I used to be the person who made new year resolutions. Then, for some reason, I stopped. I think I felt that it was silly to make resolutions one time a year and work toward them. You can do it anytime, set goals

Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas! Thought I'd share some pictures from happenings around here. Lots eating, get-togethers, hosting parties, going to parties, eating, gift giving, gift opening, eating, screams of joy, staying up, sleeping in, eating. Did I mention EATING? Seriously,

Don't forget, you can use food for displaying too! Floating cranberries always look festive this time of year.I'm not sure if I'll be posting next week or not. Most likely not as I will be doing lots of eating and socializing.I want to

My hubby had an aversion to Stollen for the same reason, those vile candied fruit bits. But it wasn't until my brother-in-law came back from a trip to Austria several years ago, with a stollen in hand that things changed. My hubby's friend,

"What's marzipan?" is what I asked my hubby, then boyfriend, the first Christmas we were dating. My hubby is part German and Austrian and marzipan is very much part of their culture, especially during the Christmas holidays.I was given a chocolate-covered marzipan treat

Apparently, fruit cake, stollen and panettone are the ugly stepsisters of Christmas cakes and breads. I personally have never been a fan of them. I used to always turned my nose up to them.But I love dried fruits and nuts. It has always

In the last two weeks I have learned that there are a few things that I know for sure.One: Working tastebuds are crucial, especially for a person who has a food blog and likes to eat. Apparently, I developed scarlet fever along with

Well, I thought about making you all wait to find out who won the Tetley Tea Colour Therapy Gift Basket Giveaway but I just couldn't do that to you. It would be cruel to make you wait until after the weekend.Thank you for

It's been a rough week for me. I got hit with strep throat. Very badly. I spent 4-5 days in bed and the couch. I'm walking around today but I'm nowhere near 100%. The back of my throat, wow, you can probably write