Every Christmas growing up my mother would let each person in the family pick one Christmas treat for her to bake. My dad always asks for bourbon balls. My brother, chocolate snowflake cookies. My mom usually makes fruitcake bites for herself (not everyone’s favorite…and famously the only thing she has ever made that Gerrit has…
Author: Erin
So I would say that this past weekend was pretty successful food-wise. My pumpkin pies were a hit. Everyone loved my pot roast I made the day after Thanksgiving. And my aunt tried a leftover piece of chocolate stout cake and it brought tears to her eyes because it was so good. Really. And these…
So I have pretty much all but told you that I am not going to be very helpful this Thanksgiving. Even worse, my actual Thanksgiving food post(s) are going to come after Thanksgiving, at which time I am sure they will be so very useful to you. But I have decided to offer you a…
I realize that what I’m going to say is a bit of a heresy. So I’ll just be out with it. I’m not really a big fan of Thanksgiving. And the reason why is even more of a heresy…it’s because of the food. I’ll wait while you all recover. There are plenty of things I…
I am constantly in debate with these blog posts. I make dinner and then sit down to eat it thinking, “This will be it! This will make everyone want to run to the kitchen right now!” And then as I eat, I just think, “This is good. But not as good as those danishes. Or…