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Oooh I just love Halloween, and it’s all starting to come together! Today I’m at the Drees Design Center sharing spooky ideas for Halloween, including striped cocktails made with Blavod Black Vodka. You can find it at The Party Source.

How does a ghoul keep track of her drink at her Halloween party? By using her own Spider Wine Charm. Click here for directions, then add a simple sturdy wire loop.

Pumpkin Cheeseball

2 (8-ounce) blocks extra-sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (8-ounce) container chive-and-onion cream cheese [Read more →]

Stir frying is an ancient technique that yield great results if you follow a few basic steps.

Make sure to get all your stir fry prep ready, with ingredients chopped, minced and lined up, ready and waiting to add at the right time. .

When chopping ingredients , try to keep them uniform so that they cook evenly

Listen to the interview.

I love Summer Genetti, Pastry Chef at The Cincinnatian Hotel’s Palace Restaurant. She shared her recipe for white chocolate fudge, which she has turned into gravestones for Halloween.

White Chocolate Fudge Gravestones

1 ounce unsalted butter
2/3 cup evaporated milk
1+2/3 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
1+1/2 cups white chocolate
4 ounces miniature marshmallows
1/4-1/2 cup crushed oreos
1/2 cup melted dark chocolate
4 toothpicks (for writing) [Read more →]

Usually Jack-o-lanterns are singing “I aint got no body”. This one from Southern Living does!

Eating seasonally is a great way to get the nutrition you need from foods that are at their peak of quality. Pomegranates are in season October and November. Inside their leathery skin are hundreds of seeds, each one encased in sparkling ruby red pulp. These sweet-tart little beauties are rich in potassium and add a blast of vitamin C. If you’ve never used one, you just cut the pomegranate in half and pry out the pulp-encased seeds. Discard any of the spongy white membrane that wants to hang on. You can snack on the seeds or use them as a shimmery garnish on desserts, cocktails and salads.

I have a perfect autumn salad for you that

Here are the basic directions to make the large long-legged spider shown, but use different bead colors, sizes and wire gauges to make an endless array of spiders. In the coming weeks, I plan to show all kinds of

I’ve discovered a delicious new DOLE