Christmas cookies
I did manage to take a break for a hike and a photo shoot, but of all the images I captured in between getting ready for the Christmas madness, this is really my favorite. I know there are all sorts of exotic cookies out there—everything from salt and rye to bacon-chocolate chips—and while I'd love to try them, I'm a sucker for tradition. Nothing could be more tried and true than thumbprint cookies filled with a Hershey's Kiss. This is a slight variation on the venerable theme, for the "kiss" is mint-chocolate rather than the old milk-chocolate. Radical, I know, but I grew up in the 60s, so I'm entitled. And entitled to a little pre-holiday indulgence, courtesy of my wife Pam, the master cookie baker.