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food and drinks
29 Apr

Grilled Cheese Month

categories: food and drinks

Who knew that there was such a thing as Grilled Cheese Month?! Well, according to this website , April is just that, and you won’t find any complaints about that here - except for the fact that I found out about it a little late…so I’ll just have to observe the "holiday" in May, instead. [...]

24 Apr

Luscious Lemon Desserts

categories: desserts, food and drinks

MarthaStewart.com has a fabulous Lemon Desserts gallery featuring lots of yummy-looking treats that should appeal to fans of this popular citrus flavor. The image above of Lemon Madeleines looks especially scrumptious to me for some reason, but the Glazed Lemon Pound Cake, Lemon Custard Cakes, and Lemon-Berry Pudding Cakes don’t sound too shabby either!

21 Apr

Organic Cocktail: Country Thyme

categories: cocktails, eco-chic, food and drinks

In honor of Earth Day tomorrow, we’ll be featuring lots of earth-friendly and eco-chic entertaining ideas this week! First up is the "Country Thyme " lemon-berry organic cocktail recipe that we featured on KUSI News this morning! This recipe was created by the Mixologist Joseph Ehrmann for Square One Organic Vodka . Click here [...]

15 Apr

Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey

categories: books, desserts, food and drinks

An entire book dedicated to desserts that are "Sticky, Chewy, Messy, & Gooey "? Sounds like heaven on paper! Recipes include: Chocolate Caramel-Pecan Soufflé Cake, Cinnamon-Donut Bread Pudding, Double-Crumble Hot Apple Pies, Giant Coconut Cream Puffs…hmmm… did I say heaven on paper or hell for swimsuit season? We all have to [...]

14 Apr

Marshmallow Animal Favors

categories: food and drinks, food presentation

How cute are these marshmallow animal favors?! I saw them over at Kitchen Retro , who noted that they’re from a book called McCall’s Family Style Cookbook which was published in 1965. I couldn’t find the book on Amazon, but am hoping it might pop up on ebay. Either way, the images look pretty [...]

11 Apr

Creative DIY Swizzle Sticks

categories: cocktails, food and drinks

These “flower flag” swizzle sticks featured in InStyle’s Southern Weddings gallery are such a cute idea! Created by attaching a small rectangle of paper to a wooden dowel and glue-gunning a yellow or green mum to it, these creative swizzle sticks are a great idea for dressing up signature cocktails and mocktails at any type of shower or celebration!

2 Apr

New Cocktail Recipes

categories: cocktails, food and drinks

New cocktail recipes are up in The Recipe Box! A few favorites pictured above include:

French Martini
French Kiss (cute for bridal showers & weddings)

Basil Grande
Chambord & Champagne (super easy - just like it sounds!)

More newcomers: Raspberry Manhattan, Midorita, Midori Melon Ball Punch, and Chambord Margarita.

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