The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.
Christy at Instructables has a recipe for these delightful cranberry cookies, which appear to be perfect in every way: Cranberry cookies make great Christmas cookies, but are also a great way to use up leftover fresh cranberries after the holidays. These are my favorite cranberry nut swirl cookies – they’re well worth freezing cranberries so […]
Kristy of Craftastica makes a great point in her post about this fun Valentine gingerbread house she made with her children. This year the girls and I decided to make gingerbread houses. Well, the holidays can sort of sneak up on a person, so we didn’t make them until after Christmas. That got me thinking, […]
By Katie Goodman Kids love to help decorate cookies! Special Valentine’s Day cookies are a great way to celebrate at home and with friends. For a Valentine’s Day cookie decorating party, the cookies and frosting can easily be made in advance. Then, set out the plates of cookies, bottles of frosting, and sprinkles for the […]
These fully-edible cupcake stands from Giver’s Log would be so much fun at a Valentine’s Day party or special occasion. I like the idea that you can make them in different colors and shapes and sizes, too.
Aliza Ess on Homegrown.org shares a healthy lunch with a recipe for black-eyed pea salad using peas she planted herself from a collective garden.
My father took an early retirement from the sinking ship of print journalism and has, for the past few semesters, been attending cooking school. Its his and my mom’s dream to run a bed & breakfast in New England, so he’s honing his commercial kitchen skills to be the “breakfast” half of the equation (my […]
I love this fascinating story of urban maple syrup-making from Ava Chin of The Urban Forager on The New York Times. If you believe maple syrup can only be made in Vermont or upstate New York, think again. This time of year, the city’s maple trees are ripe for tapping, and, as I discovered in […]
