Christmas

Nut Rolls

January 10, 2011 |

I am a few weeks behind on the nut roll extravaganza that is usually reserved for the holidays, but as I mentioned a couple of days ago, the holidays just totally got away from me. I did a ton of baking for the week and a half leading up to Christmas, and a lot of [...]

Fig and Walnut Biscotti

December 8, 2010 |

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I’m Italian and so I have eaten my fair share of biscotti. In fact, I probably ate more biscotti by the time I was 10 years old than most people eat in their entire lives. My grandma made weekly batches and would keep them in cookie jars and tins around the house. Anytime someone visited, [...]

Chocolate Walnut Fudge

December 7, 2010 |

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Last year the cool weather was refusing to go away and I was daydreaming about sunny days at the beach. And you can’t go to the beach and not enjoy some fudge. At least I can’t. And then I realized that I had never actually made fudge. Shame on me! So I whipped up a [...]

30 Gift Ideas: Cookbooks & Kitchen Goodies

December 6, 2010 |

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It’s the first week of December and some people are into the full swing of holiday shopping. I am actually pretty proud of myself – I only have one gift left to buy. That never happens. Usually I’m just getting myself organized at this point and am stumbling out of the starting gate. Have you [...]

Santa Was Here! Come see the kitchen goodies he left…

December 29, 2009 |

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Top 19 Bestselling Cookbooks + 11 Bestselling Kitchen Items = 30 More Great Gift Ideas

December 15, 2009 |

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We are now less than two weeks away from Christmas (how did that happen??), and many of you may still be looking for gift ideas. I, for one, still have a lot of shopping left to get done. Eek! In this third installment of gift-related ideas (remember, there were the homemade gift ideas and the [...]

10 Gift Ideas for the Foodies in Your Life

December 7, 2009 |

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Last week I talked about how you could use your kitchen prowess for gift giving and provided some homemade food gift ideas. This week I want to chat about gifts that foodies would love. Maybe your sister, your best friend, or your aunt love to spend time in the kitchen and you’re looking for a [...]

Homemade Food Gift Ideas

December 2, 2009 |

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Don’t look now, but it’s December. How did it creep up on us so fast? I feel like this past year was a blur, it went by so quickly! Even if you’re still in shock that the holidays are actually upon us, the next few weeks won’t slow down for you. It’s time to start [...]