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 […]
24 Nov 06 | by Lorraine in: Desserts, Food and Drink, Thanksgiving | No Comments »
Because we’re exhausted from all the Thanksgiving preparations, I thought I’d just post our menu up here for you to see:
I’m grateful for so many things this year- including you, dear reader.
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 […]
18 Oct 06 | by Lorraine in: Desserts | No Comments »
I’m all set to do some “heavy baking” this weekend. Two days ago, the husband and I went on a shopping spree of sorts for baking pans, accessories and ingredients (new wooden spoons! loose-bottomed tart pans!)
This weekend, in practice for the coming Christmas baking rush, I’ll be tackling the following recipes:
1. David Lebovitz’ Chocolate-Almond Buttercrunch […]
03 Sep 06 | by Lorraine in: Desserts, Sweet Stuff | 1 Comment »
Okay, so I’ve been on an ice cream kick lately. I, who’ve never been an ice cream person, now find myself a little bit obsessed with these “premium” ice cream brands- specifically, Haagen-Dazs and now, Ben & Jerry’s.
Tonight, it was two scoops of cold, creamy, sinfully rich Cherry Garcia, the most delicious tribute to Grateful […]
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