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GIVEAWAY!! ParaNorman Decorating Kits to celebrate the film’s release!!

  UPDATE: Congratulations to Melissa, Amber, Mikey, Stephanie and Carla! Their comments (numbers 5, 64, 65, 44 and 7) were randomly drawn to win and their prizes are on the way… I know, it feels almost too early for Halloween, but the eerie chill you feel (right? that’s what I was going for) is actually [...]



just a reminder, some sweets for the Olympics

  These are likely still fresh in your memory, but given the Summer Olympics are right around the corner, I figured a little reminder wouldn’t hurt. That and I’m nowhere near my own kitchen to make something new, since my daughter and I are currently living as nomads from grandparent’s house to grandparent’s house while [...]



cookie decorating with lots of kids

  Last week, I visited my daughter’s school and led a fun food class (all veggies for this sweets-free school). Well, I went back with some cookies and icing in hand for a cookie decorating session with her class, twenty-plus four and five-year olds. There was no avoiding the sweets part with this one, no [...]



review of Amy Atlas’s Sweet Designs and some bumble bee daisy cookie pops

  Copyright Sweet Designs: Bake It, Craft It, Style It, Hyperion Books 2012 Photography by Johnny Miller.   You heard me mention Amy Atlas’s book last week… Well, today is the official launch date of Sweet Designs: Bake It, Craft It, Style It! I got my preview copy last week and fell instantly in love. This book [...]



rainbows and unicorns for a 4-year old’s birthday party

She wears her tiara hung low. Do NOT try and correct her. Rainbows and unicorns. Unicorns and rainbows. Seeing as I grew up in the ’80s (prime years, too, middle school through high school), it does me proud that my now-four-year-old loves rainbows and unicorns. Given the combination of our non-mansion house and my daughter’s [...]