I prefer the rustic look too. Plus I don't have the time, patience, or skill to perfectly decorate. But I also agree with other posters, that cake looks a bit TOO rustic. I like mine a little bi...

heck yeah. I love my koozie!

Ooooh I wish I could reach through the screen and drink that glass up! It looks SO good. Thanks for the pear brandy suggestion! I will most definitely try that. I have a white wine sangria reci...

Thanks so much for posting this. With a couple variations, I made it too ! SO GOOD!

If you want to check out Tomato Art, come on down to the East Nashville Tomato Arts Festival . It's loads of fun!

Awesome! I might make this with our 6 year old nephew when he comes to visit. Last time he came we made rice crispy treats, and I wanted to do something different, but yet still simple and kid fr...

Perhaps I was a bit harsh... And after doing some digging I think I've found stuff with an earlier date doing the same thing. I think Bakerella usually makes up all those creative ways to do stuff...

I find it annoying that the blogger who made the cupcakes did not attribute the graduation cap idea to Bakerella , who made th...

That is the funniest post-it ever.

I learned this on Mythbusters. I usually do it in the sink. I too add water to my ice. It really does work really fast.

Never heard of it, but good idea! This isn't related, but for some reason it reminded me, that my mother always fixed spaghetti & meatballs when my cousin came over. She said "I never know how mu...

HOLY COW. Thanks for sharing!

Oh, if anyone cares, here's the pretzels , and here's the

My resolutions were to #1 conquer something with yeast. I DID! I made pizza dough first, it was fun until I tried to roll it out for calzones. I ended up in tears, and it didn't make it onto my ...

Almost always. I too often burn at least a couple sweet potato chips. I find if you eat the burned ones while they're still hot, the usually taste alright. I can't stand wasting food!

My Pampered Chef garlic press. Awesome.

I love these!

Oh, and I forgot to mention, I ALSO made Banana Cinnamon Waffles Saturday morning too!

I didn't really do anything new, but I was in the kitchen a LOT Friday & Saturday! I made dinner both nights, I made two batches (one in the slow cooker and one on the stove, simultaneously) of ho...

Once while on vacation in Florida I stopped in a grocery store to pick up some healthy snacks, and I really wanted those little cheese cubes. The only package that had the flavors I wanted was Dis...