Wishing you all the very best in 2009! I contemplated many a champagne cocktail and after trying, maybe a few too many, this year's winner is a classic: KIR ROYALE 1 Part Crème de Cassis, Blackcurrant Liquor 4 Parts Chilled Champagne or Sparkling Wine Easy and delicious ...
JANUARY The citrus obsessed that I am decided away with diets and and that pink grapefruits were way underused: Red Grapefruit Curd Filled Donuts Every winter likes the cold and every winter I battle it with something extra warm:...
Here it is, the big day. I hope you have all that shopping done. You've planned for the appetizers, the sides and the main attraction... I hope you've saved room for dessert. I couldn't resist something spiced and a little lighter than a cake or that never ...
Dinner, oh dinner. Yeah, this is the big one. It's also the one that by experience has proven that planning ahead, pop it in the oven kind of dinners are waaaay more enjoyable than missing out on events while slaving away in the kitchen. Plus, ...
I have to say that I was not only pleasantly surprised but pretty proud that vegan choices are shortlisted over at the Marx Holiday Party Food Contest. I was contacted last night and told that my recipes had made the finals, just in time for everyone's last Holiday weekend ...
Obviously by doing this, the menu won't be a surprise when we drive up Christmas afternoon to surprise my in-laws with dinner, but I couldn't resist... There's something so wonderfully stressful and exciting about coming up with a Holiday feast menu. I just love a ...
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It's surprising to admit, but I was never a kid who was overly impressed with getting a gingerbread man during the Holidays or any days for that matter. Maybe it's that those grocery store offerings were harder than sinking your teeth into a wooden plank? ...
So it's here. The big Thanksgiving week! It really is my favorite Holiday. I love it so much, I just can't believe we get it twice. Like so many, I started out getting stressed on what to make, but really, staying seasonal makes it so much easier. Creating a vegan Thanksgiving menu ...
So did everyone get a chance to watch Martha yesterday?? Not only was is it the start of her new season, yesterday she featured blogging; a few of them that we know and love I might add. First up there was an intro to Deb at Smitten Kitchen, ...
Sometimes I just look over those great recipes and think; no way, no how. This was one of those months. A cake where the only leavener is a bowlful of pouffy egg whites? How am I going to veganize that? Buttercream? Whipped cream? C'mon - my guests are more than happy with a fruit bowl, right? But then, when I made the original recipe - and tasted it... It would be just plain cruel if I didn't, at the very least, attempt something for everyone to eat.
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