The Pescetarian and the Pig

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Popcorn. Easy. Tasty. Wonderful for a last minute gift or party snack. The longest part of making this popcorn is waiting for the chocolate to re-harden. I love peppermint hot chocolate so much. So much. These cookies are a testament to that. And the day I discovered that homemade popcorn was as […]

Cinnamon Nutmeg Snowball Cookies. Or Russian Tea Cakes. Or Mexican Wedding Cookies. Or whatever else you might call them. You guys, this is the 3rd year in a row that I have had this recipe sitting in my drafts and I almost forgot to post it before Christmas (like I did last year and the […]

Brandy Spiked Eggnog Cookies. Yes. Please. OMG. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that I love brandy spiked desserts, especially with eggnog and especially for Christmas. And I’m always looking for something unique and surprising to bring to various Christmas parties, but I also don’t want to be in the kitchen for a million hours. These cookies […]

Cranberry Walnut Cream Cheese Monkey Bread. Monkey Bread is one of those perfect desserts for holiday gatherings. It’s pretty simple to make, it really doesn’t require many ingredients, and serving it is as simple as laying it out on a plate and allowing each person to literally grab a piece. It’s also fantastic because it […]

Panettone French Toast must be on your holiday breakfast menu this year. Seriously. Certainly you’ve seen the big displays at the grocery store of these funny loaves of bread inside gigantic boxes labeled “Panettone.” Before I worked at Trader Joe’s many years ago I was completely unfamiliar with what these were, and I feel like […]

Gingersnaps with Mango Chutney and Goat Cheese are the simplest, yet most satisfyingly flavorful little appetizers ever. And they’re pretty, to boot! I’m not sure about you, but the holidays get pretty hectic for me. I never want to go to any Christmas parties empty-handed, but I don’t exactly have all the time in the […]

Pumpkin Chiffon Pie with a Triple Gingersnap Crust. This recipe for Pumpkin Chiffon Pie is a classic that was handed down from my grandmother to my mother and then to me. With only minor tweaks in spices, cookie crust, and the use of agar agar in place of gelatin to keep this a vegetarian dessert, […]

Cinnamon Pecan PralinesI’m just not ready, you guys! I’m not ready for Christmas to be over. I’m totally one of those people who leaves the tree up and decorated until every last pine needle drops to the floor and the skeleton that’s left erupts spontaneously into a curtain of flames. And even after that, I’ll […]

Peppermint White Chocolate Macadamia CookiesHelllooooooo Delicious! So, funny little story, the idea for these babies was actually birthed while I was searching for Andes Peppermint Chips so I could make a whole bunch more of my Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies to give as gifts. Seems like those baking chips really caught on this year, because […]

Can you say “Yum”? This Brandy Spiked Chocolate Eggnog Cake was my most popular recipe of 2011 and was featured on WordPress.com’s Freshly Pressed. Seems like people really like a boozy dessert, eh? When I created this cake, I wanted to come up with a recipe that was so packed with flavor that it would […]