Tomorrow is “World Nutella Day,” at least according to the bloggers from Ms. Adventures in Italy and Bleeding Espresso. And I’m happy to accept the declaration. The chocolate hazelnut spread, Nutella, certainly has its fan base. Visit the site for hundreds of nutella recipes, including cakes, cookies, tarts, desserts, drinks, ice cream, mousses, breads, even … Read More ...
Make Your Own Peppermint Patties
Find these yummily photographed (is “yummily” a word?) heart-shaped peppermint patties at Erin Cooks, a lovely foodie blog. Our blogger not only has aforementioned yummy-looking photographs, but she also provides lots of handy notes to make creating the patties easier. The post can be found here.
And a couple notes of my own…I’ve made similar patties myself and … Read More ...
Totally Edible Heart Box
Bakerella‘s clever new post delivers yet again. She created this heart candy box entirely from red velvet cake and fondant. The truffles inside are a version of her famous red velvet cake balls decorated with candy melts, nuts, sprinkles and candy writers. As always she provides detailed instructions and gorgeous step by step photography.… Read More ...
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 ...
Virtual Candy Hearts…Love or Gothic mode
This definitely falls in the just-for-fun category. Visit crytogram.com to create your own virtual candy heart sayings to share with the world. And read the creations of others. Choose from love mode or Goth mode (the only difference being a white or black background, respectively, as far as I can tell).… Read More ...
Dipping in the Wedding Favor Pool (No Wedding Necessary)
Now I got married in Vegas almost five years ago, so I don’t really have much business trolling wedding web sites. Except there’s a wealth of food, favor, decor and entertaining ideas to find there. (De-weddingized to suit your needs, or to use as is if you actually ARE planning a wedding.) Martha has a whole section on Food favors… Read More ...
Cakes and other Oddities of Life
I just found Oddee.com and am fascinated, which I’m guessing is the point, as the subtitle is “A Blog on the Oddities of Our World.” They have links and lists of worsts, most fascinating, extremes, most bizarre, geekiest, craziest and more. Examples include the 10 Worst Translations Ever, 15 Weirdest Shoes, 15 Most Insanely Titled Books, Cool Bustops, and I … Read More ...
Make Your Own Twix
How delectable do these look? The recipe for these chocolate/caramel/shortbread bars is originally from Sherry Yard’s “Dessert by the Yard” and brought to us by the blog “Cooking Books.” The blogger is working her way through her cookbook collection and sharing the results (and great photography) with us. Find the recipe and her detailed notes here… Read More ...
Make Your Own Bread Bowl
I’ve always put bread bowls in the category of “cool concept, but probably too difficult to make my own.” Seems I was wrong. The lovely, info filled site “Apple Pie, Patis, and Pate” (pretend the accents are in place, as how to do this eludes me), gives us a simple-seeming recipe and how-to. The site’s subtitle, “On … Read More ...
Hip Chocolate Sculptures
A huge kudos goes to the blog, “If It’s Hip, It’s Here,” for compiling these works by amazing chocolate sculptors. (Shoes by Gerard Petzl…His site is also endlessly fascinating.) See penguins, cities, saints and more. Whole dissertations can be written on the intersection of art, decadence and consumption, I believe, and viewing such work confirms my … Read More ...
Clever Idea, Clever Blog
What a crafty, clever idea to dress up a rolls for a dinner party. Find the recipe and instructions to topping dinner rolls with herbs here at “Our Best Bites.” In addition to recipes and kitchen tips, this site, by two “girls who love to cook,” also has a resources page and a tips and tutorials page. Learn … Read More ...
Recreate Obama’s Inaugural Lunch
Find Barack Obama’s celebratory lunch menu–including recipes–for his Inauguration Day at the (UK based!) Timesonline. The lunch Tuesday is a tribute to the16th US president, Abraham Lincoln. The menu was created by Arlington, Virginia based Design Cuisine.
I suppose, as I’m hiding indoors in front of the TV on Inauguration Day, far away from the insanity, crowds, and … Read More ...
Easy DIY Nutter Butter Snowmen
These cute snowmen are made from Nutter Butters
, a clever idea from My Pretty Purse (inspired by the Nutter Butter ghosts made by the 3Bs…Baseball, Baking & Books). Find the instructions here. Anyone who has been reading this column for awhile knows why I like these snowmen so much. I posted a while back on the glory … Read More ...
All About Dulce de Leche
My best friend of over ten years is from Chile, so I am well aware of the lure of dulce de leche. Yet I’ve only tried it once…when used in an unbelievably moist cake dripping in the sweet milk. Dulce de leche, a milk-based syrup, is prepared by slowly heating sweetened milk. As I’ve come across it twice in my … Read More ...
Tea and Chocolate…
Find the recipe for these hand molded lavendar and earl grey chocolates at Food Rockz, an info-filled foodie blog (which I’m glad to have found, because, like the writer, I, too, am DC based and use ellipses liberally… I like commas, too…). He’s also kind enough to provide the link to an instructional on molding chocolates. And any fellow … Read More ...