It’s the season for pumpkin, the savory and the sweet. We see pumpkins in big piles at the grocery stores and some of us start jonesing for a familiar taste. I hear about pumpkin this and pumpkin that, pumpkin spice in a latte, pumpkin soup, pumpkin couscous and my inner baker reminds me that it’s … More Pumpkin Spice Joneses, One Variation
The homepage cookie photo, taken by my mother, is of Limey Joneses. It’s one of my signature cookies, made for an Englishwoman who had a sudden Jones for a soft lime cookie when I told her that I’d developed a whole line of unique, gourmet, soft, iced and decorated cookies that I call Joneses. Incidentally, … More Limey Joneses
I went to a friendly debate-watching party on October 13th put on by Mari, a member of Bernie Sanders’ local campaign organization in Snohomish County, Washington. There were small house parties in several locations. The one I went to was about a half mile walk, and 16 people of the 25 who RSVP’d showed up. It was … More Make Snickerdoodles and Sourdough Bread Great Again
Five weeks ago I made a batch of the Cinnamon Snicks, those filled with salted caramel, delivered some to Grandma Pat along with some Peanut Butter Snicks also filled with salted caramel, and froze 15 of the filled Cinnamon Snick cookie dough balls. The purpose was to test whether the frozen dough balls, when baked, … More Salted Caramel Filled Cinnamon Snicks, From Frozen State
The pear and maple trees in the front yard are so pretty. Nevermind that the leaves have to be swept off the porch daily. I did that last night, yet this morning, this is what greeted me. What do the pretty leaves have to do with a cooking blog? Pumpkin, apple and sage? Nope. If … More Autumn Leaves, Caramel-filled Mexican Chocolate Snicks
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