London and Italy Care Packages

Miscellaneous

I have two fabulous care packages to share with you. We recently have gotten a lot of new members at the Foodie Exchange, mostly Europeans. These two exchanges are both from Europe: one in London and the other in a place just south of Florence. What is the Foodie...

Paris Exchange

Miscellaneous

This post is quite late in the making with the excitement of my trip to North Carolina and the inert state my mind has gone into since my return. But what a treat today to show you what I received from my latest Foodie Exchange with Kirstin from Paris. Not familiar...

New Year with Family

Events

I know I am a week late! Everyone else with a food blog and that idea has done it already. But I will do a show and tell of our New Year’s family amazing pot-luck spread. I am salivating just at the thought of my first bites! Can you guess what I made? I brought...

Gingerbread House Dreams

Traditions

The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ Challenge was hosted by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose Gingerbread Houses! Anna: The recipe I tested is from Good Housekeeping – I chose it because it was simple and required only...

Thursday’s Thingamajig: Wilton Cookie Tree Kit

Food Trends & Gadgets

This is such a brilliant idea. Turn your boring sugar cookies into a Christmas work of art! The Wilton Cookie Tree Kit includes 10 plastic cookie cutter, 3 disposable frosting bags and decorating tips. Just make your cookie dough, roll it out, cut what you need,...