Sarah O’Brien uses a standard recipe for making her irresistibly flaky crusts. So how come hers taste so much better than ours? “It’s all about the little things,” she says.
Look no further than this collection of fun and festive Halloween desserts for something perfectly sweet and spooky!
Never too fussy with her looks, Katie looked classic in a pair of ultra wide-legged blue jeans and a quilted black jacket.
Last year my daughter and I worked together in making these little Valentine's cards for her class*. We are homeschooling now but the idea...
Auteur, journalist en Britse Belg Derek Blyth heeft in zijn nieuwste boek ‘Hidden Belgium’ aandacht voor de mooiste plekjes in ons land. Naast het MAS in Antwerpen en street art festival ‘The Crystal Ship’, kregen ook heel wat verborgen pareltjes een eerbetoon. Een overzicht van zijn persoonlijke favorieten.
Sarah O’Brien uses a standard recipe for making her irresistibly flaky crusts. So how come hers taste so much better than ours? “It’s all about the little things,” she says.
My grandma used to bake a version of this for me when I was a little girl. She would make it using fresh apples from her tree in the backyard. I've adapted her recipe because I love the combination of apples, pecans and caramel. —Emily Hobbs, Springfield, Missouri
These heart cookie sandwiches filled with cream cheese buttercream are really easy to make and take very little time for how pretty they look.
Someone, somewhere said that the weddings you shoot at the beginning of your wedding photography career define the the type of client you end up shooting for
Here is a a roster of the most epic oatmeal cookie recipes that will make you re-think everything you thought you knew about the baked good.
My grandma loved these so much, she would hide them from my grandpa! I think of her every time I make a batch. Like Mexican spice? Try stirring in a little chili powder. —Michele Lovio, Thousand Oaks, California
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Today, Cheryl Day is here to share a little bit about her bakery, Back in the Day! We're smitten with her charming space!"Hi! My name is Cheryl Day and I own Back in the Day Bakery with my husband Griff; it's a neighborhood bakeshop in Savannah, Georgia. Our specialty is handcrafted American scratch baking and…
Fruit pizza! Perfect for so many holidays, gatherings, and just to make any day a little more festive and fun! I have always loved fruit pizza, but in the past, it seemed to be a
When pastry chef Lara Atkins was little, her mother made this cake for her bridge club; Atkins remembers how she and her brothers would have to wait ...
This Modern Gold + Pastel 1st Birthday Party features DIYs including a tassel wall banner, geometric cake and diamond cocktail stirrers.
Italian cookies with an American twist. These crunchy, vanilla biscotti are filled with chunks of crushed chocolate sandwich cookies. Two cookies combined for an exceptional, dunkable treat.
These DIY mini cake stands are so easy to make and are adorable! I made these for my daughter's Parisian Bakeshop party. Each little guest received their own mini cake stand...with
Make these unbelievably fluffy, tender dinner rolls from standard ingredients. The unorthodox method and a lidded plastic bowl simplify the process.
Phew marathon cake making over the last few days, three biggies and a mountain of cupcakes, will be glad to go back to school next week for a rest. Kadi’s sister, Dayle (lovely names) wanted a cake for her surprise 30th birthday, we decided on a soft
If you're forever on the lookout for amazing baked goods, the best bake shop in Indiana is a good start: it's among the best in the U.S!
If you love Christmas decorating, prepare yourself to be amazed this year. Create the most desired Christmas Decoration Trend.
Recently a friend asked me to help her plan a 'ballerina tea party' for her daughter's fifth birthday. It was a great thrill to be asked and a lot of fun to plan! These are the invitations I made. I thought you might like to see some pictures of the party... Here is the sweet little birthday girl, Lillyana, with my Liberty. The party was in a big hall. I've never had a hall to decorate before. That's my helpful hubby up the ladder - I couldn't have done it without him! I was going to make the frilly hanging pompoms but we were able to borrow them from a friend. This frame usually hangs on the wall in my lounge, I made some pretty birthday bunting to go in it. The papers and letters are from 'Grace Taylor Designs'. My beautiful Cinderella dress! A party ballerina came along to play games with the 20 girls who were there. Wall decorations. Gift boxes. Inside the gift boxes were little china trinket boxes and inside those there was a pearl necklace with a silver ballerina charm. A table set with vintage china for 20 little ballerinas! And tables set for the mothers of the ballerinas. We had a small glitch with the pink chairs we were going to use, the black ones would have had bows around them if we had known we were going to use them. Vintage ballerina placemats. Most of the food was pink and white! Strawberry teacup jellies. I made those ballerina dress cookies - still can't believe I made them! There's a fabulous tutorial here. I didn't have a cookie cutter, they all had to be cut out by hand, time consuming but well worth the effort! I made this tutu skirt for Liberty to wear to her book day parade at school the week before the party. (more about that in another post.) A cupcake tower for the birthday girl! The art table. Frills everywhere! I love frills!! I made ballet bags for all the guests to take home. Yes! I made those cute ballet slipper cookies too! And just beacause I felt I needed to finish things off, I made these thank you cards. I'm very happy to tell you that the party was a great success! And I really enjoyed being a party planner! Mercedes
Book Synopsis A woman finds love and closure, and rediscovers herself, when she returns to her roots in the enchanting new novel from the author of The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Café. Newly jobless, newly single, and suddenly apartmentless, writer Grace Hammond has come unmoored. A grammar whiz who's brilliant at correcting other people's errors, she hasn't yet found quite the right set of rules for fixing her own mistakes. Desperate to escape the city and her trifecta of problems, Grace hits pause and retreats to her Connecticut hometown. What begins as a short visit with her parents quickly becomes a far more meaningful stay, though, as she discovers that the answers to what her future holds might be found by making peace with -- and even embracing -- the past. As Grace sets out to change her ways and come to terms, finally, with the tragedy that took her older sister's life so many years ago, she rekindles a romance with her high school sweetheart, Peter, now a famous Hollywood director who's filming a movie in town. Sparks also fly at the local bike shop, where Grace's penchant for pointing out what's wrong rattles the owner's ruggedly handsome schoolteacher son, Mitch. Torn between the promise of a glamorous life and the allure of the familiar, Grace must decide what truly matters -- and whether it's time for her to throw away the rule book and bravely follow her heart. Review Quotes Praise for The Rules of Love and Grammar "In this sweet and heartfelt story, Simses provides a valuable lesson in the futility of striving for an error-free book of life. A lovely read."--Kirkus Reviews About The Author Mary Simses grew up in Darien, Connecticut and began writing short stories as a child. She spent most of her life in New England, where she worked in magazine publishing, and, later, as a corporate attorney writing short stories "on the side." Mary is the author of The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Café, adapted as The Irresistible Blueberry Farm for the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel, The Rules of Love & Grammar, and her latest novel, The Wedding Thief. Mary enjoys photography, old jazz standards, and escaping to Connecticut in the summer. She lives in South Florida.
