Cookies with Caring Place Logo Decorations Highlighted on Tea Event Menu

Cookies, decorated with The Caring Place Logo, highlighted table centerpieces at the afternoon tea event.

FROM the FARM: Reader looking for Mock Hostess Ho-Ho Cake recipe

Phil Potempa's weekly farm column recipe.

Holiday cookies offer a blend of flavors

Sweets lovers will begin taking to the kitchen to create favorite baked goods for the holidays. Making cookies has long been a traditional activity for many people during the festive season.

Everyday celebrations

From the first loose tooth or solo bike ride to game night at home, families know that everyday moments make life special.

Holiday cookies for a good cause

Each cookie shared this November and December can mean supporting Cookies for Kids' Cancer, a non-profit that raises funds for pediatric cancer research through cookie sales.

New Products for Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012

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Bitsy's Brainfood Letter Shape Cookies

Bitsy's Brainfood introduces letter shaped cookies with fun combinations of kid favorite flavors such as Zucchini Gingerbread Carrot, Orange Chocolate Beet, Lemon Broccoli and Sweet Potato Oatmeal Raisin. They are $2.49 at retailers nationwide or bitsysbrainfood.com

New Products for Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012

A summer classic

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Times Columnist Philip Potempa is shown with Cheryl Holman (center) and Amy Scamerhorn, both of Indianapolis, at the Indiana Historical Society's 2010 Indiana Authors Holiday Fair held Dec. 4, 2010. Holman's favorite holiday confections recipes are featured in the "From the Farm" for Wednesd…