New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
 There are certain things I love about Christmas and certain things that can sometimes get under my skin during the season. Lets start with the bad, shall we?Things That Sometimes Slightly Annoy Me About the Christmas Season: Crowds. Tourists. Traffic.  Annoying commercials (seriously, Gap, if I see that commercial tha

Thanksgiving Central
 Oftentimes, I go onto websites such as Epicurious.com or MyRecipes.com around the holidays and am bombarded by huge, flashing letters stating (Insert Holiday Here) Central.Who made them Thanksgiving Central?  Christmas Central?  Presidents Day Central?It's a little presumptuous, no?Well, I am declaring Spork or Foon this year's Thanksgiving Central.  I may not have many Thanksgiving recipes

Sugar Cookies Have Hijacked My Life
I know this is not TWD's All-In-One Holiday Bundt Cake.  I know that I haven't blogged in two weeks.  Life is nuts right now.  I got a HUGE catering gig with the store Theory: 5 stores, 4 days, 2200 cookies. I also am planning my 10-year high school reunion.  Which is tomorrow.  And I am also helping Jack's sister at her newly opened doggy daycare because

Spiced Chicken and Chickpea Stew
In my pre-cooking days, I was not a big fan of flavor.  I ate dry cereal (Lucky Charms, no matter the age, thankyouverymuch), turkey and cheese (one slice each) sandwiches on whole wheat with relish (still do, no shame in that), and any kind of pasta with minimal sauce.  And cookies, of course (of course).At that same time, I was very into astrology and horoscopes.  Scorpios are fiercely loyal (check), intense (check), intensely private (yup), dramati

Sugar Topped Molasses Spice Cookies with Spiced Cream Filling
You know those commercials with two people sitting around a table, racing to see which one eats the Oreo filling the fastest? That was me.  And I was racing against myself. To eat all of the Oreo filling I could in one sitting.  It was sad.Once, when I was studying abroad in London, I ate a whole sleeve of Oreos one night.  Needless to say, I was very sick after that. Oddly enough, I never liked Double Stuffed Oreos.