by Jane Sweeney | Dec 16, 2017 | Christmas, Gift Guides, Holiday Cooking, Recipes
Break out the spatula and grab a tween (or, heck, a 6-year-old), because I’ve got nine of my absolute favorite homemade holiday food gifts that will wow your favorite teacher, aunt, or UPS delivery person. All of these food gifts are dead easy to make and package...
by Jane Sweeney | Dec 4, 2017 | Christmas, Recipes
My name is Jane and I don’t love baking holiday cookies. There, I said it! I absolutely love cookies, but I’ve just never been a spend-all-day-in-the-kitchen-making-sugar-cookies type of gal. But you can’t have the holidays without cookies. So I’ve put together...
by Jane Sweeney | Nov 18, 2017 | Thanksgiving, Tips + Tricks
If you’ve read Stacie’s brilliant How to Cook a Thanksgiving Turkey tutorial, you should be well prepared for the big day. But with so much going on in the kitchen, a little turkey trouble is bound to happen. My advice? Open a bottle of wine and breathe deep, because...
by Jane Sweeney | Nov 8, 2017 | Recipes, Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, leave your Martha Stewart aspirations to the turkey and learn how to make perfect mashed potatoes in the microwave. Our method is so easy and creates creamy, delicious potatoes in no time. This genius kitchen hack also frees up a stovetop burner...
by Jane Sweeney | Oct 24, 2017 | Recipes
Over the years, I’ve baked countless versions of the classic Toll House cookie. So when I noticed that Instagram and even the New York Times were abuzz over Sarah Kieffer’s Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe from her mouthwatering The Vanilla Bean Blog, I assumed it was...
