Food & Beverage

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

How-To: Layered Jello Mold

This colorful jello mold has me rethinking what kind of desserts I’ll be taking to future dinner parties. Brett Bara of Manhattan Craft Room shares how she was the hit of the party when she unveiled this beauty. I think my favorite line is, “I decided right then and there that I would always match […]

Sriracha Embroidery

One of my flickr contacts, christ(ine), posted this perfectly rendered sriracha embroidery. This is the only hot sauce in my house, and its sweetspicy is addictive. In fact, it has an almost cult-like following. I’m not surprised one bit that she felt compelled to stitch this up, but I am shocked at how well she […]

10 Ways to Photograph Food

We’ve had many a discussion in our CRAFT offices with our photographer Sam Murphy about how hard it is to photograph food. For you budding food bloggers, take a visit to Chow.com’s slideshow 10 ways to photograph food for more inspiration. I like the approach used by Jamie Olivier pictured above where it’s real food […]

Happy Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s all about the sweets today so even if you haven’t had time to think of anything at all for Vday, make some delicious desserts for your family, your honey, or just for yourself! I’m a chocoholic so I’m loving Epicurious’ favorite chocolate recipes, perfect for Valentine’s Day.