Homemade Thin Mint Cookies

Recently, there had been a lot of talk about Girl Scout cookies, and those sweet, little girls standing at tables with stacks of cookie boxes are pretty hard to turn down. Everyone has a favorite Girl Scout cookie. I’ve always liked the Do-Si-Dos and Samoas, but the hands-down most popular has to be...

March 20th, 2010 | Recipes | Read More

La Mousse Légère au Chocolate Chaud (Plain Chocolate Mousse, Served Hot)

John's birthday used to be a grand affair. Four days before Valentine's Day, we usually skipped that holiday in favor of a celebratory dinner for his birthday. Now by big I do not mean rollicking parties or anything, but it used to be I would make no less than 3 S.E. Asian main dishes and some sort...

March 17th, 2010 | Entree | Read More

Spring Fever: Andes Mint Shortbread Sandwiches

Is anything better than the first week of springlike weather? Especially when you live north of the Mason Dixon Line? Especially, especially when you have been housebound and sick the previous month?No.I realize this is somewhat repetitive of my last post, but seriously, people, I love this time of...

March 13th, 2010 | Entree | Read More

Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sorry for the delay between posts. The dumb thing is I have been sitting on these cookies for almost a week. I keep telling myself I won't whine about health issues anymore, but just to explain, we got hit by a second virus after the first, not a GI system one this time thank goodness, but it went...

February 28th, 2010 | Entree | Read More

“Muffins Are For People Who Don’t Have The ‘Nads To Order Cake For Breakfast”: Triple Chocolate Muffins

I giggle every time I read that quote. It is from Kitchen Confidential, the show not the book. The show, by the way, which was sadly underrated and underviewed--if you ever watch TV on DVD I recommend checking it out. Anyway, I snorted and had to pause the DVR from laughing when I heard that line....

February 18th, 2010 | Entree | Read More