Thanksgiving is a few days away and I am so excited.  Thanksgiving is my all time favorite holiday… I don’t know if its because of all the food we eat and make (which probably is the reason) BUT… I love the smells, the feel of the holiday, the colors and coming together with family and […]

Can you believe Christmas is in just two days… Crazy right! I mean I feel like the year had just began and now its over. With Thanksgiving being so close to Christmas I feel like the holidays have been one after the other. To top it off life itself, has been crazy lately. I mean […]

Woohoo!!!!!! I am sooooooooooooooooooooo excited! and I just can’t hide it! I know I sound like such a cornball, but when it comes to food and especially Thanksgiving I get so excited! 🙂 So, I wanted to give you all a little glimpse into what i have in store for Thursday’s Thanksgiving Feast, here’s the […]

From My Family to Yours… Wishing you all a Happy Blessed New Year!

Christmas has come… and Christmas has gone…. already! Can you believe that… That the year 2009 is practically over in just a few short days.  (Sigh)  Wow!  That’s pretty amazing if you ask me.  No more purchasing of the gifts, wrapping of the gifts, and last but not least opening of the gifts.  I am […]

Hanukkah begins this weekend and what is a better way then to ring in this special holiday with some delicious homemade doughnuts or should I say Soofganiot.  Traditionally, fried food and dairy food are eaten during Hanukkah.  Fried food is a Jewish tradition that reminds those of the miracle of the oil that burned for […]

(Image: bookgrl/Flickr) Did you know that these delicious, sweet minty sticks of pure sugar began as a simple little white stick candy for children to enjoy. It wasn’t until the mid- 17th century that candy canes spread all throughout Europe, which at the time were used to decorate Yule trees and other food items. In […]

Thanksgiving is next week and there are so many things that are still needed to be done to get ready for the big feast.  Thanksgiving is one of the few times where placecards are a treat to see at the table assigning seats to all the many family members that are gracing at the table. […]