Perfect Black Cocoa Sugar Cookies: Easy Halloween Icing Recipe
My neighbor, a retired pastry chef named Mrs. Gable, watched me struggling to roll out a sticky, pale sugar cookie dough on my kitchen counter … Read more
My neighbor, a retired pastry chef named Mrs. Gable, watched me struggling to roll out a sticky, pale sugar cookie dough on my kitchen counter … Read more
It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Wednesday in mid-October, and I had a stupid amount of Halloween candy staring at me from the kitchen … Read more
I had refused to participate in my neighborhood’s annual Halloween block party for three years. Not because I’m a Grinchโhonestly, I love seeing little kids … Read more
My nephew asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in one bowl and call it done. I was mid-lecture about layering flavors and coating techniquesโthe … Read more
There used to be a tiny Italian deli in the east end of our town, a place called Vinny’s that had sawdust on the floor … Read more
I was standing in the candy aisle at the grocery store last October, staring at a bag of pretzel rods, when the weirdest thing happened. … Read more
I wasn’t supposed to be there, honestly. My neighbor Dave had mentioned, almost as an afterthought, that he was “throwing some stuff on the grill” … Read more
The Halloween party was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d bought the candyโfun-sized Snickers by the fistfulโbut I’d promised to bring … Read more
My friend Jenna asked me last week why I couldn’t just use a standard cream cheese frosting instead of making a filling for pumpkin muffins. … Read more
I was at the hardware store last October, of all places, buying weather stripping for the drafty windows. The guy at the counterโprobably seventy years … Read more