eclaire (what's in a) name?

eclaire note: i’m in the middle of final exams right now, but luckily one of my dearest friends offered to share a guest post with you! i’m continually inspired by katie’s cooking and baking, so you’re in for a treat, dear readers. enjoy!

Hi my fellow eclaire readers.  As a long time friend of Emilie’s and a reader of her blog, I thought since Emilie is in the midst of finals and I was making my favorite holiday cookies now would be a good time for a guest post.  These seven layer (rainbow) cookies are my favorite holiday cookies because they meet all my requirements for a great holiday cookie:

1. They are a little labor intensive so you won’t make them year round
2. Not everyone makes them
3. They taste great
4. They look festive

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as a vegetarian, i always have a challenging time deciding what to make for a main course on thanksgiving, christmas, and other traditionally meat-centered holidays.

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well here we are, one week later, much more packed than when i last wrote, and much much closer to moving!!

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a few weeks ago, we were lucky enough to receive two large bags of zucchini from mike’s mom’s garden. as soon as we got home, i grated the zucchini in my food processor, and added it into spaghetti sauce and mini zucchni bread loaves for our upcoming camping trip to the russian river.

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two years ago this week, i opened my laptop and began blogging about food, excited to share my favorite baked goods, dinners, breakfasts, and side dishes with all of you, my friends and family (and whomever else might stumble upon this website – hi, if that’s you! please leave me a comment and let me know you’re here!). since the inception of eclaire.name, back in july of 2008, i’ve posted 115 recipes. i have loved writing stories and anecdotes about where i found the recipes, and why i love to make the dishes.

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