Anonymous wrote:Hey, this is my old post! We are now engaged. Now that I know his parents so well, it's funny to read about how nervous I was to meet them.

Anonymous wrote:No, go to Heidelberg. Baking cookies yourself for your in-laws to-be the first time is such a brown nose cliche. It's way too domestic for someone under 30 with no kids. Bringing nice pastries is elegant, thoughtful, and suggests that you have far too much going on in your life to slave over a hot oven in summer.

And....What if your cookies aren't that good? I've known lots of women who think they are God's gift to baking but make those horrible, sickly sweet cookies and cakes from the box that taste like cardboard marshmallows.

Anonymous wrote:question/tip from a foreigner... sorry to kind of hijack your post OP...
back home when we bring food to a party we put it in a very nice fancy bowl so the host can keep it.
would it be a nice idea to do such a thing in America?
if yes, OP that's my suggestion. if not please let me know... i've done this a couple times before (mostly to fellow mommy friends - bringing cup cakes/brownies in a nice dish when coming for dinner or some home made food from my country in a fancy container for them to keep).
did i make a mistake?
thanks