So as CookieCon was winding down at the end of September, another esteemed sugar show was just ramping up some 1,200 miles away in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Yes, it was none other than the Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show (aka OSSAS), the brainchild of...
Hello, and welcome to Practice Bakes Perfect Challenge #13! In my family, 13 is a very lucky number, and I hope this challenge is lucky for you too! As I said in the recap for the last challenge, Lucky Challenge #13 is special and a...
It's about that time, folks, and so naturally we've been inundated with sp-ookies this past week. (BTW, "sp-ookies" is short for spooky cookies, a term conjured up after imbibing too much witches' brew when writing this post. ) While...
Halloween is quickly approaching, so it's time to get planning for it! The big question is . . . do you have the coolest, most scary costume of the night picked out? And what about your Halloween cookies? They...
In this month's Close-up, we're back for an in-depth conversation with Bridget Edwards of the popular baking blog Bake at 350 who, as you may recall, chatted with us just prior to CookieCon. Her chat covered a smattering...
Well, hello, cookie people! I know it has been an extremely busy time in the cookie world - from back-to-school to CookieCon, to the GO BO Foundation Bake Sale, to the beginning of the holiday baking season . . . And so, I am extra appreciative that...
Just mention the word "marketing" to a cookie maker, and she'll most likely want to run and hide under a blankie. We all know marketing is really important, and we know we need to do it, but we don't entirely understand what it is or...
Hi, all! I'm back with our "usual" Spotlight after a whirlwind week of triaging the vast amount of CookieCon coverage generated by our talented team of correspondents ! Congrats again to Barb Florin, Beverly Parker, Jen Wagman, and...
Bye bye, sun. Bye bye, sunsets on the beach. Bye bye, mojitos! Fall is almost here, and we have to start thinking about changing our bikinis and beach hats for something warmer. Nope, I'm not speaking about a...
This year's Sugar Show at CookieCon offered the following categories into which cookie entries could be submitted: Back to School, Wildlife, Super Heroes and Comic Books (a nod to Comic-Con, going on the same weekend, across the street...
There is a small part of me (meaning every fiber of my being) that wants to stomp my feet, curl my hands into fists, HISS, levitate, and blow steam from my pores. Everyone, just reflect on that image for a second. It's not because I am home . ....
Saturday was a simply amazing day. I thought it would be hard to top Friday, BUT when I looked through my photos for you all, I realized I had been so busy that I forgot to take pictures of EVERYTHING! Hopefully my fellow CookieCon correspondents...
I equate the experience of CookieCon and all it offers to Dorothy arriving in Oz and walking out of her fallen house into bright technicolor (minus the dead wicked witch). Until yesterday, I had been living my cookie life back in Kansas (read...
Today (Friday) was class day at CookieCon, and I have been tasked with passing along some of the nuggets of wisdom that each of the instructors shared with us. First up was Nadia of My Little Bakery. Nadia did a demo in real-time of her...
Day 2 started out with the second session of Team Cookie’s (Rebecca Weld, The Cookie Architect; Kari Arroyo, Yankee Girl Yummies; and Melissa Joy Lacasse, Melissa Joy Cookies) design seminar. We walked in to find the scene above laid out on the tables...
