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Merry Meringue Christmas Cookies

2 egg whites

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar

¾ cup sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup chopped nuts

3 tablespoons crushed peppermint candy

Preheat oven to 250.

Beat the egg whites until foamy, add salt and cream of tartar, and continue beating until soft peaks form. Add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until meringue is stiff (ish). Fold in vanilla and rest of...

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I do not usually post these round-robin e-mails, but I received this today, and have been laughing out loud for the past five minutes…

<p align="center">Summer Classes for Men at

THE

ADULT   LEARNING   CENTER</p>

REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED

By Friday ,  December  2 1 st 2009

NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL

OF THEIR CONTENTS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM

Class 1
How To Fill Up The Ice Cube Trays–Step by Step, with Slide Presentation.
Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 ...

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I am now starting to get excited about Christmas - my most favorite holiday of the year. Today, when the Smalls got home from school, I decided to make cookies, and we chose a recipe from the Junior League Centennial Cookbook. Honestly, I don't even know where this cookbook came from. I've never looked at it before, but it's rather good.

So we made these cookies, which were ridiculously easy, and they are so utterly moreish, I think I may have to leave the house. Seriously, they are sitting...

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Bonsoir, mes amies!

J'ai returned home from Paris, ou, si vous followed moi on Twitter (and vraiment, if you're not, vous really should be…), vous will know that there was a week when J'ai actually parlee en fluent Franglais. C'etait magnifique, et j'ai enjoyed myself immensely - J'avait forgotten quite combien Franglais J'ai knew, but it all came flooding back, particularly at l'aeroport, where a French woman with unfeasibly large lips attempted to queue-jump, not bargaining on La Furieuse...

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 We are off to Paris for Thanksgiving, where, I am told, it is cold, wet, and windy. I am armoured up with raincoats, scarves, and rain hats, and cannot WAIT to do lots of walking, and attempt my long-forgotten French. Also, the Smalls are with their father, so it is something of a mini-honeymoon for Beloved and I- no turkey for me this Thanksgiving, hopefully Steak frites instead.

I have been busy, busy, BUSY. The Hugh Grant interview ran in Parade. Click here to read on Parade.com. You will ...

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<p align="center">PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN EVENING

OF CONVERSATION, COCKTAILS, AND CHAT</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center">TO COMMEMORATE

THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY

OF</p><p align="center">DOROTHY PARKER'S ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center">The Algonquin Hotel</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center">Monday November 16th, 2009</p><p align="center">7pm-9pm

59 West 44th Street, New York, NY

Join us for a Commemorative Symposium of Wit and Wisdom Featuring the Unique Perspectives of Jane Green, Joel Stein, Paula Froelich, Michael Musto and Morgan Spurlock</p>

Moderated by Nat Benchley, Author and Grandson Of Original Algonquin Round Table Member, Robert...

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This is so utterly hilarious I am posting the entire thing. Daily Candy fills up my inbox regularly. I am so fed up with their steals and deals, I rarely even open the emails, however this caught my eye.

Protecting Your Assets

The Paparazzi Protector Slip

(Photo courtesy of Sheltini)

Know what's actually not sexy?

Showing your vagina to total strangers.

Know what else?

Taking off a slinky minidress to reveal bulgy, sausage casing underthings.

Avoid both mishaps with the Paparazzi Protector, a...

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I am back from London, back from cooking lunch for Hugh Grant.

Because I have written a piece for Parade magazine - out in December - I cannot tell you much about it until then, but I will just tell you this:

He was utterly adorable.

Thoughtful, curious, and disarmingly good company.

He also loved my cooking, so he is extra-specially nice, and welcome to have lunch in my kitchen any. Time. He. Wants.

Now on to more important stuff…the food. For those of you who wish to have a taste of my...

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Many of you have been wondering where I have been, these past six months, and those of you who have followed my sporadic blogging will know I have been looking after my Unwell Friend.

This morning, surrounded by her family, she died.

And I am heartbroken.

To borrow the words of Erich Segal:

What can you say about a forty-three-year-old girl who died?

That she was beautiful. And brilliant.

And brave.

That she loved, in no particular order, and amongst other things: her children, her husband and...

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I have long been of the mindset that food is love. The reason I love entertaining so, is because it is the perfect way for me to show my friends how much I love them.

These past few months, I have been cooking for my Unwell Friend. First, for her, a multitude of vegan dishes to try and help her on the road back to health, and of late, for her family. They laugh that they are the lucky recipients of my cooking therapy, and it is true, but it is also my way of giving, of showing my love.

And it i...

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