cookies and bars

I am an Oreo cookie junkie. I am. Their smell, alone, makes me crave milk. A tall cold glass of milk and…

Sara came for dinner last night. An overnight visit with her boyfriend during a hectic whirlwind summer vacation was unexpected and lovely.…

The Hooton family is in total ‘get ready for Meg’s bridal shower’ mode! Meggie asked her sisters Kate and Sara to stand as…

I can’t believe two years have passed since I wrote my first post. It’s a riot to scroll through the first few…

I’m home. Seven lovely days with my daughter and her fiance spent doing ordinary things. There’s always that pressure to try and…

When I was a little girl, my grandmother Ekstrom made lemon squares for “club”. Her club consisted of a small group of…

I survived Christmas day. There were moments of breathlessness or maybe just not wanting to breathe… Tradition crept in throughout the day,…

I’m days away from hosting our twelfth ‘Christmas on Carmarthen’ party. The girls were fourteen the first year that we hosted what…

Fruitcake is one of those sweets that people either love or politely refuse. It’s an old-fashioned dessert that was lovingly ‘put up’…

Dark Chocolate Shortbread Cookies are a delectable journey of indulgence. The velvety embrace of rich, buttery shortbread perfectly complement the intensity of…