My 1999 Cookie Exchange for the Food Network!

First of all, I would like to thank FoodTV for inviting me to participate in the Holiday Cookie Swap with Sara Moulton.

A Big "Thank you" to: Matthew Stillman, the executive at the Food Network who invited me to participate and the good folks at High Noon Productions, Producers; Katrina Sarson, Safia Welty and Chris Wheeler, a world class cameraman. Everyone was wonderful and very professional, which made the whole process easy. My seven minute segment was edited beautifully and captured the exact feel of my cookie exchanges. (FYI --It took about 8 hours of filming to get 7 minutes!)

I am so pleased to have been able to share this special holiday tradition with others. I am equally pleased that so many viewers took the time to write and state that they were inspired to start their own Cookie Exchange based on mine.

I would like to offer a petite apology to the many people who have emailed me that I have not been able to respond back to. I do appreciate all the thoughts and comments and I have been listening.

As many of you have requested, I added a Message Board for you to post recipes and ask others for help in finding recipes , cooking tools and share your baking tips.

Many of you that already do host exchanges sent letters explaining in detail of how you host an exchange. I will make a special page for all of your tips/ideas. Lastly, I would like to thank everyone for sending me so many cookie recipes! Hopefully I will have them all posted shortly.

Last but not least, I would like to thank all of my friends that dutifully show up at my door year after year with their cookies! There would be no fun, no tradition and no TV show in 1999 without you!

Thank you for participating:
Nancy Wilkerson, Diane Smith, Carol Neil, Debbie Griffith, Nancy Wert, Jenny McNeely, Cheryl Berger, Louise Guard, Janet Albright, Becky Campbell, Nancy Francis, Angela Sammarco, Paula Searle, Jeannie Roscher, Anne Goldman, Sandy Pingatore, Joyce Buttry and Suzie Troia.