2 May

Happy Cinco de Mayo… Eat Up!

categories: food and drinks

As a certified Mexican-food lover, you don’t have twist my arm to convince me to celebrate Cinco de Mayo …but if your arm needs twisting, here are some mouth-watering recipe ideas (for everything from festive main dishes and cocktails to desserts) that should do the trick…
{pictured above} treats from Everyday with Rachael Ray [...]

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!

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 [...]

28 Mar

Sweet Presentation

categories: food and drinks, food presentation

The presentation of these Fruit-n-Fluff Pops is so creative - and something you could easily pull off at your own parties! Even if you don’t want to get quite as fancy with the recipe as this one (sugarcoated frozen apricot Bavarian cream with velvety marshmallows Will Goldfarb ), you can easily [...]

13 Dec

colorful icebox sugar cookies

categories: food and drinks, holiday ideas

How cute are these Holiday Icebox Cookies from Martha Stewart? I’m loving the fun colors and mod circles… You’d seriously be the star of your holiday cookie exchange if you arrived with these in-hand! And you could actually customize this idea for any occasion - Valentine’s Day, Halloween, 4th of July…sky’s the limit! [...]

8 Oct

Halloween treats from Williams-Sonoma

categories: aprons, fabulous finds, halloween

These adorable kids’ skeleton aprons ($19 as shown or $24 personalized), oven mitts ($13/set of 2), and halloween spatulas ($9) are perfect for pint-sized Halloween bakers - or for keeping pumpkin carving messes or craft project spills at bay!

And some tempting WS treats (available online only!) for kids and adults alike…The BIG Halloween Carmel Apple [...]

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