I have a confession - I’ve been making an incredible chocolate chip cookie with a recipe that I stumbled upon a year ago and haven't posted it on this blog. I have been reluctant to post it because, like the "boy who cried wolf" in the classic children's tale, I feel like it's confusing (at … Continue reading The Baker That Cried “Best Cookie”
What do you write when it's been 3 months since you've written anything? It's been an unusual season for my family. And it feels like we are now in an "in-between". I was already behind on blogging- I had a few batches of photos from foods I had made that were awaiting the day when … Continue reading A Season of Liminality: A Threshold
Last weekend our family braved our first family camping trip. We went with our friends the Snaders (who are experienced campers)! It was a success, though I am not so great at sleeping on the ground. I made some bar cookies for the trip and when I pulled them out for an afternoon snack at … Continue reading Monster Slice (Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip M & M Cookie Bars)
This post is about old recipes that I have updated/improved/tweaked since posting them originally. When I am cooking, I like to write in the margins of the recipe things I discover as I am making the dish, noting changes/additions/subtractions that I made along the way. I 'm not great at cooking with an electronic device as … Continue reading Always Learning, Always Changing: Recipe Edits
This is another recipe passed down to me from Sandi this year. (I wrote about her and her delicious Nana’s Cake and Apple Coleslaw recipes in an earlier post). Sandi had told me about these cookies, that she found on the blog, Chef in Training. She explained how delicious and irresistible they were. She brought them to small group one week and … Continue reading Irresistible Lemon Cookies
Our friends, the McCulloughs, started a tradition several years ago of bringing our family pizza dinner, from Pizza Perfect (a yummy local Pizza shop) on the night of my first day of class each year. What a gift to have someone else take care of dinner after day 1 of class. How thoughtful is that? … Continue reading Turtle Back Cookies
I love Valentine's Day! So fun! So much prettiness and love and sugar! I have written about my adoration of this holiday in years past and have shared some of my favorite traditions, recipes and treats HERE and HERE and HERE So, I will refrain from repeating myself and will make this a short post. … Continue reading Chocolate Shortbread Valentine Cookies
I think Chocolate Chip Cookies are always a good idea. I'm a fan. They are a crowd pleaser- no matter the eater's age, no matter what the occasion, no matter what the menu. They are classic and delicious. The chocolate chip cookie recipe I typically use is the one printed on the Nestle’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chip bag. How … Continue reading The Sure Thing Chocolate Chip Cookies
We have had a week of sickness around the Hunt house. Strangely, it has spanned the gamut from a migraine headache mom; to a stomach-nastiness-turned dry-coughing-at-night and runny-nose-in-the day girl; to a coughing-hacking-sniffling boy... and in my mind is swirling, "the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever..." NyQuil's classic ad. So, the comfort … Continue reading Sick Days: Soup, Vicks, Emergen-C and TLC
Ruth Williams was my paternal grandmother. She was a classy lady. She did things with style. My mom credits her (her mother-in-law) for teaching her to celebrate the holidays with intentionality and creativity. My grandmother had some great traditions. One of them was what she called "heritage gifts". As they were down-sizing in their … Continue reading A Legacy of Heritage Gifts, Ham Balls, Sand Tarts and Much More
