the perfect martini

fill a glass with ice
add 6 ozs gin
add 5 drops extradry vermouth
stir well
strain into a chilled martini glass
thread three olives (health, love, and wealth)
and serve

The ultimate chocolate chip cookie revisited

To make chocolate chip cookies perfect, don’t fold all your chips into the batter. Arrange some on top of the cookies before popping them in the oven.

If your chocolate chip cookies are refrigerated -- make them perfectly round by storing the dough inside a cardboard tube from a roll of paper towel

Original Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Post