A very boozy, completely delicious Cognac and Medjool date ice cream recipe. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
blackberry swirl cheesecake + a gingerbread house
I spent Christmas Eve building a gingerbread house with my oldest daughter and it was an absolute joy. I made this gingerbread recipe, drew up my own plans, and went for it. Then, with the help of two containers of very cheap grocery store frosting and lots of candy, we constructed a pretty charming little cabin. I liked making this one with minimal planning, but already I can envision a future in competitive gingerbread house building. It fulfills my 9 year-old self’s dream of being an architect, except with frosting. So very much frosting. Then, I made a cheesecake for Christmas dinner. [Read more…]
eggnog milkshake
Why should kids have all the holiday fun? Make this milkshake, sit in the glow of your Christmas tree, crank “Last Christmas,” and enjoy! Get our easy recipe over on Babble Food.
salt and pepper gingerbread cookies
For the first time this year, we’ll be spending Christmas in Brooklyn. With two kids, it seemed like time to make our own holiday traditions and enjoy our own home, and neighborhood, on Christmas day. Brian and I have family in Virginia and we usually spend the holidays sprinting from house to house trying to get everyone scheduled in the prime 48 hours of Christmas. This year, we’re slowing things way down and it feels great.
And so we begin our own traditions, which is a funny thing. Traditions, by nature, aren’t begun, they just are. Cookies seemed like a pretty good place to start, so I got my oldest daughter in on the act with this gingerbread recipe. [Read more…]
roasted garlic spread
All the girls want a vampire for a boyfriend these days. That’s a fact. But it’s worth reconsidering wearing the letter jacket of someone who can’t be around garlic. I mean, I think the first thing I ever learned about cooking was that you could cut up garlic and put it in anything that wasn’t a dessert and it would taste better. Garlic was hot then. It was like bacon is now. Then it got played out, also like bacon.
But Elizabeth made this roasted garlic spread the other night and it reminded me of how great garlic is. Roasted garlic is this wonderful combination of spicy, sweet, and pungent that’s just so different from everything else we eat. Spread on a piece of toast, it’s a great appetizer all by itself, and it requires very little work. [Read more…]