
Another football loss, more cookies.
Different kind of loss. Different kind of reaction. But still, a rainy weekend and taking a chicken pot pie to a colleague . . . So. . ....

It's the Great Pumpkin, Coach!
How have I never posted the pumpkin bars that I've come to make every September 8?!? Maybe worried to step on Pinch of Yum's toes? I'm in...


Boston All Over Again
It's been over five years since Will lived in Boston, and we went to Jeter's last game at Fenway. Perhaps one of the most historic...


Chocolate Chip Cookies by accident
7/3/16 - These were made by accident, because I didn't have enough AP flour. It's just the Nestle Toll House recipe with half AP flour...


Blackberry Pecan Sticky Buns
Finally had Lowell, Ellie, and Alexander over for brunch and made these. Might have poured a little heavy on the blackberry syrup, didn't...


Jody's Chess Pie
This was my favorite dessert at the farm for years, maybe because it was not always at Sunday lunch - just occasionally. I finally got...

Belle Meade Bourbon Apple Cake
Last fall, I found this recipe on the NY Times food blog and had to infuse it with Belle Meade Bourbon to support Charlie Nelson. Good as...


Mexican Flan
If too much time has passed, the VFW neighbors find a reason to get together. One weekend, I decided to test several recipes from the...


Mrs. Field's Cocomia Cookies
Our kitchen on Cherokee Road was a long alley kitchen. There wasn’t an island, but a peninsula, at the opposite side of the kitchen from...


Haley's Caramel Brownies
I call my year in Chicago my “Devil Wears Prada” year. Minus the Devil. Minus the Prada. During my first month at Entertainment Weekly,...