Local Sweeties on TV

Andrea Ballus of Sift Dessert Bar and Lisa Marie Kincaid of Fleur de Lisa Wedding Cakes get some serious TV time

Braised Lamb with Bitter Chocolate, Rosemary, and Syrah

Sometimes, despite all the planning, the wearing-thin of cookbook pages, the carpal-tunnel-clicking through epicurious, I'll find out the hard way that it's what I didn't plan for that determines whether my food ultimately succeeds, or merely sucks. Typically, I'm undone by good, old fashioned pilot error; typically, but not always, because sometimes it's the black swan crapping on my mise, and it's just such an exception to the rule that inspired this edition of Meat, Braise, Love: A slow braise of shoulder of local lamb with bitter chocolate, rosemary, and bad-ass Syrah.

Cookie Brownies | Holiday Cookies

It's a brownie. It's a cookie. It's a brownie cookie, the best of both worlds. What is especially great about these is how soft and chewy they are, as well as all the from-scratch taste.