The news just keeps getting worse for the Girl Scouts. First some jerk started paying for cookies with fake money — now some guy in a ski mask robbed some Girl Scouts who were selling cookies outside of a grocery store in Alaska. According to the Juneau Empire, the girls and their troop leader...

As usual, I am posting a holiday roundup just a day or two before the holiday. Oy, I am such a procrastinator. Hopefully this will still come in handy for some of you. I notice I'm getting a huge number of hits for "gluten-free hamentaschen" / hamentashen, hamantashen, etc. So I thought I'd make it ...

Purim, which begins at sunset this Monday, is another one of those Jewish holidays that too often gets reduced to comic relief, a low-rent costume party. But it's really a rousing celebration of sheer survival, the kind of celebration everybody could use right now, and there are three reasons why ev...

By Adam Thierer, Berin Szoka, & Adam Marcus As noted in the first installment of our “Privacy Solution Series,” we are outlining various user-empowerment or user “self-help” tools that allow Internet users to better protect their privacy online-and especially to defeat tr...

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. Nightmare fuel? Possibly. No clue as to when this photo was from, how old it is, or why someone felt compelled to take a screen grab of some lame-ass Cookie Monster knock-off at a ...

The key to fresh cookies is proper storage. If not sealed properly, they become hard and dry or moist and soggy. If your cookies dry out too much, add a slice of bread or a wedge of apple to the container. Seal for 1 or 2 days, cookies will absorb the “gentle” moister and soften again. Cookies tha...

Sweet.   Irish Whiskey Creme Kisses.   Another Post Punk KitchenVegan Cookie Book tester. The second Vegan Cookie book tester of the day -  I made both of these to take to a fancy vegan dinner party last weekend.   It was Indian themed and fabulous. Espresso Fudge Brownies Grilling . I live in a...

Delicious though they may be, Girl Scout Cookies are not recession-proof. Sales are down by as much as half according to one troop leader. "The Girl Scouts are not immune to the economy," said Sharon Bellinger, spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts of Connecticut. As if that weren't enough to deal with, s...

I think all I've done today is cook, eat, wash dishes, and procure more food. (I had to walk over to the co-op to pick up a few things . . . most importantly, more dish soap!) Here's what I've been up to: I started the morning by making some spinach and tomato dal: We'll have this for lunch tomorrow...

Malley’s Chocolates is a Northeast Ohio favorite. They started in 1935 and currently produce their candy locally in Brookpark and distribute to 17 of their stores, plus many other shops that carry their products. In addition, they make a variety of bars that are sold by groups & schools fo...