It’s my favorite time of the year, at least Washington Post-wise: The results of the Washington Post 2010 Peeps Contest are in! (View my original post on the contest HERE.) The winner is “Eep” (as in, “Up,” hee hee), by Michael Chirlin adn Veronica Ettle of ARtlington, VA. Find all the finalists HERE at the Washington Post. I definitely … Read More ...
Eating Your Words Challenge
It’s back! The Eating Your Words Challenge hosted by the blogs, Savor the Thyme and Tangled Noodle. The challenge is to use food or drink to write, spell or draw, blog about it and link to Savor the Thyme and Tangled Noodle to submit. Find all of the details HERE or HERE. You can also see examples from … Read More ...
Kelly Ripa’s Cake Off for Cancer
I’ve been hearing tons about Kelly Ripa’s cake-off, mostly from my fellow bloggers and foodies, some of whom get to go to NYC and participate. Kelly Ripa joined Cake Boss’s Buddy Valastro and five teams of our fellow bloggers to decorate cakes for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Vote for your favorite and for each vote, Electrolux donates $1 to … Read More ...
Blog Aid for Haiti
In mere weeks following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, twenty-seven popular bloggers compiled and printed a cookbook, all proceeds of which go to benefit the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders. Available in both soft-cover and hardcover, find all the details HERE,
… Read More ...Hold On to Your Eggos
Don’t leggo your eggos. Apparently we’re in the midst of the Great Eggo Shortage of ’09. According to Yahoo Finance, due to flooding at one bakery and technical issues at another, there shall be a shortage of Eggos through next year. And for inspiration, check out this Lego Eggo HERE by Jonathan Eric Hunter (as well as more Lego masterpieces). … Read More ...
Call for Submissions: Your Sweet Treats are Needed
A new book, 1000 Ideas for Decorating Cakes, Cupcakes and Cookies by Sandra Salamony and Gina Brown will be published next year by Quarry Books, and your submissions are requested for possible inclusion! This is a great opportunity for bakers to get their work published. Find the details HERE.
[tags]bakers, books, cake decorating, cookies, cupcakes, submissions[/tags]
… Read More ...Trick-Or-Eat
CLICK HERE to go to Trick-Or-Eat where 9 fab food and craft bloggers have gathered to give you tricks or treats. Click on the haunted house of each blogger to find what they have prepared. I won’t give any away…
[tags]food blogger, Halloween[/tags]
… Read More ...The First UK Food Blogger’s Conference
Oh how I wish I could spend November in London. Not only do I adore the city, but then I’d be able to attend the first Food Bloggers Connect conference in London on November 28th. For all foodies who will be in or around London then, CLICK HERE for more information.
[tags]food, blogging, conference, London, UK[/tags]
… Read More ...Farewell Gourmet
Some sigh inducing news: Conde Nast is discontinuing four of its magazines, including Gourmet (after almost 70 years of nourishing the foodie), as well as Cookie, Modern Bride and Elegant Bride. Fare thee well, Gourmet!
… Read More ...Art to Edible Art: The Threadcakes Contest
Make a cake based on a Threadless T-Shirt design and win! The Threadcakes online competition has and impressive panel of judges (Ace of Cakes, Cake Journal, Cake Wrecks, Baking Bites and more). Find the rules here. Find the prizes here. Contest ends August 3rd.
[tags]threadless, threadcakes, cake decorating, competition, contest, T-shirt[/tags]
… Read More ...Jell-O Mold Contest
It seems the wonders of the Jell-O mold have been forgotten. It also seems the Gowanus Studio Space is doing something about the dearth of such edible craft in our current time. Enter to win the Jell-O mold competition. Find details HERE. Enter before June 12. Fee to enter is $15/$10 for students.
… Read More ...Cupcake Week at LollyChops and La Fuji Mama
Visit the crafty blog, LollyChops, for a week long tribute to the cupcake with co-host La Fuji Mama. Find recipes and crafts (with crazy cute free pdf downloads) for:
Mint chocolate cupcakes with fondant icing
DIY party invites
Onesie appliques
Shrinky dinks and tags
and more…
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Cake Contest!
Go to parents.com to enter their “Birthday Cake Photo Contest!” contest and win a $500 Kmart gift card. Email a photo of your best cake or cupcake before June 7th. Find all the details HERE.
… Read More ...Bake Sale Goodies…for the Greater Good
Visit Parents.com for a slideshow of 22 bake sale sweets to make. Parents.com has joined with “Share Our Strength for the Great American Bake Sale” to encourage readers to host their own bake sale to end childhood hunger. Find the slideshow of yummy treats HERE, and find information on hosting your own bake sale to donate proceeds … Read More ...
When Two Great Bloggers Converge
Read all about the baking and adventures when bakerella visited The Pioneer Woman, two super-popular-baking-bloggers. Click here for links to all the photographs and to further posts on The Pioneer Woman’s site.
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