In honor of the 40th anniversary of Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” The Crafty Crow has assembled an homage HERE, including links to these caterpillar cupcakes at Coco Cake Cupcakes and this caterpillar muffin tin collection from The Masked Mommy. 
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Cheesecake Pops from Bakerella
Find step-by-steps for creating these cute cheesecake pops from the pop master, Bakerella, as inspired by the book Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey
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Cookie Book Giveaway from Sweetopia!
Need I rave about Sweetopia AGAIN? Yes. I’m afraid I must. A cookie decorator after my own heart, see her super-lovely-cookie barnyard But wait. There’s more. A “Can you find the differences between these two photographs?” contest. As a gal who religiously completes her sudokus and crosswords daily, this is my kind of giveaway. CLICK HERE to go to Sweetopia … Read More ...
Zoomorphic Inspiration
Visit Junior Society (a super great kiddie culture and design site) for anthropomorphic inspiration (as in, attributing human qualities to nonhuman objects, and yes, I actually knew that word before this post, thank you very much). Specifically, zoomorphism (which I HADN’T heard before). Junior Society posted today in honor Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers, the veggie and fruit animal masters. … Read More ...
O’ Chronicle. How I Love Thee.
I have a secret obsession that will soon be secret no more. Chronicle Books. I’m working on Cookie Book Number Two, and it is my dream to have Chronicle as my publisher. If you’ve not heard of Chronicle (could it be?) I suggest you click here immediately. Chronicle’s books are funky, hip, chic, unique, and beautifully crafted. All of them. … Read More ...
Bread Bows
Cute is the best word to describe these little bows made from foccacia. The blogger from “la prochaine fois” gives us the recipe for foccacia as adapted from the book, “The History of Bread,” by Bernard Dupaigne
, as well as photographs of a more traditional version (with cheese!) and her darling, sculpted version.
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Book Review – Vegan Cupcakes
Check out Vegan CupCake Recipes, a recipe-sharing site with tons of, what else, vegan cupcake recipes, as well as how-to videos, tips, articles and a shop.
I began this vegan cupcake search thanks to Cupcakes Take the Cake for linking us to these purpley vegan cupcakes, from Eurovision Nicola. Find the recipe here (link provided by the … Read More ...
Children’s Books for Foodies
As a foodie with aspirations to write children’s books, the blog entry at “Dog Hill Kitchen” of course caught my eye. The blogger has compiled a list of kid’s books with food, such as classics like “Green Eggs and Ham
” to more modern tales like “The Story of Cherry the Pig
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The Gingerbread Architect Sweepstakes
Enter the Ladies Home Journal sweepstakes for your chance to win The Gingerbread Architect
, by Susan Matheson and Lauren Chattman. Send your entry by December 9th. Details found here. You can also go to the Ladies Home Journal site to download templates for a gingerbread house to make your own (as seen in their magazine, too).
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C’mon, Join the (Cupcake) Club
The super-popular book, Hello, Cupcake
! by Alan Richardson and Karen Tack, is chock full of incredible, clever ideas (like “TV Dinner” cupcakes, garden cupcakes with “veggies” on top, “slumber party” cupcakes, even a little Van Gogh thrown in there.) You can join their club on the “Hello, Cupcake!” web site at www.hellocupcakebook.com and post your own cupcake creations each … Read More ...
Intrigued by Cookie Decorating? Win a Book and Get Started
The yummy, consuming world of edible crafts is thriving. With more and more resources on creating and decorating with food, crafters already interested in making fantastic things from bits and pieces are making fantastic things from food, especially sweets.
And so, the edible art guru at bakerella is at it again, trying her hand at cookie decorating. (Wait, could it … Read More ...
Book Review – Come to Tea Party ideas
I wish that someone had told me about this book before I planned out my daughter’s last birthday party! I only found out about this book today, and thought it best that I write a post about it asap, so that I can save anyone else out there who needs to plan a tea party for a little girl a … Read More ...
Healthy Guide To Grilling
I received an email packed with grilling information from the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association’s (HPBA) just in time for Memorial Day.
To help consumers become better grillers, HPBA has developed a new resource tool for onsumers. The Grill-amentals of Great Grilling: A Complete Consumer Guide to Year-Round Grilling is the ultimate grill guide filled with step-by-step barbecue party preparation … Read More ...