Food & Beverage

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

How-To: Crystallized Ginger

Crystalized ginger is a great healthy treat, plus it’s great for an upset stomach. I ate it once when I had nausea from sun poisoning and it was great. It tastes delicious in a cup of tea and can also be used in baking. Instructables user lemonie has a tutorial for making your own crystallized […]

Rainbow Jell-O

Rainbow Jell-O By Katie Goodman Themed snack and story-time activities are great ways to entertain kids during the summer months. What often starts out as glee — hurray summer, no more school! — can quickly turn to boredom if you don’t have a lot of activities on your schedule. Rainbow Jell-O is a fun snack […]

Guitar-shaped Birthday Cake

Denise Nicole Francis, who’s usually making jewelry, wanted a guitar birthday cake. So her friend Kristen Fowler and her sister Shalisa Francis helped her create this beauty! She writes: As you all know I love and play guitar. Naturally I wanted the most creative birthday cake, so I decided to make a guitar cake! I […]