Show your romantic side by making heart shaped pancakes for breakfast. Start with your favorite pancake recipe. Heat up an iron skillet and lightly coat with cooking spray or butter. Take a large heart shaped pancake mold or heart shaped cookie cutter and pour batter into the mold. Fill about half way. Let the [...]
When you match the right wine with the right chocolate, you get to experience
the rich complexities of both. As a rule, dark chocolates tend to pair
well with fuller bodied wine such as Zinfandels and Cabernets and milk
chocolates pair better with lighter wines such as Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc.
Rules of [...]
This holiday season, save some of your cookies for decorations. Before baking make a small hole with a wooden stick so that a ribbon can fit through and allow you to hang on a tree or adorn a dessert table. Use snow flake cookie cutters for a nice wintery scene.
Centerpieces should be set either low or high so that guests at a table can see each other and be able to easily hold a conversation. For a grand effect, use tall clear glass pillars or vases and place a floral arrangement on top. Secure with floral tape and use leaves to hide the [...]
Put those decorative gourds and pumpkins to use for your next dinner party.
To Make the Serving Bowls
Choose even shaped and flat bottom gourds, squash or pumpkins.
Carefully cut a slice off the end of the rounded side without making a hole to create a flat surface.
Cut the top off the gourd [...]
