I thought I had done just about everything possible with a scone.  Sweet and savory.  Nuts, dried fruits, and herbs.  Chocolate, coffee, glazed, and filled with streusel.  However, I had never thought to make a depression in the top and … Continue reading →

It was 11:30 pm and I was comfortably tucked into bed, book in hand, eyes at half mast, when suddenly the Husband enters the room and through garbled words proclaims ‘now this is a great cookie’.  A half eaten bite … Continue reading →

Years back, I was introduced to Matt Lewis, of the now very famous Baked Bakery in Brooklyn.  I wasn’t ‘actually’ introduced to him, but rather, I was tuned into the Martha Stewart Show the day he got his feet wet … Continue reading →

One cannot argue that a butter cookie, with its most humble and demure nature, is as pleasant and welcomed on the palate as nectar on the beak of a hummingbird.  Simple and sweet.  If bread is the staff of life, … Continue reading →

Can you imagine the mayhem that would ensue in today’s world if a top college official banned sweets from the diet of its students. Unimaginable, right?  Believe it or not, in the late 1800s, that is exactly what the founder … Continue reading →