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Recipe Review: Hot Chocolate On A Stick

Hot Chocolate on a Stick. The idea just sounds fabulous doesn't it? We have to warn you, once you make your own hot chocolate, you'll never go back to storebought and your friends and family will a...

Recipe: Bite Sized Bacon Caramels

There are just some things that were made to be together. Peanut butter and jelly, tomatoes and basil and best of all, caramels and bacon. There was a caramel bacon fad a year ago, but we wanted to...

If a Guest Brings Wine, Should I Open It Immediately?
Questions of Etiquette

Gentle readers, here is a question of dinner party etiquette; we hope that you can help us out and settle an ongoing household debate. We have hosted quite a few dinner parties this summer, and our ...

Good Question: Kitchen Gift for Friend Moving Abroad?

Here's a sweet question from Lia. Any good ideas? I've started a tradition to give an apron and a few cooking utensils or other food-related gifts to all of my friends getting married. However, my BES...

Good Question: Best Goodies for Mailed Care Packages?

Here's a good question from reader Judi, who says: I enjoyed Emma's recent posts on making soft pretzels and had a question. I'm putting together little "Thank You" care packages for a few out-of-stat...

Good Idea: Give a Cooking Class as a Gift!

Do you have a friend or family member who always says they wished they could cook just like you? Or do you know someone who has just started out on their own and is clueless in the kitchen? Or maybe...

What's Your Go-To Baking Gift?

It seems like St. Patrick's Day is a golden opportunity to bake, what with all the recipes for classic soda bread and chocolate Guinness cupcakes flying around. Baking is also a favorite way to give s...

Radish Me: More Valentines for Food-Lovers from Etsy

Last year these V-Day cards for food lovers were a big hit. After all, who wouldn't like to know that their lover loves them more than avocados? Or sushi? For some of us, that's really saying somethin...

Wrap Food Gifts in Paper Bags
Un-Gift Guide 2008

Wrapping gifts in paper bags - sounds rather unromantic, right? Not when you do it like Martha Stewart! Brown paper bags are a low-cost, easy option for making homemade treats and goodies look very pr...

Recipe Review: Cranberry Sauce with Port and Dried Figs

We love cranberry sauce. It's one of our favorite parts of Thanksgiving, and we always make sure there are at least two versions on the table. But although we eat cranberry sauce leftovers for as long...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Honey Roasted Peanuts

We weren't going to let one failed attempt get us down - we still think that homemade honey roasted peanuts would make a terrific homemade holiday gift. Here's the recipe we wound up with, and it's ...

DIY Salt Caramels
Un-Gift Guide 2008

Here's another wonderfully easy candy recipe for the holidays - salt caramels! Here's the recipe, along with links to great ideas for pretty wrapping and packaging....

Wrap Your Gifts in a Dishtowel, Furoshiki-Style
Un-Gift Guide 2008

Furoshiki are Japanese cloths that are used to wrap gifts and other items such as bento boxes. They can be used as book bags, grocery bags or to wrap any small items for transportation. They’re al...

Holiday Food Gifts: What Are You Making This Year?

Food gifts are one of our favorite ways to give at the holidays. Let's face it: we all have a lot of stuff, and with a recession on, it's wonderful to both give and receive sweet things for eating and...

Affordable Wines for Gift-Giving: White and Sparkling

As more and more Americans enjoy wine, giving wine as a gift has also grown in popularity. As usual there is the feeling that you need to spend a lot if the wine is to be appreciated. This absolutely ...

Good Question: Cheap, Pretty, and Airtight Gift Packaging for Granola?

Time to start thinking about holiday food gifts! This is our favorite part of December, and reader Rebecca helps us kick it off with this question: I've decided to make granola for friends and famil...

Quince Ratafia: How To Make Fruit Liqueur

Have you ever made a fruit liqueur or cordial? I never have, but I recently came into possession of two very nice quince fruits, and I wanted to hold on to their flavor as long as possible. We have ha...

Holiday Food Gifts: Snowflake Marshmallows

We have yet to make homemade marshmallows, but everyone raves about them. The blogosphere is full of pretty handmade marshmallows, and they can make great gifts. These snowflake versions from (who els...

Good Question: What Wine Magazine Should I Get?

Here's a good question from reader Maggie: My father is notoriously hard to shop for and Christmas gifts usually end up pretty uninspired. He does love food and wine though, so when we make the tri...

Wanting: This Is How I Roll T-shirt (Plus More Good Kitchen Things from Buy Olympia)

Check out this Pie Month-appropriate t-shirt from JennyAnn Wheeler over at BuyOlympia.com. A perfect gift for your pie obsessed sweetie -- it even comes in men's sizes! Read on for more information ...

Good Question: Best Hot Cocoa Brands and Recipes?

It's hot cocoa weather! We just had our first cup of the season, after a long fall walk. Here's a question from reader Brenna on the best sorts of hot cocoa. She asks: With cooler weather coming on,...

Hungry For: Balsamic Glazed Almonds

We couldn't pass up these Balsamic Glazed Almonds at Coconut & Lime - they stood out as unique and tempting. Easy, too - it takes under ten minutes to transform raw almonds with balsamic vinegar...

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