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I’M IN, GO HAWKS!

January 12, 2016

Yep, there it is, tweeted with pretty ribbons “baking blue and green cookies.” Why? Because I’m In!!

Winter Birthday, Strawberry Well Cake

January 5, 2016

Today is my adorable downstairs neighbor Hannah’s third birthday. I like to make their birthday cakes and asked what type of cake she might like. She’s seen only chocolate (spoken in a whisper?) and angel food with strawberries in one form or another, so when offered the choice between the two, she chose STRAWBERRIES! It is my … More Winter Birthday, Strawberry Well Cake

Kissing The Old Year Goodbye

January 1, 2016

My daughter was born in London’s Westminster Hospital while I was a candidate for an advanced degree and we both got very lucky. She was admitted to Bessborough Street Day Nursery in Victoria in her first year which meant she got world-class care and I could spend my days in the India Office Library doing … More Kissing The Old Year Goodbye

Old Box of Cereal, Really

December 31, 2015

Box top lettering “Best if used by October 1, 1995” and it was never opened, but saved along with other boxes opened and unopened relating to the Disney Aladdin movie. Someone in my family looked (looks) like Jasmine and collected the paraphernalia connected with one of the movies. She, however, didn’t save the cereal. That was … More Old Box of Cereal, Really

Snicks with Kisses

December 26, 2015

One of my favorite nephews has recently begun a new job in Hawaii and will be moving his family there from Washington in the next week. His favorite of the the Christmas goodies is the Chewy Chocolate Mint, so I made a batch of the drop version just for him on Thursday so they’d be … More Snicks with Kisses

O Christmas Tree

December 26, 2015

The table cleared at last and this sweet, petite treat from my lovely neighbor Stephanie and her family now stands as the Star not only of Christmas yesterday, but will stay up for a few more days of fairy lights and cheer.

Love Me Some Huskies, Too

December 24, 2015

Can’t forget these guys at Christmas … and at the Cotton Bowl for the Heart of Dallas Bowl on Boxing Day. Go Dawgs! (Update: and go they did, as did the Cougars. Lots of Washingtonians happy about our college football Saturday. Others went to the mall.)

Christmas Goodies in Tins, Star well-earned

December 22, 2015

Well, here’s the first set of tins full of cookies and candies ready to make their way to … this person and that person and this family and that family. Fourteen, that’s 14, [Update upon looking at actual list: 16] different offerings this year, even though every gifted tin will not have them all. Sorry. … More Christmas Goodies in Tins, Star well-earned

j’s Peppermint Cream Jones, huge Star

December 22, 2015

Leftover Christmas candy canes were the inspiration for these soft, cheesecakey and Heavenly peppermint cookies that everybody in my family wants (read: expects) in their tin of Christmas goodies. They are pink, BTW, not because I’ve added food coloring, but because the candy cane maker did and I don’t want to use the white canes. … More j’s Peppermint Cream Jones, huge Star

Molasses Chews with Lime Glaze, a Star

December 22, 2015

This chewy cookie — which thinks it’s a candy — is the second of the Molasses Trio. They began life with raisins, which I love with molasses, but Mother changed my recipe, put dates in them because she’s not a raisin fan. For wider distribution, no fruit. Always with a lime glaze or, as above, … More Molasses Chews with Lime Glaze, a Star