My Sister’s Trip to Boca: Caffe Luna Rosa
After several attempts to get my little sister Rebecca down here for a visit, she finally made it. Being a senior in high school, her schedule is pretty hectic. The Florida fam and I were hoping she’d make an appearance around Thanksgiving, but nope — she cheers, which means she obviously had to be home […]
Snickerdoodles and a Very Merry Christmas To All!
MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope everyone enjoys their holiday. My traditional “Jewish Christmas” is filled with movies and some kind of Asian cuisine, and I wouldn’t do it any differently. Whatever your Christmas traditions may be, cherish every last second of them and make the most of your day! Now for the another holiday recipe! Holidays […]
Celebrating the Holidays at Brook’s Restaurant
You know those people I always talk about, the ones who devour all my baked goods at work week after week, and beg for more? We all got to dress up and join together this past weekend for our company holiday party. We weren’t snacking away on cookies and brownies this time; instead it was […]
Eight Nights of Hanukkah Baking: Night #8, Cinnamon Sugar Candied Nuts
Time to pretend again. This is #8 of my Eight Nights of Hanukkah Baking. Shh, just pretend Hanukkah didn’t end two days ago… Lately, I’ve been obsessed with trail mixes and different kinds of nuts. I have a newfound love for cashews and I absolutely adore dried pineapple, cherries, cranberries, raisins, etc… Hands down, Trader […]
Remembering Sandy Hook Elementary
I want to take a moment of silence to honor and remember all of the young children that fell victim to Friday’s tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT. As I was sitting at my desk on Friday afternoon, I could barely hold back tears when I found out what happened. My heart goes […]
Eight Nights of Hanukkah Baking: Night #7, Cranberry Greek Yogurt Coffee Cake
This week was so busy. Unfortunately, that means that I couldn’t get in any more baking than I had already done — so the last two nights of Hanukkah were missing their Eight Nights of Hanukkah posts. But let’s just pretend like this post happened on Friday, for night #7. I have made my share […]
Eight Nights of Hanukkah Baking: Night #6, Coconut Cookie Butter Granola Bars
Hanukkah is almost over. It always goes so quickly… Christmas is around the corner and then it’ll be New Year’s before we know it. 2013 — how crazy! For the 5th night of Hanukkah Baking, I tried something totally and completely 100% new to my baking repertoire! COOKIE BUTTER! I admit, I am the last […]
Eight Nights of Hanukkah Baking: Night #5, The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap
When I started food blogging, one of the very first things I remember reading about was the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. So many of the bloggers I follow posted their recipes that they used for the swap and talked about the cookies they got from other bloggers. I thought it sounded like such a […]
Fourth night of Hanukkah: COCO Cookies
There are a couple shelves in the grocery section of Target that are always full of random things on sale, like pudding mix for 89 cents. Can someone who loves to bake really say no to that? Definitely not. I love when I find good baking ingredients on sale, especially if they are something I […]
Eight Nights of Hanukkah Baking, Night #3: Miracle Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies
We’re three days into Hanukkah already! We all know the story we were taught in Sunday School about the miracle of the oil burning for eight days, so I figured it’d be appropriate to honor the “oil miracle” and use it in a recipe. Chocolate chip cookies using vegetable oil instead of butter — and […]
