Category: Sweets

My wife grew up making peanut butter balls every holiday season. She remembers mixing together the butter, peanut butter, and powdered sugar until it forms a dough that can be rolled into bite-sized balls.

Fudge is a holiday essential. As people gather around the array of cookies and confections, there are those of us who clamor for the fudge. Families often have their secret recipes that they keep hidden, only bringing them out around Christmas.

When I’m at my local library or bookstore, you can most often find me in the cookbook section. Shocker, I know. When I pore over a cookbook, I’m looking for more than just recipe inspiration. I’m taking in the food photography and styling. I’m soaking up the fine desig...

Weather: 21 degrees, clear and blue What I’m listening to: For the First Time in Forever, Frozen Soundtrack I began last week with a much-anticipated overnight trip to Anchorage – a little shopping, a movie, and some eating out, and hours of great conversation wi...

Weather: while the the Lower 48 has been unseasonably cold, our snow has been melting into a mess of ice and slush What I’m listening to: Let It Go, from the Frozen motion picture soundtrack For the past few Christmases, we have put up our tree the day after Thanksgi...

Weather: 57 degrees, rain What I’m listening to: Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Creedence Clearwater Revival I have a friend who is due any day -nay – any moment, with her first child. She expressed some cravings for chocolate and fruit, and something with a kick t...