Category Archives: Cookies There’s a lovely bakery in downtown Charlottesville called Albemarle Baking Company. They make some of the best bread I’ve ever tasted. Baguettes with big, shiny holes in their centers and burnished, crackly crusts. A chocolate cherry levain with chunks of dark chocolate and tart cherries suspended throughout a sourdough loaf. A hearty oatmeal crunch bread...   These cookies. These cookies are some of the naughtiest cookies I’ve ever come across. They should be declared illegal – they’re that good. I actually feel irresponsible for sharing the recipe with you. These cookies were brilliantly conceived by one of my favorite food bloggists, Heidi Swanson. And they are aptly named because when you...  Simply put. I feel OFF. Which is a little surprising to me because I’m at the tail end of my radioiodine treatment. But then again, maybe that’s why feeling off feels that much more challenging. I was expecting to immediately bounce back from the treatment and that doesn’t appear to be happening. The good news...  Stump of the World, Mr. Stripey, Hank, The German Johnson, Livingston’s Gold Ball, Banana Legs. Any guesses as to what all of these names have in common? They’re all names of varieties of heirloom tomatoes. Admittedly, this post may be a bit erratic, but I wanted to share some photos of the day I spent...  We love keeping a roll of homemade cookie dough ready in the freezer to indulge our impromptu cravings for fresh cookies warm from the oven. Luckily, chocolate chip cookies are fairly easy to throw together and chocolate chip cookie dough keeps in the freezer for up to three months. For a bit of a sophisticated... |
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