2 of my hubby's favorite things are Key Limes and white chocolate. He loves these cookies. I adapted it from about 3 recipes - 1 for key lime cookies, 1 for white chocolate, 1 for regular lime cookies.

( White Chocolate Lime Cookies recipe )

My cookie making continues! These are REALLY yummy - just a nice bit of tang but not overwhelming, and not overly sweet.

( Recipe behind the cut! )

I just made this: Gnocchi with Brown Butter and Sage

I didn't have sage, so substituted basil w/ some parsley. OMG so good. I let the gnocchi brown a tiny bit in the pan - worth it.

I found this via FoodGawker.

Our family's sauce isn't like anything you buy in a jar. None of this "family style", "chunky traditional" - nope, to us, traditional means "cooked a HELLA long time, slowly ( Read more... )

For silverthoughts

( My family's pesto recipe )

It's now an annual tradition!

Have you, too, noticed a preponderance of sad, almost-depressed, emo posts on your friends' list? Puzzled?

Wonder no more! It's almost certainly due to the evil Setting Back of the Clocks Lack of Daylight Blues2 years ago, I posted about this, with a lot of suggestions on how to beat it - and asked for more from ye ( Read more... )

Dug out my grandmom's recipe for eggnog. Enjoy!

My Grandmother's Recipe:

• 12 egg yolks, well-beaten
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 pint Myers Jamaica Rum
• 1 pint Coronet V.S.Q. Brandy
• 2 quarts cream

In the past 2 days, I've read a disproportionate amount of entries on my f-list talking about how suddenly "down" or "dismal" people feel ( Read more... )