These are some wonderful Finnish cookies called Inkivaarileivat. Try saying that 3 times! We’ll just call them ginger cookies. FINNISH GINGER COOKIES 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar1/4 cup whipping cream1/4 cup light molasses1-1/2 teaspoons ground ginger1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon1/2 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1. Place butter, brown sugar, […]
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The Joy of Making, the Joy of Giving
Gifts from the heart and your own kitchen are the best gifts of all. That’s probably why I have so many books on the subject, and this one is a keeper. The authors, Diana and Paul von Welanetz, ran a cooking school in Los Angeles where, for years, their most popular course was about gifts […]
Chocolate Snowballs for Winter (To eat, not throw!)
I grabbed this cookbook when we had our first significant snowfall last week, and decided writing about a book called Chocolate Snowball would be perfect for now. You can see a photo of a chocolate snowball on the top left of the book cover. It’s a decadent flourless chocolate cake covered in whipped cream. It can be […]
A Gingerbread Feast
One of the best aromas to come out of a kitchen has to be gingerbread, with its fragrant air of molasses and spices. Early forms of gingerbread were thought to made in ancient Egypt and Greece, and later made by Catholic monks. The form as we know it in our country was brought by Swiss monks to […]
Brittles, Barks, Bonbons, and a Grandmother’s Sweet Tooth
My grandmother may have had a hand in developing my sweet tooth. When I was young, my grandmother lived with us. My grandfather was in a nursing home, paralyzed from the waist down since the age of fifty from a very rare disease. With the constant cost of his medical care, my grandmother went to work. She sold furniture at a […]
Fashionista Food for a Holiday Buffet
I discover cookbooks in the strangest of ways. Had I not been a finalist in a spaghetti sauce contest, I may never have met Cookie Stagman. Cookie’s husband was a judge in the cooking contest, which is how I heard about her cookbook. It has Cookie’s favorite recipes for buffet and party ideas, along with recipes from famous fashion designers […]
Cookbook Giveaways for the Week of 12-6-10
Does cooking for a holiday crowd put you into a panic?! No worries, because these two books will be your helpers in the kitchen. The first cookbook I ever gave away on my blog was Fearless Cooking for Crowds by Michelle Evans, and I was lucky enough to recently find another copy. This is one amazing cookbook […]
