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It was our first week of CSA deliveries for the season, and I am so happy! Strawberry rhubarb pie, arugula and baby turnip salad, braised bok choi, and probably some green smoothies with the huge bunch of kale I got. I love spring!

Thank you! I am planning on making Emma's cookies, and the bag of peppermint pillows she recommended is about $15 (inc. shipping) on amazon - I ordered it thinking I would get at least a few batches of cookies from the bag, but it is only as big as my fist. That is very expensive peppermint candy. I have a Rite Aid a block from my house, and I'm going tomorrow to see if they have these.

I love Christmas cookies! We always had Russian tea cakes but everything else varied year to year.

My grandmother used to make these horrible creme de menthe balls - nobody liked them, but she would make them year after year, insisting that we always loved them, and the was surprised when they were the only cookies left by New Years. All of her other cookies were great. She stopped baking a few years ago, but we always still have a lot of cookies around the holidays.

I like to make a bunch of different types of cookies and give them as gifts. For the past few years I've been building a mix of my own, adding one or two new varieties each year, and keeping the winners. Some favorites are 5-Spice Gingersnaps, Grapefruit sandwich cookies, Cherry and honey-almond shortbread, benne wafers, and chocolate peppermint bark cookies.

Sorry to be a downer, but we got one in my office and everyone who sat on it for more than a few minutes ended up with terrible back pain.

They are great in guacamole. Just mince them and add to your regular guacamole recipe- they add a nice extra bite.

In my family we have Thanksgiving dinner at a slightly early dinner-time - so 5:30 or 6 p.m. rather than 7 or 8 p.m. when we would eat a normal dinner. Everyone comes over in the afternoon and watch football, we all help cook and set up, and just hang out. There are light snacks to graze on all day so nobody is starving and rushing through the meal. We linger over the meal for a while, play a board game usually, and have dessert later in the evening.

Farro with roasted vegetables (eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers, onion) and marinara sauce, a little parm cheese on top, a peach, and an oatmeal raisin cookie. Very satisfying.