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It's that time of year when we all have the best of intentions and highest of ambitions - which means that our lists of New Year's resolutions are probably way too long...

Hi, everyone! As Bakerloo Station mentioned in today's Practice Bakes Perfect challenge recap, we unfortunately had to delete an entry from the challenge due to lack of compliance with our "no copying copyrighted work without permission rule" (which mirrors US copyright law)...

Woo hoo! I am thrilled to announce that we have two more recipients of our Milestone Award this month: Liesbet Schietecatte and Tina DeLuca Tsourtsoulas. As a reminder, our Milestone Award is given to those contributors who have served the site for a year or more...

As you may recall, back in April of this year, I announced the founding of Cookie Connection's Milestone Awards program, designed to honor the incredible volunteers who have stood the test of time by serving this community with outstanding content for more than one year...

Hi, all! Usually I put admin posts like this in the forums, but to ensure that this post gets maximum visibility, I'm putting it front and center on the blog! As you may know, we had a large site upgrade last week, dubbed "The Recipe Release" by my site guys at Hoop.la...

As I said on our Contributors page, it takes a small community to keep a large community like Cookie Connection going . . . but what I really should have said is: it takes a small (and ever-growing) community of passionate, talented, and tireless volunteers to keep it going!

As you may have read in Monday's forum post, the site was down for a short period on Wednesday to allow for a software upgrade, which Hoop.la (my site host) has aptly called "The Proximity Search Release". (You'll see why this is apt in a sec.)

Hi, everyone! Boy, do I have exciting news! Remember how I told you that Cookie Connection is getting revamped with a new responsive web design. Well, the time is nearly here for the big reveal of our new site!

So . . . I've got some good news and some bad news. First, for the bad news (for me, anyway): I won't be able to make it to CookieCon this year due to competing events! (If there's one thing I finally accepted in 2015, it's that I can't be in four...

Hi, all, as you may or may not know, to mark the site's two-year anniversary, I recently conducted a survey to collect feedback about how to improve your overall experience on Cookie Connection. At the same time, I also gathered input on the desire...

Yeah, for real!   October is National Cookie Month, at least here in the US!   So, what's this mean for Cookie Connection ? In short, lots of fun stuff!   For starters, I've posted a splashy new site backdrop and banner, designed...

For those of you who enjoy the occasional glass of wine (with or without cookies), boy oh boy, do I have an offer for you! And it's one that NEVER expires!   Club W , a personalized wine club that sends monthly shipments of wine tailored to your...