Cookie Dough & Writing

What does cookie dough and writing have in common? Well, you’d be surprised. First let me tell you a story of when I first got married. 

I couldn’t boil water. Thank goodness for Better Homes and Gardens, ‘The New Cook Book’. Please note the break in the word cookbook, because this was a book for new cooks. Page 191 showed me how to make scrambled eggs. I kid you not – I needed a recipe for this. I also discovered Jean Pare’s Company’s Coming cookbooks, specifically the Casserole one, and...