This is about obsession.

There has not been a day, in five years, when it wasn't on my mind. But if I knew, when I started, where it would lead, would I again put a Labrador puppy in a custom-made, multiple-layered dress with a power-blue apron? Would the snappy...

Every mother needs a signature cookie. Even if it's one you buy--like a fresh-from-the-bag Pepperidge Farm Milano. Or a local-corner-bakery-purchased elephant ear. Of course, it's best, when the kids look back, if the signature cookie is one you baked. Why? Because of the effort. People like to see effort and...

This is the third time I've written something that ended up on The Huffington Post. The first time my subject matter concerned cooking chicken when I was twelve years old. My second topic was the important discussion of the merits of Pie vs. Cake. And now, I write about my...