"This is a great beverage to have on days of reconciliation. It's basically a cappuccino that had an intense fling with chocolate, while seeing some caramel at the same time - then tried to cover the whole ordeal up with extra whipped cream." - Eat Like a Gilmore (Kristi Carlson)

"Considering everything he'd done for her, the first time Luke asked Lorelai for a favor - her 'yes, sure!' answer should have been a given. Buuuut the favor involved Rory spending time with Jess, to tutor him. So for Luke to get a 'yes,' he knew he needed to sweeten the deal. He did, with these brownies. With twice as much cocoa as regular brownies, these are sure to get a 'yes' out of anyone." - Eat Like a Gilmore (Kristi Carlson)

“Fain would I pause to dwell upon the world of charms that burst upon the enraptured gaze of my hero, as he entered the state parlor of Van Tassel’s mansion. Not those of the bevy of buxom lasses, with their luxurious display of red and white; but the ample charms of a genuine Dutch country tea-table, in the sumptuous time of autumn. Such heaped up platters of cakes of various and almost indescribable kinds, known only to experienced Dutch housewives! There was the doughty doughnut, the tender oly koek, and the crisp and crumbling cruller; sweet cakes, ginger cakes and honey cakes, and the whole family of cakes.” - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)

If I were having a girls' weekend in the woods with my friends, like the characters in J.T. Ellison's "Catwood," this is what I would want to be drinking.

If there's "no time for hair dye in the zombie apocalypse," there's certainly no time for manicures, either.

"Serve Poirot Punch - a mixture of strawberry Kool-Aid and Prosecco - to get everyone drunk." - "How to be a Patron of the Arts," American Housewife

"Serve pigs-in-blankets you've crafted to look like severed fingers to make everyone thirsty so they drink more." - "How to be a Patron of the Arts," American Housewife

"I poured him a cup of coffee. It seems to me that coffee smells even better when the frost is in. 'A little something on the side?' I asked. 'Something to give it authority?'" - John Steinbeck, "Travels with Charley" (Steinbeck)

"We awakened from this to find neighboring friends arriving; they brought a large pot of chili con carne, made from a family recipe, the best I have ever tasted." - Travels with Charley (Steinbeck)

"fall in love with your solitude." - milk and honey (rupi kaur)