MOTHER’S DAY: Chocolate Shoes

With chocolate shoes, one size fits all. Photo courtesy WoodhouseChocolate.com. OMG, we just discovered these adorable chocolate shoes from Woodhouse Chocolate, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week. The solid handmade chocolate shoes are skillfully hand-decorated. Chanel would approve. And at $20/pair, they’re a lot more affordable than her shoes. The shoes are available in…
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COOKBOOK & RECIPES: Latin Cuisine

In her second cookbook, Daisy: Morning Noon and Night:Bringing Your Family Together With Everyday Latin Dishes, chef and television personality Daisy Martinez’s second cookbook offers flavorful Latin recipes that are easy to understand and execute. Daisy also helps the novice Latin cook by explaining the ingredients used in each recipe—their origins, what you can substitute…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Egg-Cellent Snack

Boil, peel and place on a stick. Photo courtesy SXC. We love this snack idea from the American Egg Board: Eggs On A Stick. Place hard-cooked eggs on popsicle sticks and set up a lazy susan with toppings like salsa, flavored salts, hummus, your favorite dips and chopped herbs. It’s creative, healthy fun. In addition…
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RECIPE: Corn Muffins With Chocolate Butter

What’s better than fresh corn muffins, warm from the oven? It’s easy to bake a batch for Mother’s Day (or any day!). If Mom is a chocolate lover, serve them with chocolate butter. Take a look at the recipe for corn muffins and chocolate butter, from Woodhouse Chocolate. Go all-chocolate with this recipe for chocolate…
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GOOD CAUSE: Make Bread Art, Help Hungry Children

Bread art: tops in toast. Here, “The Card- master” by Dante of Providence, Rhode Island. Make your bread art—at no cost to you‚—and $1 will be donated to feed hungry children. Nearly 17 million children in America—almost one in four—struggle with hunger. Their families have a hard time putting food on the table. The non-profit…
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