23 Oct

Creative Halloween Dinner Ideas

categories: food and drinks, halloween, kids party ideas
Creative Halloween Dinner Ideas

We’ve covered a ton of Halloween dessert & treat recipes this month, but not a lot of ideas for when you (or your kids) need to eat something other than sugar! So here are 10 creative ideas for Halloween-themed meals that loved ones & party guests are sure to get a kick out of…
1. First [...]

18 Sep

Sam the Cooking Guy, Steak Salad Recipe, & San Diego Restaurant Week

categories: events, food and drinks
Sam the Cooking Guy, Steak Salad Recipe, & San Diego Restaurant Week

Sam Zien – known to most as “Sam the Cooking Guy” – and his super-fun cooking classes are a local favorites here in San Diego, but you can also get a taste of him on his Discovery Health show (nationally), his own show (certain markets), and in his first cookbook – Just a Bunch of [...]

27 May

REAL PARTIES: Alison’s Baby Shower

categories: baby shower ideas, food and drinks, real parties
REAL PARTIES: Alison’s Baby Shower

Today’s “Real Party” feature is a sweet & sophisticated baby shower featuring some amazing culinary treats like Caramelized Tomato Tarte Tatins and a lovely display of Brie with Figs & Honeycomb!
This look would translate nicely for a bridal shower as well – and you can just switch up the colors for a girl or gender-neutral [...]

26 May

Margarita Cupcakes + Lime Frosting

categories: cocktail recipes, food and drinks
Margarita Cupcakes + Lime Frosting

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! Here’s one of the treats we indulged in after our BBQ yesterday… Margarita Cupcakes! I’ve been wanting to try this concept out ever since last month’s margarita cupcakes post, and am happy to report they tasted great (and very much like their namesake)! I went for the “shortcut” [...]

5 May

Margarita Cupcakes

categories: desserts, food and drinks
Margarita Cupcakes

After an exhaustive (in a good way) search for margarita cupcakes on flickr, I noticed that tons of people were crediting “VCTOTW” as their recipe source, which was a bit perplexing at first. Google came through as always though and quickly helped me decipher the strange code – which turned out to be shorthand for [...]

6 Apr

Stuffed & Deviled Eggs 4 Ways

categories: dinnerware, easter, food and drinks
Stuffed & Deviled Eggs 4 Ways

Serving egg-based appetizers for Easter is pretty common, but there are so many different ways to get creative with them, including pumping up the color! Here are 4 yummy ideas from ’round the web {clockwise from top left}:
1. French Style Stuffed Eggs {via Cooking Light mag}
2. “Pink” Deviled Eggs, colored with beet juice (via HWTM [...]

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