Rosemary Thumbprints with Clementine Curd and The Day I Went to Ina Garten’s Cookie Swap (What?!)

[layers_of_eli]

Um, this happened.

Ladies' Home Journal emailed me this summer and invited me to a holiday cookie swap with 5 other food bloggers and flippin' INA GARTEN. Yes, BAREFOOT CONTESSA. In her BARN in the HAMPTONS. I'm still starstruck, to say the least. I wanted to share with you all because you LiveJournaliens have been my peeps since the very

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[damsie]

Um. WOW! Very cool. Congratulations on being selected and meeting Ina!

[layers_of_eli]

Thank you!! It was a total dream!

[maxkststa]

[tresjolie9]

Congratulations on getting to meet Ina Garten, and getting your recipe published!

[layers_of_eli]

Thank you!!

[ex_faunes]

oh my goodness. i would have died. she is one of my idols, i admire her so much! how exciting. & the recipe looks wonderful, i'll have to try it. thanks so much for sharing this with us :)

[layers_of_eli]

I basically almost did! LOL. Thank you :)

[sarcasticsiren]

That is seriously awesome. I've been following your blog (also on food_porn and BakeBakeBake and here) since, like, 2009, and I'm so excited about your big opportunity!! Congratulations - you really deserve it, and your cookies are like works of art. I love how the centers glisten, and the crystal sugar is the perfect touch!!

[layers_of_eli]

Aww, thank you so much!! That means so much to me.

It's funny, when I made the cookies (these were made by LHJ's fancy food people with my recipe), they were nowhere NEAR as pretty -- I hadn't thought of the crystal sugar. I was OVERJOYED to see their version! I totally agree about the sugar!!!