Daniel J Isom

I'm back with another top 10! This time we're looking at cookies. We're one of those families that bakes an obscene amount of Christmas cookies and that was my inspiration for doing this list. Now I've eaten a lot of cookies in my day, but there are still many out there that I haven't tried so if you have a favorite cookie, please share in the comments. 10. Coconut Macaroons I can't remember the first time I encountered these but I've always loved coconut. The baker I worked at for a year after moving here to Delaware used to make these every week and I loved being able to take a package home. They're super easy to make and friendly to those with a gluten allergy. 9. Spritz Spritz cookies are very similar to shortbread but they're even more buttery and much more delicate. Often you'll find them in various shapes after being squeezed out of a cookie press. While they look like filler cookies on a big Italian cookie tray, these are

When I tell people that I cook dinner nearly every night, they're always so impressed. Why? We all have to feed ourselves and cooking is not hard. Good food can be made with hardly any effort, few ingredients, and little money. Time and time again I hear stories about how people think they can't cook or they're bad cooks. Both of these statements have something in common, the person saying them is lazy. Anyone CAN cook. If you can follow directions: written, spoken, or viewed, then you can cook. Being able to feed oneself is a necessity in life. But it's also a great skill to have and good for your well being because you can control what goes into your body. Need to diet? Try cooking for yourself. You can eat pretty much anything you get out with less calories, unless deep fried candy bars are your normal snack, in which case have fun with the diabetes and/or eventual heart attack. Let's try cooking something Let's stop for a second. Do you have so