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Most of the holiday cookies I know are tastier than they are pretty.  To me, they look cheerful because they scream “holiday”, but I’ve always had a place in my heart for beautifully decorated sugar cookies. This year I decided that I wanted to try my hand at making a batch of ( Read more... )

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Recently, I remembered a cookie my mom had made once or twice when I was younger, but it wasn’t an annual tradition or anything like that.  They were tiny, crunchy, and a little bit spicy.  When I set out to make cookies this year, I thought I might give these a try because I ( Read more... )

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According to Wikipedia, spritz is actually short for spritzgebäck.  I’ve never known them by any name other than spritz, but I’m willing to take their word for it.  The article goes on to mention that spritz are traditionally made in Germany during the Christmas season, when ( Read more... )

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I’ve had mexican wedding cookies in the past, but was never really a huge fan.  The dry crumbly texture wasn’t very appealing to me, so I’d usually pass on them when I encountered them on cookie plates and dessert buffets.  These chocolate peanut butter snowballs are something ( Read more... )

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I’ve always really enjoyed toffee when it shows up on party buffets and in other people’s Christmas baking repertoires, but for some reason it had never occurred to me to make my own.  When I saw the recipe for Coffee Toffee on one of the blogs I read frequently, I could resist ( Read more... )

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This is a tried-and-true recipe procured from  my mom that is definitely a family tradition.  One whiff of the bourbon and cocoa combination when I was mixing these together, and I thought to myself, “Ahhh, now it smells like Christmas!”


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Welcome to my week of Christmas cookies. We’ve been baking up a storm over the past several days, preparing for the holidays and festivities.  I chose seven different kinds of cookies (and candies) to make this year, and thought it would be fun to showcase all the recipes - some ( Read more... )

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Friday night was the first Fiber Fashion Showcase hosted by Cambridge’s own Common Cod Fiber Guild.  Even as models and designers assembled backstage to prepare for a runway show featuring local designers, guild members, guests and other fiber fans gathered outside decked out in ( Read more... )

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I saw this fun idea on one of the career blogs I read, ClueWagon.  Paste the contents of your resume into a word cloud maker, like Wordle, for a very visual representation of how you present yourself.  I love this as a quick way to see what your resume focuses on, how you come ( Read more... )

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What’s all this then?


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