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Spiced Chocolate Cookies and Cape Weather
Spring arrives intermittently, it seems. One moment it’s all daffodils and salad, the next, snow warnings and pork chili and corn bread and Jon “borrowing†the scarf he gave me for Christmas because it’s a Boy Color. This is when … Continue reading
Rosemary Parmesan Shortbread
Summer draws to a close and our friends Ingyin and Yosi prepare to return to Abu Dhabi and to the new term at NYU Abu Dhabi’s Physics Department. Not quite yet, but too soon. So we planned a fancy dinner … Continue reading
Millionaire’s Shortbread for Burns Night
Burns Night is a celebration of the poet responsible for such classic literary hits as A Red Red Rose, and Address to a Haggis. If you’re Scottish, like my husband, it’s an unmissable opportunity to drink whisky and say things … Continue reading
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Tagged caramel, chocolate, craft project, Granny Hannah, shortbread, tea towels
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The Wednesday Tipple – Maiden’s Blush, Stilton Crackers, and something to blush about
Our lives and the lives of our friends are currently divided into the Haves and Have Nots: people who paid the extra for HBO, and people who rely on the goodness and charity of those people to invite them over … Continue reading
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Tagged biscuit, blushing, cheese, coyness, fantasy, Game of Thrones, gin, Grange disks, grenadine, pernod, shortbread, vegetarian
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The Monday Treat – Lavender shortbread
July was a month of ice coffee. I made ice cubes out of espresso and milk (coldness without dilution), and I’ve hardly been without one since; walking to work, morning booster, afternoon pick me up, and even decaf versions at … Continue reading
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Tagged butter, elevenses, flour, lavender, reclaiming time from modern life, shortbread, sugar
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The Monday Treat – Easy Valentines ideas
Valentines is a different ball park here in America. It’s really not such a big deal in the UK. You’ll see the odd woman with roses on the underground, and probably it’s the Biggest deal in the Whole World if … Continue reading
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Tagged brownie, chocolate, cupcake, raspberry, shortbread, strawberry, valentine's
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The Monday Treat – Millionaire’s Shortbread in time for Burns Night
Millionaire’s shortbread is what my Mother in law, and most of the rest of Scotland call it. Toffee cake is what my Mother in law’s Mother in law called it (as you can see above). But by either name, for … Continue reading
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Tagged caramel, chocolate, millionaire's shortbread, shortbread, toffee, treat, vegetarian
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The Monday Treat – Cheddar Rosemary Shortbread
Back in New York and back to Huge gossip. Amazing Grace has met a promising man. Following a tricky meeting about maximizing product placement in which Anita had been her usual bitch self, Grace had ignored the looks of her … Continue reading
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Tagged biscuit, cheese, dumped by skype, Grace, lunch, recipe, rosemary, shortbread
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