Food & Beverage

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.

Glee Slushie Cupcakes

Check it out! Glee-inspired slushie cupcakes that Tamara (Athens, GA) of Cupcakes by Tamara made for her Glee second season premiere party last fall. The red sanding sugar on top makes it looks just like a cold, sweet slushie. Very clever. She also made Cheerio-Marshmallow-Chocolate lollipops, and … she bought a bright blue Adidas track […]

How-To: Mini Nutella Cheesecakes

I know what you’re thinking: “Enough with Nutella already!” I keep wondering when I’ll get tired of drooling over various Nutella recipes, and then I see something like these mini Nutella cheesecakes from Bakers Royale and realize … probably not any day soon. It also doesn’t hurt that they “are extremely easy to make.” If […]

Cupcake Cupcake Topper

Rah of That’s Noice! posted a super simple tutorial for making mini “cupcakes” to put on top of your regular-sized cupcakes. Spoiler alert: It’s just a mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup with frosting on top. I love the completely frivolous cupcake-on-a-cupcake look. Serve them alongside some Oreo-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies!

How-To: Garlic Knots

We are a bread-loving family, and nothing seems to compliment a big salad and tossed pasta like some yummy, warm garlic bread. I always think of garlic knots as something we’d only get at a restaurant, but Maria from Make and Takes shows how easy it is to whip them up at home using ready-made […]