I remember the first time I made macarons. They were for Jamie’s birthday party the year we were engaged. I spent hours working on them, and I think I only ended up with about ten macarons that somewhat resembled the confections I had seen the month before in London’s Laduree. All of the other macaron […]

I have always loved planing parties and hosting friends and family at my table.  It started for me as a child when my mother would let me help her decorate the table for each holiday dinner (I’m sure I mostly got in the way, but my mother never let on if I was!)  In middle […]

I think Valentine’s Day was my favorite holiday as a kid, mostly because of the homemade treats my mother baked to make the day special. She would make dozens and dozens of huge, heart shaped sugar cookies and then carefully ice each one with bright pink frosting. She would then finish each cookie by personalizing […]