A Happy (and Sweet) New Year to All!
on Jan 1, 2009 in Chocolate Cookies In the Pâtisserie Happy New Year and best wishes to you all! 2008 was certainly an exciting year for me and I am looking forward to what 2009 will bring. (Already my to-do list is growing long and ambitious).Last night was low-key and...

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
on Dec 19, 2008 in Chocolate In the Pâtisserie I can't help it: no matter how crazed with end-of-the-year things-left-to-do I may be, how bitingly cold the weather has been (hey, I'm a California girl - I don't do cold weather), or how desperately I'm trying to avoid the...

A Sweet Little Holiday Gift Guide
on Dec 5, 2008 in Books Field Guide to Cookies Other Happy Friday, all! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are all now firmly ensconced in the holiday season and all its glittery, glowing trimmings. Since I live near the downtown area of San Francisco, I've been able to...

The Art and Soul of Baking: An Interview with Cindy Mushet
on Nov 26, 2008 in Books Field Guide to Cookies Tarts Edited 12:40 PM: Joy of joys!! I actually discovered the CIndy has already posted the recipe for the Warm Cranberry Crumble Tart on her own blog, here. Hope some of you have a chance to make it for the holidays!...

Book Release Party!
on Nov 19, 2008 in Field Guide to Cookies Oh my goodness, what a whirlwind it's been! I can't believe that it was just over a year ago that I started writing this book called Field Guide to Cookies, and now it's actually on bookshelves in actual bookstores! Yesterday,...