I adore pumpkin pie spice, that fragrant blend of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves or allspice. One whiff evokes the brightly colored hues of autumn, my favorite season, and the aromas of Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday.
I use it in pumpkin pie, of course, but also in cookies, bars, apple dishes—and coffee. I’m not generally a [...]

It began one stormy and windswept Halloween night.
I took my two kids out trick-or-treating and left a pot of beef stew on the stove, with instructions to my husband to stir it every now and then.
Trick-or-treating in such miserable weather turned out to be hard work, and it was pretty late by the time we [...]

I run a cookie recipe site and was doing some research to see what keywords and phrases people are searching for in the cookie recipe realm. Researching “brownies” was an eye opener.
It seems that a whole lot of people out there are searching for recipes for brownies that carry an extra payload in the form [...]

Many people leave their kids money and property. While I plan to leave both of those things to my children in the hopefully far-distant future when I depart this earth, one of the legacies I hope my daughter will treasure most is the bottle of Endless Vanilla.
Nearly 20 years ago, my husband was trying [...]

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