Happy Turkey Day!
I saw this festive Turkey Cake on Craft earlier this week (thank you Cathy Callahan) and because I’m a glutton for punishment I decided to try to whip one up. Well the finishing touches were just sprinkled on mere moments ago and I think this bright bird came out

Red Raspberries
I’m feeling a little nostalgic this evening after arriving home to find a very sweet Thanksgiving card from my grandmother. I wont be with her for this holiday but I will see her in a few weeks at Christmas time. This means I’ll miss her annual roasting of an enormous turkey in the wood cook stove and of course her “Turkey Cookies.” Before you shudder in horror let me assure you that these aren’t some sort of bizarre Atkins Diet baked good. Turkey Cookies

Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprints
One of the things I always enjoy when I visit my mother is looking for new recipes in the big stack of magazines that she subscribes to. I used to receive all sorts of magazines but then I found that they just sat around my apartment collecting dust and looking very slick, pretty, and unread. So I stopped getting everything but Coastal Living — because I will

Wordless Wednesday – Mutant Strawberries
Originally posted on Erin CooksWordless Wednesday – Mutant Straw

Thanksgiving’s Greatest Hits
CK and I split the holidays. We spend Thanksgiving in Connecticut with the Kelly clan and then have Christmas in snowy Maine with my Family. The Kelly’s are Thanksgiving connoisseurs. The festivities at this day long celebration of football and food are an epic exercise in stamina. Below are a few rules and/or insights I’ve garnered over the years and have chosen to share so that you will survive the day should the opportunity ever be bestowed upon you. Rule #1: