last-minute holiday cookie ideas

…from BlogHer (and more if you click through at the bottom) @BlogHer

Bake Some Cookies Triple Chocolate Sugar Cookies byi.am.baker Meyer Lemon Madeleines by The Little Kitchen Chocolate Peppermint Cookies by Girl Makes Food German Vanilla Crescents by Wishful Chef Holiday Truffle Cookies by That Skinny Chick Can Bake Gingerbread Tag Cookies by Erica's Sweet Tooth Butterscotch Pudding Gingerdoodles by Bake Your Day Caramel Macchiato Spritz Cookies by Daydreamer Desserts Peppermint Puff Cookies by Shugary Sweets Salted Caramel Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies by Sally's Baking Addiction

Holiday Menus

⁂from the perennially reliable @Southern_Living Newsletter⁂Yes, we should & intend to branch, maybe after the holidays⁂For now posting on most of the many blogs is strictly line of least resistance, if at all⁂Red Velvet Dessert Buffet looks like a particularly promising "special occasion" entry in the "Cakes for Jude" series ~ good color coordination with the virtual red sports cars for Roy⁂

TOP Newsletter FEATURE Happiest Holiday Menus Ever! Plan a get-together for any occasion with these combinations of our favorite holiday foods. Merry Morning Christmas Brunch  Glamorous Cocktail Party Fresh & Elegant Holiday Dinner Red Velvet Dessert Buffet Over-the-Top Christmas Morning Pancakes SEE RECIPES How To Create Perfect Appetizer Trays SEE RECIPES Stay Connected with Southern Living:

There's Always Room for Pie

…no matter how much turkey and dressing you have for Thanksgiving dinner. But leave some for breakfast. Indeed, visualizations with embed codes, like videos with same, are a blogger's best friends. Expect to see more ~ visua.ly has a fine collection of food and beverage graphics. If we need or feel compelled to count words, we can always go to code.

by CouponCabin. Browse more infographics. 

There's Always Room for Pie | Visual.ly

Quick & Easy Chili, Soups, & Stews

…from… …because it's getting to be that time of the year. Besides, this plus page tending & a few timeline pics is about all I'm up for today…raging allergies & sinuses…tomorrow is another day…

TOP FEATURE Quick-Fix Chili, Soups & Stews Spicy, slow-cooker, chicken, turkey, or veggie–we guarantee you'll love one of these top-rated recipes. SEE ALL RECIPES   TRENDING NOW Must-Have Sweet Potato Casseroles Thanksgiving 911 Facebook Chat JOIN Boudin, Beer, & Cajun-Style Boot Stomping in NOLA READ MORE "Hot List" Reader Poll VOTE FOR SL

Halloween Recipes

…oops missed posting this in a timely manner…was seasonally appropriate just a few short days ago but no longer…too fun not to post even late…besides, there are always the pumpkin seeds…

Get ready for Halloween with these easy appetizer and drink recipes View on SL website

TOP FEATURE 38 Spook-tacular Halloween Party Recipes Spook up your supper this week with hauntingly delicious Halloween recipes. • Appetizers & Drinks • Eerie Entrées • Scary Sweets GET RECIPES TRENDING NOW 5 Ways To Cook & Eat Pumpkin Seeds Stay Connected with Southern Living:

Cookbooks: The Family Dinner

…the perennial question "What's for dinner?" has many answers. It's about more than just food and recipes: cookbooks, conversations


The cookbook that captured our imaginations last summer was The Family Dinner by Laurie David. What did I love about it besides reinforcing my firmly held belief that dinner eaten together is important? Was it simply vindication and reinforcement that what I hold sacred is shared by someone else? Most readers agree with the essential premise of the book: eating meals together strengthens families. No contest. More than that, this book provides tools, tricks and games to make ordinary meals a special event instead of a routine, a chore.

Cooking dinner is more than just feeding a nuclear unit. It is about winning hearts and minds. Meals are a gathering time, creating ritual, collecting stories and remembering how fortunate we are to be together. At the end of a school day, it is disappointing to hear a robotic 'nothing' in answer to the common question "What did you do at school today?" Taking a prompt from The Family Dinner, I asked "What qualities make a good student? What qualities make a good teacher?" during a recent dinner.
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When my son was assigned a teacher who had previously taught my daughter, and with whom I had worked as a classroom volunteer, the observations bubbled to the surface. We spoke over each other in an effort to describe her unique attributes to my husband whose demanding job keeps him away from the minutiae of school life. Before long, we were discussing what makes a good friend, business partner, employee, co-worker and boss.

Read all of Cookbooks: The Family Dinner on Beams and Struts

Food Day 2012

…is October 24. Food should have it's own day and so it does. This is definitely an item for Everybody Eats. iCreate too as well as community gardens and farmers markets. Check out the many partner organizations, no government or industry funding accepted, and start panning a Food Day event. Get the word out.

Food Day is a celebration of real food and a campaign to help solve food-related problems in our homes, on our farms, in our schools and in our communities. We want food to be healthy, affordable, and produced with care for the environment, animals, and the women and men who grow, harvest, and serve it.

Salt Meats Cheese in Sydney

This one is just because it appealed to me, reminding me of delis, charcuteries and the shop all over Munich and everywhere in Germany that sell Aufschnitt (cold cuts), cheese and beverages... trying to remember the German name, not Metzgerei, which is for the butcher's, is driving me nuts and no doubt will until I remember. I thought what a delightful place and isn't food about place as well as memories? My father, raised on a dairy farm outside Canton in northern New York State was a lifetime cheese lover. Food is still as much about memory and associations as it is about nutrition. A different kind of nourishment.