In the middle of the rush to get ready for the holidays, Rebecca stopped by armed with two shopping bags full of ingredients. As I wrapped presents she worked on these cherry blinks for her colleagues at the private school on Beacon Hill where she teaches. When I finally stretched out in a chair Cricket [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Revolutionary gingerbread cupcakes with lemon cream cheese frosting
Posted in Baked goods, Dessert, Holiday dishes, tagged cream cheese frosting, cupcakes, food, gingerbread, Holiday recipes, peppermint frosting on December 16, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Things are definitely looking cheery and sparkly and sugary these days. Thanksgiving may be all about gratitude and huge, heaping platefuls of food, but food traditions around Christmas tend to have more ethereal qualities like imagination and hope and wonder.