Monthly Archives: December 2012

Soyer au Champagne

There are so many bubbly drinks bouncing around the blogoverse right now that it makes me feel like a kid in a candy store. (Or maybe just an adult in a booze store.) As I pondered which champagne cocktail I’d … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from the Cookie Quality Control Team! (Side note: We also specialize in wine QC. [Full disclosure: I am using the royal "we."]) I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday filled with friends, family, and crazy amounts of food!

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Blue Bottle Sesame-Absinthe Cigars

Sometimes I like to marvel at how far my tastes have come in the past ten years. If you’d told my barely-20 self that my poison of choice in the future would be gin, I’d have said you were crazy. … Continue reading

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Weekly Rewind

Hey everyone! This rewind is quite overdue, considering that I did not post one last week (and opted for cookies instead). I’ve been buried under a pile of job-work the past couple weeks (the weight of which became even heavier … Continue reading

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Spicy Gingerbread Cookies with Citrus Glaze

Gingerbread cookies are a funny thing. There are many different ways to make them, and likely almost as many differing opinions on what sort of gingerbread is truly THE best. Sweet. Spicy. Chewy. Snappy. Glazed. Iced. Plain. It goes on. … Continue reading

Posted in citrus, cookies, dessert, edible presents, winter | 24 Comments