RECIPE: Christmas Ornament Cookies

If our recent article on making Christmas tree ornaments from dehydrated fruit didn’t appeal to you, how about cookie ornaments? Unlike dried citrus, you can eat the cookies when you take down the tree. This is a recipe for people who want to hone their decorating techniques. Marian, cookie decorating expert and author of the…
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RECIPE: Easy Gingerbread Cake & More Ways To Enjoy Gingerbread

Gingerbread is a long-standing holiday tradition, the seeds of which are with the 11th-century crusaders returning from the Holy Land with ginger and other spices. The history is below. Beyond those first gingerbread cakes and cookies, ginger has found its way into present-day mousse, waffles,     RECIPE: EASY GINGERBREAD CAKE Ingredients 2 cups of…
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CHRISTMAS: A Star Made Of Cheese

Cabot Cheese commemorates the Christmas Star (Star of Bethlehem) using a different flavor of their excellent cheddars for each point on the star. In addition to regular cheddars in different stages of sharpness, there are delicious flavored cheddars: Chipotle, Everything Bagel, Garlic & Herb, Horseradish, Hot Buffalo Wing, Smoky Bacon and Tomato Basil. The company…
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RECIPE: Christmas Cheese Balls & Dessert Cheese Balls

[1] Cheese balls decorated like >ornaments for holiday festivals (photo © Kraft) [2] What’s inside the cheese ball? In this recipe, it’s red and green bell peppers (photo Claire Freierman | © THE NIBBLE). [3] Cream cheese is the base in Recipe #1, goat cheese in Recipe #2 (photo © Philadelphia Cream Cheese).   Turn…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Christmas Tree & Star Of David Napkin Folds

TOP PHOTO: Dress your holiday table with a Christmas tree napkin fold. Photo courtesy BHG.com. BOTTOM PHOTO: A Star Of David napkin fold for Chanukah. Photo courtesy Expert Village.   Some people go all out decorating the holiday table: bowls of ornaments, candelabra, flowers, holly, miniature rosemary trees, pine boughs, pine cones, pomanders, reindeer, ribbons,…
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