A cherished tradition from Wellesley College! There's something about September that always seems to signal a slow down in my blo...

A treat made popular by students at women's colleges! Anyone who's been around me over the last couple months has heard me ta...

A full course breakfast fit for any Turn of the Century enthusiast! My fiancée was teasing me the other day about how I secretly want...

A presidential family favorite! Love him or hate him, there's no question that Teddy Roosevelt was probably the most influential ...

Just like the suffrag ists used to make! Ever since 1988, March has been declared Women's History Month in the United States, ...

The best way to have a send off to our favorite high budget soap opera ! Tonight, the last episode of Downton Abbey airs on PBS , an...

Who needs box mix brownies when you've got these? Next up on my unintentional adventure through chocolate history is one of my fa...

Featuring no actual nutting, but plenty of food! When I was a kid, I used to love looking through birthday party planning books. They...

Time consuming, but so worth it! As much as I enjoy cooking and baking for myself, I do really enjoy trying to cater towards my frien...

A surprisingly stress free way to experience the food of a stuffier era! My family was late to the Downton Abbey party, but when the...

I've never understood why you would choose chocolate or vanilla when you can have both! And then I kind of wandered away for two ...

Spoilers: they're labor intensive, but an incredibly pretty, tasty way to make an elegant looking treat to eat! My sister was h...

Whatever name you want to call them, these cookies are delicious! The first time I'd ever heard of Black and White cookies was at...

A guaranteed hit sugar cookie with a fruity twist! Ah, Valentine's Day. Love it or hate it, you probably have an opinion on it ...

Although really, this post should probably be called Samantha and L. Frank Baum's Gingerbread Cakes! Although only a few members ...

Deceptively frustrating cookies to make, but they sure are tasty! I was almost too embarrassed to document this recipe with a blog post...

So let's root, root, root for the Red Sox... I have mentioned before that I'm from New England, so it probably shouldn't ...

An unusually named cookie with an unusual story! My sister started college about a week before I got the idea for making this blog, a...