Holidays

Store-bought candles lack a personal touch, but handmade soy candles can be personalized with the right color, container and scent for each person to which you gift on Valentine's Day. Soy candles are preferable to wax thanks to their cleaner burn that is better for maintaining a healthy indoor air ...

For a dessert that is as much fun to look at, as it is to eat make a football cake using a football cake pan.

To display the cake I used the crate that Clementine's usually come in. The ends of the crate reminded me of goal posts. I reshaped the scanned image of the Super Bowl XLI...

This year I am going to use fat free cream cheese and cheddar cheese, salsa in place of the chili, and baked pita or tortilla chips. There are so many sources for this type of switch up that anyone who really wants to eat healthier but still have fun with food can.  Websites like Weight Watcher...

A Super Bowl party is not the time to fuss too much with decorations - food, drinks, and of course the game will take precedent for this occasion. However it's still a theme party and what's a theme party without themed decorations? Just keep it simple and make it fun.

I decided that in honor...

Bloomin Football Koozie


These fun little arrangements are so inexpensive you can put them all around the house, on the buffet, even in the bathroom. They container is actual can or bottle koozie that I picked up at Target and lined with the bottom half of a disposable water bottle...

Yields 4 servings.

Recipe yields 24 servings.

Yields 12 servings

Note: If purchasing the mini tart shells at your local supermarket be sure to buy savory rather than sweet shells.

New Years is now over. Many of us in the catering world now switch our attentions over to the next big celebration...Super Bowl. I love hanging with friends on Sunday eating comfort food and watching the games.

If you're hosting or attending a Super Bowl party this year, try making one of th...

Leanne and I have a lot of Irish blood running through our veins, which may account for our love step dancing and whiskey! Our Irish roots coupled with the fact that March 17th is our anniversary (the first night we went out together on the "other" side of the bar), makes Saint Patrick's Day our all...

TIP: You can make the whipped cream in a cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker with a cup of cold whipping cream and a couple of teaspoons of sugar (extra-fine sugar works best).  Make sure the top is securely fastened and then shake what your momma gave you!  (Just don't over shake or y...

TIP: You can always substitute your favorite Bloody Mary mix and just mix 4 oz. of that with the beer.

Valentine's day is the holiday of love, plain and simple. And whether you're solo, with friends, or attached, there is lots of love - and lots of cocktails - to go around.