Small Bites

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition. Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the posts!... Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

I love cookies!  After watching the cookie swap recipes over the last couple of weeks, I thought I might share my holiday cookie “tradition.”  As a vegan it can be hard to do something like a cookie swap, because most of the people I know are not vegan, and while… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition. Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the posts!... Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition. Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the posts!... Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition. Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the posts!  Each… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our  series on my cookie swap tradition. Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the posts!... Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

This post is part of our series on my cookie swap tradition.  Every December, for the past ten years, I’ve invited friends to join me in a cookie exchange.  Over the years, our party has evolved into a mother-daughter event, hence the many recipe contributors listed on some of the… Read More →

Leaves are changing colors, costumes are being contemplated and pumpkins, squashes and gourds are being decorated, displayed and eaten.  It’s October, after all, and most would agree that this month is a particularly terrific one.  It’s special for many reasons, not the least of which is the food that most… Read More →

Jane Carroll’s brick-and-mortar shop can’t contain itself any longer. Her creativity keeps branching out and spilling over. Jane on Main, Carroll’s floral shop, coffeehouse and bakery at 15 N. Main St., Pearl River, plans to move Sept. 1. The new digs will be barely two blocks north near the U.S. Post Office. That… Read More →

The 4th of July is one of the most fun and exciting days of the year.  For our country’s birthday, we gather with our families and friends, barbecue our favorite foods, swim, laugh, play and top the day off with an evening of fireworks.  What could be more exciting than… Read More →

Way before sparky chocolate was popular here in the States, it was alive and well in Mexico…and when I was a little girl, my mom made Mexican chocolate cookies. Like me, my mom always had an affinity for Latin culture, and spent some time in Mexico (actually both my parents… Read More →

What’s a snow day without baking? We like cookies, warm, gooey and your best bet for filling the house with a happy scent. Here are two delectable cookie recipes, straight from the kitchen of Lohud food editor Liz Johnson. And don’t miss Snowed in? Bake these cakes. Print Chocolate Toffee… Read More →

Into the first week of the New Year, I hope that your year has started on a right note. I want to take a minute to wish you and yours a wonderful New Year. Let us hope that it is a delicious and peaceful one. I am still on vacation… Read More →

A little caramel from a Heath bar, a little flaky sea salt, a little crunch from walnuts — and a whole lotta chocolate. What’s not to love in these cookies? Lately, my sister has been smitten with the Smitten Kitchen blog, and she told me that these cookies, which she… Read More →

Hi, it’s Katherine Curry again. Wow! This storm was impressive, and still more to come.  It’s a perfect day to stay in and make some soup, bake some bread, start a batch of cookies—provided you have electricity, of course. How are you all weathering the storm?  We lost a lot… Read More →