Creative food craft ideas
Last night, while looking for a bit of inspiration on the web, I came across Adorn Magazine’s site.  I loved their colorful site, it really did inspire me and I hope that it will inspire you too – or at least brighten up your day.
Here are some fun frosting tips and a recipe for Buttercream Icing for Floral … Read More ...
It seems that Easter candy is the topic of the week. Â This is Rachael Coyle’s professional opinion of the matter…an Easter candy showdown, and Jake Dobkin (from Gothamist.com) shares a whole new way of eating it… Easter Super-Fun Candy Balls!
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The photo of Peeps and Cadbury Eggs in battle is by Rachael Coyle
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If any of you live in London, you might enjoy the idea of a quiet Easter brunch, while the kids enjoy Easter egg decorating.
Visit this link to find out more: Egg-citing Easter eats at Carluccio’s… Read More ...
Easter is fast approaching, so if you are looking for a few Easter themed fun crafts to do with the kids here are a few good ones:
Edible Necklaces – this is part of the “Cooking with Beau” series.
Edible Easter Basket from family.fun.com
Some sweet Easter recipes from amazingmoms.com
 Lacy Eggs from familyeducation.com
And, more Edible Easter Baskets … Read More ...
 This craft is not edible, but as it uses food coloring I allowed myself to make an exception.  By some strange coincidence I came across the instructions to coloring flowers with food coloring twice this week, once in my daughter’s book and once on the web, and I really want to try doing it myself (I have to … Read More ...
Spring is finally here, bringing with it new colors, smells, and tastes.
Finally you can get out of the house, take the children for a walk, to the park or even on a picnic!
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Here are some fun and crafty spring recipe ideas from familyfun.com.
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Enjoy!
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Here are some sites that I came across while randomly searching the web for anything food art related, some are wacky, others weird, all interesting… I just had to share:
Food Creation: Designing Tasteful Frictions
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As well as “playing with my food” Â I love to visit food and cooking shops and of course I always try to visit every food festival in my area.
Here are a few food festivals that are going to be held in different areas over the next month or so…
March 15-17, 2007Â FI – Food Ingredients Asia-China
Shanghai, … Read More ...
I can’t believe how fast this year is going by, it is almost St. Patrick’s day, and it feels like the year just began. Everywhere you look on the web you can find great ideas for St. Patrick’s day, especially edible ones….here are just a few of the interesting ones that I have come across…
It was my daughter’s 5th birthday party this last weekend, and it was a real success. She just invited little girls (believe me, this made it a lot easier for me). We had a fairy princess party, each little girl that came in was greeted by our fairy and was given her own crown. I planned to do crafts with … Read More ...
I have just heard about this site, and rushed to the computer to take a look. So here it is, take a look…
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I have been so busy organizing our fairy party that I haven’t had any time for anything else. It is nearly all planned and I have 2 days to go….all I have to do now is prepare! (More about that later).
I am so grateful to brightideas.com for their wonderful site, it is so colorful and inspiring, it makes everything … Read More ...
I have just come across some fun sites, so if you are looking for ideas of how to keep the kids busy this weekend, here are some great ones.
Mary Ann Ross and Kimberly Lainson at Makingfriends.com have contributed lots of fun edible craft ideas, I am sure you will find something to do in their long list.
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This evening marks the start of the Jewish holiday of Purim. Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination.
There are many fun customs to this holiday, the children dress up in costumes and go to Purim parties, Jewish … Read More ...
Just a short post to let you know what I’ve been up to. This week was my husband’s birthday, there is only one day between his and our eldest daughter’s birthday, so I was very busy baking. He didn’t have a birthday party, but I did make him the two “birthday†cakes which I traditionally make him every year for … Read More ...