RECIPE: Pumpkin-Apple French Toast

For seasonal brunching, we like this Pumpkin-Apple French Toast by Serena Wolf of the blog Domesticate-Me, sent to us by grocery delivery service Peapod.com. Prep time is 10 minutes, cook time is 15 minutes. This recipe works best with slightly stale (day-old) bread.For a richer French toast, replace half of the milk with half-and-half. If…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Rethink Jell-O As Elegant Gélee

How can you dis them? Retro-style Jell-O molds from JelloMoldMistress.com. See the photos below for shaping without molds.   Check online and you’ll find that more people are horrified by retro Jell-o molds than embrace them. Yet, these gelatin works of art, that became de rigeur party fare in the 1950s, get a bad rap.…
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HALLOWEEN: Jack o’ Lantern Nacho Cheese Ball Recipe

[1] Make a Halloween cheese ball with the jack o’lantern’s face in red tortilla chips… (photo © Snackworks. [2] …or blue tortilla chips(photo © The Cooking Channel). [3] When it isn’t Halloween, cover the cheese ball with chopped scallions (photo © Beekman 1802). [4] The inspiration: a jack o’ lantern (photo © PlayBuzz).   It’s…
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HALLOWEEN: Best Chocolate Witch

Bewitching in dark or milk chocolate. Photo courtesy Li-Lac Chocolates.   We’ve been looking around, and think we’ve found the best chocolate witch for Halloween. Eight inches tall and weighing in at 14 ounces of solid chocolate, the Big Halloween Witch from Li-Lac Chocolates is our favorite this season. There are many nifty chocolate molds…
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PRODUCT: Pumpkin Design Loaf Pan

This Nordic Ware loaf pan makes plain cake look lovely. Photo courtesy Williams-Sonoma.   With the disclosure that we love to eat cake, and can enjoy a slice a day, we actually prefer loaf cakes to elaborately iced and filled cakes. We can have our cake and eat it, too, because we convince ourself that…
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