Gotta love with treats are fun and easy. Learn to make these chocolate Pilgrim hats with a step-by-step photo tutorial HERE at Smashed Peas and Carrots.… Read More ...
How to Make a Candy Portrait Last
Perhaps you’ve seen the work of Andrew Salomone? Like here for example? Check out his guest post on MAKE on how-to create and preserve candy portraits. Wow. He even captured Liz Lemon, I mean Tina Fey, glaring and smirking at Alec Baldwin, I mean Jack Donaghy, in Nerds.… Read More ...
Hot Dog Octopus and Crab
I’ve seen hot dog octopuses (octopi?) aplenty, but this tutorial from Cute Food for Kids is not only clever, but throws a crab in there, too, which I haven’t seen. Learn how to make an octopus and crab from one hotdog HERE at Cute Food for Kids.… Read More ...
Molded Butter Leaves
Fancy up your holiday table with these molded herb butter leaves from Family Corner. Every year I mean to do this for my Thanksgiving table, and every year I don’t. I think this might be the year!… Read More ...
Sheep Sandwich
Hmmmm, perhaps my subject line needs some work. I mean a sandwich made to look like a cute sheep. Not a cute sheep-turned-lunch. Learn to make this sheep sandwich HERE at Just My Delicious, along with a bonus octopus sausage. You know, because of the natural amity between the sheep and the octopus. (translation in sidebar).… Read More ...
Amigurumi Chocolate Fountain
So I can’t recommend actual consumption of this crazy cute Amigurumi chocolate fountain, as I fear the yarn would get stuck in your teeth, but I’ve a feeling edible crafters would appreciate said crazy cuteness. Find the pattern HERE at our sister site, Craftbits. And just to make you feel as special as you are, be sure to … Read More ...
Cookie and Dum Dum Pop Mashup
Cookies on a stick? Dum Dum lollipops? Unusual treats? So up my alley. (See these? Or these?) Learn how to make these rainbow Dum Dum cookie pops HERE at Quick Dish.… Read More ...
Kid’s Thanksgiving Table
I know, I know, I posted a whooooole spread on the Kid’s Thanksgiving Table yesterday. Before I spotted this gem at Poca Cosas. Every detail of this Thanksgiving table for kids from Fiskars is so ridiculously charming and perfect, from the turkey leg placecard and the Pilgrim hat crayon holder to the Mayflower straw and pie snack tin. … Read More ...
Rainbow Jelly Shooters
These are so mesmerizing to behold, I could barely pull my eyes from the screen. Learn how to make rainbow jelly shooters HERE at Jelly Shot Test Kitchen.
Hosting a Rainbow party? Check out these Rainbow party articles over on our Party Ideas Blog and these Rainbow party decorations
we found on Amazon and these fun Rainbow party items … Read More ...
Recipe Tuesday: Caramel Apples
I have to say, it was a bit of a challenge trying to stick with a caramel apple theme from appetizer to cocktail. But here goes…
1. The recipe that inspired this theme: caramel apple muffins from Smashed Peas and Carrots.
2.Caramel apple salad from The Food Network.
3. Follow the path to the perfect caramel apple … Read More ...
New Site for Food Bloggers
Do you have a WordPress food blog? Did you know about WordPress’s new site, FoodPress? It’s all about promoting WordPress food bloggers. Learn more about FoodPress HERE. And learn more about getting featured.
So you want to be a food blogger? Check out this Food Bloggers Photography Book by Pinch of Yum
Pumpkin Pie on a Stick
I can’t possibly say it enough: Everything is better on a stick. OK, perhaps I have said it too much, I just can’t help it. I must spread truth. Learn to make pumpkin pie on a stick HERE at Serious Eats, courtesy of CakeSpy. And if you like these, then check out these, introduced to me back … Read More ...
Inspired by: Apples
I love this amazing roundup of apple themed art prints, jewelry, housewares, kitchenware, and products at Design Sponge. This photo from the roundup is only a glimpse. The abundance of apple finds is pretty dang impressive. It just goes on and on. There’s even an apple terrarium
.… Read More ...
State Food Art
My latest “Wow!”: The artwork of John Holcomb. He represents each of the United States (plus DC and Puerto Rico) as food. Sno-Ball Alabama, banana California, New Jersey cinnamon roll, Ohio baked potato… Shown is a Pop-Tart DC (because, you know, I live in DC). Check him out and purchase prints HERE.… Read More ...
Food Trucks for Weddings?
A new trend? What do you think of food trucks for weddings? According to United with Love, this is a thing in my own town of Washington DC. Had I married here instead of Vegas, I think I’d have considered it. Hot pretzels would have to be in the mix, though. (Shown is a Fojol Bros. truck.)… Read More ...