Food & Beverage

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

Candy Buttons 101

Can you say adorable? Learn how to make these candy buttons in the Candy Buttons 101 tutorial from Bake It Pretty where you can buy the molds to make these sweet treats. She also provides downloadable labels like the one below so you can package up your treats as a gift for your sweetie. [ […]

Groundhog Day is Today

It’s Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil, everyone’s favorite weather-related groundhog, has seen his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter. Here are some ideas for celebrating! Embrace the cold Build a snow fort, or turn your back yard into an ice rink. Make some crepes Photo is “Grand Marnier crêpe, flambé @ Crêpérie Des Artes, […]

Shortbread Message Hearts

Lenore and Windell at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have cooked up a tasty alternative to candy message hearts: shortbread custom message cookies. I personally enjoy the chalky flavor that NECCO has to offer, but I understand that many of you would prefer these cookie alternatives with custom messages sprayed on with stencils. More: CRAFT Valentine’s […]