Audrey Hepburn once said, “If I get married, I want to be very married.”

me too.

The Jewels of New York might be one of the best things to have come my way this year. I’m extremely excited to cook up some of their recipes and am totally inlove with the beautiful photos of their food.

The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie

This was one of the first cookie recipes I made, and it is a keeper. They’re really tasty, so easy to make and if kept in a jar or container, last at least a couple of weeks. Even if I could swear you won’t be able to keep them for that long ..

Quantities

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons coarse salt
• 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups packed light-brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips

How to Make Them

1. In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
2. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars on medium-high until light and fluffy, 6 minutes. Reduce speed to medium-low and beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in vanilla. Mix in flour mixture just until incorporated; fold in chocolate chips and chunks.
3. Using a 1/4-cup ice-cream scoop or a large spoon, drop dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet (you should have 24) and refrigerate 1 hour. Preheat oven to 180º.  Arrange 6 unbaked cookies, 3 inches apart, on each of two parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until edges are light golden brown, 17 to 18 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool. Bake remaining dough using new parchment.

and all I can think is Summer dresses.

(images from Zara, French Connection and TopShop)

I truly hope the Springlike day that is outside, isn’t only a joke and I hope the four days ahead will be sunfilled and lovely.

The Heads of State just announced their Travel Poster Series. These are simply gorgeous and really bright up any wall!

Andrew Faris took pictures of NYC, for seven years, with his parents Polaroid Camera. He recently compiled them and you can check them out here. 

Have a lovely weekend!

This weekend, we went to this yard sale, where we fell in love with this vintage AGA.

we’re growing some herbs and flowers, and my mother gave us this little one, as a gift. And slowly, it is blooming.