I’d been hoping to do another book post and giveaway, so when a chance meeting at KCRA-TV put me in touch with Amanda Scott, a USA Today Best-selling author who lives right here in Sacramento, it wasn’t the luck of the Irish, but the luck of the Scottish. Amanda was being interviewed about her latest […]
Believe it or not, I am half Italian. I joke because people more often guess Scottish or Irish with my red hair and fair skin. So needless to say, when my husband suggested this lemon cookie recipe with an Italian twist, I could not pass it up! The ricotta cheese looks intimidating but it adds […]
Last weekend I was lucky enough to have my best friend Sarah in town from Seattle while my fiancé was out of town on business for the weekend. Now, what are two crazy girls going to do with no guys around for the whole weekend? You guessed it – bake cookies! (We live on the […]
Valentines’ Day is one of those holidays that lends itself well to rolled cookies. This year I somehow misplaced my holiday cookie cutters, so was pleased with myself when I realized that I could improvise using the Martha Stewart alphabet set that I had received as a gift a few months ago. What else spells […]
Every four years, Family Circle magazine holds a presidential bake-off pitting the future first ladies against each other. From Hilary Clinton’s Chips to Laura Bush’s Texas Governor’s Mansion Cowboy Cookies, these delicious cookies have become an American tradition that I hope will continue on to 2012. While Cindy McCain’s Oatmeal-Butterscotch Cookies were victorious this election […]
