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BROWN BUTTER SEA SALT COOKIES For shortbread fans, these might be the best treats to come out of a box. T e cookies are small yet substantial, with a sandy texture and the unmistakable fl avor of butter browned on the stove top. Sisters Traci Nickson and Christa Hozie of Cayucos, Calif., bake three fl avors: original, cocoa and espresso. $12.95 to $14.95 per dozen. East Coast orders should arrive between Christmas and New Year’s. 805-995-2076, www.brownbuttercookies.com.


HOT PEPPER JELLY- PECAN RUGELACH


Restaurant & Crab House 3030 Old Riva RoadAnnapolis, MD 21140410-956-2784


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THAIPHOON Real Thai Cuisine


Dupont Circle


2011 S Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009 Tel: 202.667.3505 Fax: 202.667.8018


Pentagon Row Plaza


1301 S. Joyce Street, Arlington,VA 22202 Tel: 703.413.8200 Fax: 703.413.8868


Visit us at www.thaiphoon.com


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Sizzling Fajitas, Tex-Mex Specialties & Seafood Specials Lunch & Dinner • Free Parking • Open 7 Days a Week


703.243.9811/9812 • www.elpasocafe.net 4235 N. Pershing Dr. • Arlington, VA 22203


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Potomac baker Nina Deva’s new Brownie Bakes business is off to a savory start, with beet cupcakes with goat cheese topping and tomato-basil cupcakes with ricotta topping. Not to be missed are her rugelach, which provide a perfect two-bite sensation of heat and sweet. Also in cranberry and pistachio. And she delivers within the Washington metro area. Rugelach, $2; cupcakes, $1.50- $3. 48 hours’ notice. 301-717-2660, www.browniebakes.com.


KENNA’S COOKIES Her gingersnaps rock. Her sandwich cookies (raspberry shortbread, mint chocolate) are inspired. T e farmers markets where Kenna Cuomo sells are closed for the season, but the Warrenton baker ships giſt boxes and delivers. $6 to $9 per half-pound. 24-72


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hours’ notice. 7119 Jocelyn Ct., Warrenton, 540-349-9401, www.kennascookies.com. Also available at T&K Treasures, 12644 Chapel Rd., Cliſt on, 703-266-1664.


MOTHER’S MACAROONS Owner Kay Lomedico, who already bakes beloved chewy coconut mounds and hand-decorated, chocolate-dipped shortbread cookies, has added one-pound giſt -wrapped logs of refrigerated cookie dough, made with all-natural ingredients. Flavors include chocolate chip, lemon sugar, oatmeal raisin, molasses ginger and Ranger. I Bake logs, $6.95; macaroons, $14.95 per pound; shortbread cookie party baskets in store through Christmas Eve (closing 3 p.m.). 24 hours’ notice for special orders. 2442 N. Harrison St., Arlington, 703-532-6991, www.mothersmacaroons.com.


ROLLING PIN BAKERY T e Bladensburg institution keeps its colorful cookie platters on hand through Christmas Eve. T e assortment includes decorated sugar cookies shaped as stars, pinwheels, Christmas trees and reindeer, plus gingerbread men, Belgian spice cookies, springerle and pfeff ernusse. 20-person platter, $40.95, 30-person platter, $50.95; $9.25 by the pound. 4916 Annapolis Rd., Bladensburg, 301-699-9119, www.rollingpinbakeryofmaryland.com. — Bonnie S. Benwick


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