Brookings Register | A touch of homemade

BROOKINGS – Are you already thinking ahead to Christmas presents and wondering how you will afford them? I know everyone’s a little short on money this year with COVID-19 hitting us in the wallets.  Here’s an idea: MAKE Christmas gifts this year.  It’s usually much less expensive to make something […]

The Great Biscuit Fake Off: Homemade Chocolate Hobnobs

A store-bought chocolate Hobnob and a homemade Hobnot. Can you tell the difference? My teenage Anglophilia started with music—The Smiths, New Order, The Wedding Present—and quickly spread to sweets, particularly the Brits’ delightful array of candy and cookies, or biscuits. As I was about to order some sugary imports during […]