Christina | November 22, 2010

My parents work so hard each year to host Thanksgiving dinner. The planning begins weeks in advance. My mom starts cooking a few days early in order to prepare her famous cornbread dressing.   My dad stays up all night slowly smoking the turkeys in the backyard.  He takes quick naps on the couch and gets [...]

Category: Cookies and Bars | 17 Comments »
Tags: cranberries, cranberry, cranberry dessert, cranberry dessert for two, desserts for two people, shortbread, shortbread bars, shortbread for two, small holiday dessert, Thanksgiving, vanilla

Christina | November 14, 2010

Wow.  That’s all I can say about the Foodbuzz Blogger Festival last weekend in San Francisco.  It has taken me a full week to recover.  I shared a room with the talented and very beautiful Natalie from Perrys’ Plate.  We were quick to learn that we are true foodie soul mates— we skipped the final dinner of the festival in [...]

Category: Pies and Cobblers | 15 Comments »
Tags: cinnamon, cream cheese, dessert for two, ginger, pecans, pumpkin, small desserts for two people, small holiday desserts, small Thanksgiving dessert, tart, Thanksgiving dessert

Christina | November 4, 2010

My favorite thing to do this time of year is to go apple picking with my girlfriends.  However, our version of apple picking involves eating every single apple dessert on the menu of a small road-side stand and buying bags of already-picked apples.  This is to ensure that we have plenty of time to stop at the [...]

Category: Pies and Cobblers | 19 Comments »
Tags: apple, apple cheesecake, apple cheesecake pie, apple dessert for two, cheesecake, cheesecake for two, cheesecake with crumb topping, cinnamon, crumb pie, dessert for two, desserts for two, pie, small pie