Me, a Foodie?!

Yesterday, I stumbled across Yelp's Top 10 Restaurants of 2011. Turns out that I have been to 7 out of the 10 restaurants on the list. Two of the 3 I am missing are in SD, which I don't travel to much, and NY, which I haven't been to since I was 14. So, what does this mean? Does this fact make me a foodie? I certainly do use Yelp to find restaurants (and other places, such as venues and hair salons) however, I don't post reviews or check in or take pictures of food at restaurants (much). Anywho, I'll just continue the way I have been and call me a foodie if you please, however, I have never considered myself one.

On another note, I was surprised that most of the restaurants are in LA and of course it was nice to see an OC restaurant on the list. Represent! Woo!

Holiday Cookies

I wanted to get this post in before it became too far away from the holidays. Each year, I like to bake holiday cookies for my family, neighbors, and friend's families. This year (2011), I gave out cookie plates but decided to move away from the traditional holiday cookies. I made the following: Coconut Sandwich Cookies (left), Lime Meltaways (back), and Chili Chocolate Truffles (right). All of the recipes I used are either from marthastewart.com or inspired from a recipe on there. Though I liked them all, my favorite was surprisingly the Coconut Sandwich Cookies. (I thought it would have been the Lime Meltaways!)

I did make one traditional holiday cookie and it was Gingerbread People Cookies. I made these for my cousins to decorate on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Again, I got the recipe off marthastewart.com. I love her site and all of her recipes. The kids had lots of fun decorating and eating the cookies!