Jessica Harper rings in the new year with a resolution…to be less crabby!

Enjoy a bite of festive cheer in the form of pics from our annual cookie swap. (Who can blame us for favoring house cookbooks Cookie Swap, Mad Hungry, The Crabby Cook Cookbook, The Cake Mix Doctor Bakes Gluten-Free, and Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunch Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies?)

It all looks very orderly and civilized. But mere moments after documentation, the subjects of these photographs were gobbled up by a gaggle of hungry bookmaking elves. . . . Happy holidays!

Find yourself in the middle of a recipe with TMI? (Too Many Ingredients) Don’t worry–Jessica Harper has your back. Watch her solve a reader “TMI” dilemma with her new book, The Crabby Cook Cookbook, in this video.

In Jessica Harper’s newest video, she sends her “less crabby second cousins” on a mission to find the perfect cookie recipe for her annual cookie swap. The result: Almond Yule Logs. Cookie crisis solved!

Visit Jessica Harper’s website at thecrabbycook.com

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday–the mix of food and family always wins me over–but all of the cleaning, entertaining, and cooking that lead up to the day itself can make even the most cheerful chef a bit cranky.

Jessica Harper, the Crabby Cook herself, has your back. Watch Jessica’s casual take on Thanksgiving cooking–a foolproof cranberry sauce recipe–below, then read an excerpt from her upcoming book The Crabby Cook.

The Crabby Cook Cookbook by Jessica Harper

For a lot more crabby fun, visit Jessica Harper at TheCrabbyCook.com.

Jessica Harper, AKA The Crabby Cook, won the Wildcard award at Food52 for her Wicked Witch Martini recipe! Check out her wickedly delicious drink recipe below. Click here to read more at Food52.com