Memorial Day is one of our country’s many food-themed holidays — BBQs and American fare (in addition to flags and pools) are celebration musts! I don’t have any burger or watermelon stories to share, but I did make something unconventionally American. My friend Jill and I combined chocolate chip cookies (America’s favorite homemade cookies) with …
Our goddaughter Emmerson was baptized this weekend! The baptism service was followed by a party at a nearby park — the perfect occasion to put several previous Seakettle projects to use! I made a batch of Oreo truffle pops (note for the future: they get a bit soft outside in warm weather!). I used Hostess …
You know, I really don’t mean to turn this into a dessert blog. In fact, food was last on my list of topics to blog about when I start Seakettle — after gifts and decorating and stationery and furniture, etc. It just so happens that we’ve been doing a lot of celebrating (yay!) and a …
For whatever reason, when I hear the word tart I picture a dessert resembling a fruit pie. […]
I love decorating Easter eggs, but I really don’t care for the hard-boiled eggs eggs themselves […]
Let me just start by saying that I didn’t make those lovely cookies. My mom sent them to us — isn’t she sweet!? In fact, my mom sends her time-consuming, made-with-love sugar cookies two or three times per year. She makes shamrocks, hearts, Easter eggs, leaves and everything Christmas. In December, I watched my mom …
Cheese bread (or biscuits) always sounds like such a good idea, but is so often disappointing. […]
I made these SCII Protoss cupcakes for my brother-in-law’s birthday (see previous mention in our gifts post), and they’re surprisingly easy to recreate! You can also use the same basic steps to make other 2D shapes from chocolate or candy melts. I didn’t think that such a specific project — cupcakes for a certain race …
Have you tried the Oreo truffle recipe from Kraft? Oh. my. gosh. SO good! As if Oreos needed […]
We made the perfect dessert for beer lovers this St. Patrick’s Day! Not only does this […]