Marissa Rothkopf-Bakes: The Secret Life of Cookies
A weekly newsletter with new sweet and savory recipes every week, where I talk about politics and culture (and bake) with people you know, plus a vault full of nearly 200 recipes. MY COOKBOOK: The Secret Life of Chocolate Chip Cookies (Page Street, 2025).
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A Lush Walnut Cake with Honey-Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting (opens the original)
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Just as in the middle of a huge snowstorm this past January I ordered way too many dahlia bulbs, today, in the middle of the Nor’easter that is blustering its way up the east coast, I ordered way too many bulbs that promise spring blooms. <img alt="" class="s
I Contain Multitudes. Mostly Cookies (opens the original)
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A Cookie for Sharing (opens the original)
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Hello and a very good Tuesday to you. My Labor Day was quite busy. The house had to be rearranged to make it look tidy, the spider webs that seem to proliferate this time of year needed to be removed from the patio furniture, plus I baked my version of key lime pie, which is actually a lemon-lime pie with a coconut cookie crust. All this activity was thanks to old friends and their adorable muppet of a puppy coming for dinner.[And for any of my friends out there who are gasping with upsetitude t
A Sere and Pleasant Land (opens the original)
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Halloumi Fries and Watermelon (opens the original)
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