Ever since I was a little girl, my mom has made the same cookies for us every Christmas. They’re a fairly basic sugar cookie with royal icing shaped like Christmas characters, Rudolph being my favorite. There is nothing wrong with keeping tradition, in fact, I love our family’s cookies. But, I would like to upgrade the cookies we make. What ...
This is a must-have cookbook for all Harry Potter fans – like myself! The Unofficial Hogwarts for the Holidays Cookbook (via Amazon; affiliate link) is a great way to entertain friends and family throughout the cold season. If you have kids or live with roommates, having your own Yule Ball will lift everyone’s spirits this time of year! The cookbook ...
I woke up to a whimsical foggy backyard this morning. Little glimmers of light were shining on the dewdrops on my grass. This fantasy-like landscape was a friendly reminder that fall really is here! Halloween is only a few weeks away (wow, time is going by fast!) One of my favorite pastimes is reading fairytales while wrapped in a blanket ...
I’m so excited to get my hands on this new Halloween holiday cookbook: Tricky Treats: Halloween Delights for Appetizers, Snacks, Dinner and Dessert (via Amazon; affiliate link). The author, Vincent Amiel, is a food stylist and works helping produce food magazines. This makes me anticipate the food photography in this cookbook will be spectacular! Chapters include: Halloween Basics (the usual tools ...
I have a little bit of a collection (more than ten books, but less than twenty?) of gingerbread house cookbooks. I never make gingerbread (I’m allergic to both ginger and cinnamon, sadly) but I love to look through the designs and peek at the charming houses. Mima Sinclair’s “Gingerbread Wonderland” cookbook has 30 different gingerbread cookies, cakes and houses (including ...
Do you watch “Downton Abbey” with a group of friends like I do? I’ve been a weekly watcher who always re-watched the previous night’s episode again the next day. I’ve thrown theme parties based around Downton Abbey, and I’ve even driven over a mountain pass to a city two hours away to watch episodes of the show with some of ...