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Red walnuts. Ever heard of them? This rare blood-red California crop grows on only five contiguous acres in the state, and is hard to find. I’m a big nut fan—I [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content...

Everything just seem better when there are Sprinkles!! Soft pockets of sweet dough surrounding moist fig filling full of complex flavors.  All this in a cookie?  If you've been following BIWB, you know that this is the cookie tha...

I cannot believe that another year has passed us by. I swear, it was just yesterday when we rang in 2011. When I was a kid and complaining about how sssssllllloooooowwwwww summer was going, my mom used to like to tell me that not to fear, the years...

I'm so excited for this week. While going through all the recipes I was planning on making for the holidays, I realized that I had four peppermint recipes. So welcome to Peppermint Week! See, I really love peppermint. Peppermint ice cream, peppermi...

I love when people share their holiday recipes and traditions with me.  When I lived in North Carolina, I met my best friend Kathryn.  In her family, they make and eat pierogi during the holidays.  She invited me over to make pierogi with her, and we spent the day laughing, cooking, and covered in...

Recipe from Alison Ladman for the Associated Pres

I can become fixated, especially when it comes to flavors.  I'll fixate on a flavor or flavor combination and then need to see what I can do with it by making numerous items. Lately that obsession has been chai.I've never been a coffee or tea drin...

Yesterday was my dear friend Annie‘s birthday! She is the queen of homemade cards and mails me something for every single holiday and special occasion. I wanted to return the favor for once and send her a special package. I had a small present for her, but a package from me isn’t complete without...

the meringue top doesn't show well in the pictureNo, mud hens are not birds (in this case). Mud hens are a cookie bar, apparently a Southern treat, that I had never heard of before. I stumbled upon them on the internet and thought they looked interesti...

I found these adorable little cookie cutters made for the side of a cup at Sweet! in downtown Lawrence, KS, and knew exactly what I wanted to do with them.  I knew that a chocolate cut out cookie would be perfect perched on a mug of hot and rich cocoa.  I love when I...