A Year of Erin Cooks
As 2007 quickly ticks down to 2008, I sit in my pajamas at 4 o’clock on a Sunday afternoon listening to football commentators babbling on the TV and preparing for...
Appetizers, Baked Goods, Breakfast, Desserts, Doughnuts / Pastry, Holidays / Entertaining, Pies / Tarts, Snacks
Ina Garten’s Apple Turnovers
Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without gifts to yourself and this year Chris skipped that cookie downing middle man, Old Saint Nick, entirely and treated himself to an amazing new...
Twas the Day After Christmas
Twas the day after Christmas and the elves are exhausted but Erin and CK can’t wait to get started! For kitchen gadgets galore were bestowed on their heads and there...
Christmas Fettuccine
There’s a brief scene in the movie The Holiday where Kate Winslet decides to cheer up Jack Black by making him Christmas Fettuccine (start around 3:20 on the video above)....
Mummy’s Microwave Peanut Brittle
We have evil “Shovel Men” at our apartment. They are in league with the “Crack of Dawn” commuters. Ever since it started snowing in Boston our apartment complex hired a...
All Aboard The Jolly Express Gingerbread Train!
I’ve had the Avon Jolly Express cookie cutter set since 1992. When I first used the kit (way back when I was 12 years old) it came with prepackaged gingerbread...
Erin Cooks The Internet: December 16, 2007
I was feeling a little guilty last night after after realizing that I had essentially missed all of the donation opportunities that have been going around my workplace when I...
Pretty Pretty Pineapple Centerpieces
When Chris and I spent Thanksgiving in Connecticut with his family this year I went completely gaga over his Aunt Kara’s Pineapple centerpieces and vowed to recreate them for the...