I spent an quiet eve alone, opening presents, feasting on chinese food, and having a Christmas movie marathon. But I’m not here to tell you about the tears I shed while watching It’s a Wonderful Life, I wanted to share with you all the holiday goodies we’ve been enjoying […]
14 Dec 07 | by Lorraine in: Baking, Christmas | 2 Comments »
I know there’s no excuse for not blogging since Halloween (!), but I’ll try anyway:
Not so long ago, I turned to my husband and said, “Wouldn’t it be great if we gave everyone jars of homemade cookies for Christmas?”. He, the husband who believes in his wife’s baking skills to no end, agreed wholeheartedly… which […]
01 Dec 06 | by Lorraine in: Christmas, Super Sarap | No Comments »
If you haven’t got an Advent Calendar, here’s an especially lovely one (found via a comment on megnut).
Anyway, it’s December! I started re-reading The Alchemist, an old book I used to love and had nearly forgotten about, yesterday, and it’s magical enough to be perfect December reading while not being as obvious as, say, A […]
30 Nov 06 | by Lorraine in: Christmas, Desserts, Sweet Stuff | No Comments »
It’s December first, and oh what a glorious day! The first thing I did upon getting to my desk was fire up iTunes, play A Charlie Brown Christmas, and discover Gourmet’s Favorite Cookies.
Shown here are the apricot scented Seven-Layer Cookies. With a name like that, you just know it’s the holidays.
When I was in high […]
16 Nov 06 | by Lorraine in: Christmas, Desserts, Food and Drink, Super Sarap, Thanksgiving | 2 Comments »
So my husband and I have decided to serve smoked turkey on Christmas Eve- which will take us ten hours but promises to be a delicious deviation from the usual roast. Because we don’t want to be slaving away for ten hours cluelessly, we’ve decided to do a trial run this Thanksgiving.
As it is, I’ve […]
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