Tag: holidays

Holiday Haul

Here's what I brought to the christmas table — clockwise from the top: malted milk honeycomb, chocolate covered turkish delight, molasses honeycomb, mexican chocolate caramels with chili and salt, Lillet marshmallows, turkish delight, and chocolate covered honeycomb. Sprinkled throughout...

Ribbon Candy

Now that DIY projects like homebrewing and canning are becoming so popular, it seems to me that it is only a matter of time before candymaking gets its moment in the sun. Most of the materials are inexpensive, the...

Beans for the New Year

My mom always made beans to celebrate the new year. Most say that black-eyed peas with ham hocks is the traditional dish, but usually for us it was something like black beans and bacon. I blame the California influence....

Feast of the four fowl

Many have heard of Italy's so-called Feast of the Seven Fishes, a traditional Christmas Eve dinner centered on seafood. Somewhat less well-known is my own holiday tradition: every year I serve game for a small family dinner. The past couple...

Salted Mexican Chocolate Caramels with Chili

A mouthful of a candy in more ways than one, these Salted Mexican Chocolate Caramels with Chili were my only real holiday candy project. Although I am sad I didn't have time to make fudge or many cookies this...

Daring Bakers: French (Frozen) Yule Log

This will be my last Daring Bakers entry until May, so I'm glad it was an exciting one! This month's challenge is brought to us by the adventurous Hilda from Saffron and Blueberry and Marion from Il en Faut Peu...

Cookie Decorating Party

A friend of ours throws a delightful cookie party every December: guests bring cookies or dough to swap and decorate, and after a few hours of leisurely baking and frosting, everyone goes home with a giant box of cookies. And...