My mom has been calling and texting over the past month giving me updates on all she's been baking and making for the holidays—which by my memory includes panettone, two kinds of ice cream (possibly a third), lemon pound cake, lavender sugar cookies, pizzelles, escarole soup, and I assume chocolate chip cookies since she always makes them. That's a lot, I know, but I can't help but hope that she's also managed to find time to make some ginger cookies as well. They were on my mind during some recent blog hopping (that's the technical term for what happens when you hop from blog to blog via blogrolls of blogs you like, obviously) and I stumbled across these Giant Ginger Snap Cookies on Whipped. I tend to forget how much I like this kind of cookie until it's right in front of me, particularly since I am easily distracted by chocolate. But give me a ginger cookie and a mug of tea on a chilly day and I'm a happy girl. More about Whipped: Caroline, who lives in Chicago, is behind the blog and it's filled with loads of awesome sounding recipes, lovely pictures and engaging posts that let us into her food world. I know that I am not the first to find the blog, but I'm glad I finally did. And for all of those reasons, Whipped is this week's favorite food blog!