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Use a small artificial Christmas tree to create a “dessert tree” centerpiece. Hang edible ornament cookies, fudge, petit fours, mint patties and other treats. The easiest technique is to tie cellophane-wrapped treats with ribbon and hang them on the tree with ornament hooks. But it makes an even prettier presentation if you cut pliable pieces…
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[1] Make pomegranate sangria for your guests (photo © Pom Wonderful). [2] Make pomegranate sangria for your guests (photo © Pom Wonderful). There’s nothing more festive than a holiday punch bowl. Historically, Christmas meant gathering around the wassail bowl for good cheer. “Wassail” is Middle English contraction of the toast, wæs hæil, “be healthy.”…
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How brilliant is Megan Reardon, the blogmeister of NotMartha.org? Not only has she invented, to our knowledge, the concept of the “mug cookie”—a cookie baked with a slot that hooks onto a mug of hot chocolate, tea or coffee—but she has done it in the most charming way. Get the recipe and download the pattern.…
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Make a beautiful red-and-green Christmas salad by adding “red” greens to your vegetable mix. If you can’t find the more exotic red lettuces—red leaf lettuce, red oak lettuce and red romaine—most stores carry the naturally red-veined chard, baby kale and radicchio. You can mix them with regular green leaf lettuces, if you like. You also…
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Our Cupcake Surprise is decorated with Guittard’s colored white chocolate morsels. Photo by Corey Lugg | THE NIBBLE. Today is National Cupcake Day, so enjoy a cupcake—in fact, make some with a chocolate “surprise.” 1. Make your favorite cupcake recipe (we love Sprinkles cupcake mixes). 2. Fill the cupcake liner halfway with batter. 3. Insert…
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