(If you’re interested in a how to make the swirled frosting in these cupcakes, here’s a how to tuturial.) If you read last month, you know that I traveled to Detroit, Michigan to visit the GM Design…
Spaghetti with Pesto Trapanese & the KOHLER Food and Wine Experience
So I have been doing a lot of traveling lately, it’s been fun and I have been eating a ton of good food including this Spaghetti with Pesto Trapanese dish. It’s seriously wonderfully, easy (less than 15-20…
five things you must eat in Portland, Oregon
Earlier this year, I had a job that required me to travel to Portland, Oregon. I went three times and each time, I had amazing food! Every time someone tells me they are about to travel to…
Loaded Baked Potato Soup
A couple of months ago, I received an invitation to travel to Idaho to witness the Idaho potato harvest. I jumped at the chance…potatoes? Little ol’ me has had an obsession with potatoes as long as I…
Blue & Chocolate Swirl Cupcakes and the Buick Encore
Note: I recently put together a video on how to do these beautiful swirled cupcakes. Check it out! Recently, I traveled to Detroit, Michigan to learn all about the new Buick Encore. It’s a brand new model…
(just) five things
I’m so excited about my new little five things logo that Lindsay created for me. Don’t you just love it? 😀 I am having so much fun doing these five things posts every weekend, I hope you’re…
Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes
I’m so excited to share this awesome recipe for Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes from McCormick®! I’m a big fan of their spices and I recently had the chance to work with them again. These cupcakes get their…
Avocado Smoothie
Friends celebrate you for who you are, cheer you on, ground you and best of all love you for who you are. Cherish your friends and nuture the relationship. That’s been my motto for a while now….
Chocolate Cupcakes with Biscoff Buttercream Icing
This past weekend we held our 2nd Central Florida Food Blogger Bake Sale (in conjunction with the National Food Blogger Bake Sale organized by Gaby and Bloggers without Borders) and I’m so excited to announce that our local…
2012 Central Florida Food Blogger Bake Sale
I’m once again organizing the Central Florida Bake Sale and this year with Katie from Katie’s Cucina…and I’m really excited about what my fellow (local) food bloggers are baking. It’s going to be very tasty! The local…
Food Blog Forum Orlando 2012 at Walt Disney World
Jaden & Scott, Me, Rachel, Diane & Todd I say it over and over again but when I started this food blog to share recipes with my family and friends, I had no idea I would find this…
Jaden’s Chinese Egg Rolls
Okay, first of all, don’t tell my Mom…that I made someone else’s Mom’s egg rolls! I might be in trouble! You see…I had plans, plans to make Vietnamese egg rolls with my Mom on Christmas Eve but…
Boston: America’s Test Kitchen, the food, my sister & #TECHmunch
I love Boston. That is a town I love and I would love to move to. I love the food and I love visiting my sister, Connie. She is living in Boston while she attends law school…
Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes
This past weekend, we had our Central Florida Food Blogger Bake Sale as part of the National Food Blogger Bake Sale to benefit Share Our Strength. I’m pleased to announced that we raised over $1300!!! Considering our…
Happy Birthday, Mia! (Elmo printables too)
My older sister and her husband live in Germany and when they told me earlier this year that they would be visiting with my niece, my first reaction was birthday party! Mia, my little niece, turned one…
Food Blog Forum Orlando – Connecting with some awesome food bloggers
This past weekend was Food Blog Forum Orlando! I have been saying that my motto is, “I’m here for the food” and while that’s mostly true, being involved in organizing an event like Food Blog Forum reminds…
2011 Florida ICED Cake Competition in Ocala, Florida
This past weekend on March 27, 2011, I attended and volunteered at the Florida ICED Cake Competition in Ocala, Florida. I had a great time, hanging out and having fun with some of my cake decorating friends…
Go Savor Culinary Retreat in Savannah, Georgia
This past weekend (March 11-13, 2011), I was very fortunate to join in a Go Savor culinary retreat in Savannah, Georgia, their first one! What a perfect setting, beautiful Savannah. I had an awesome time, had wonderful…
Food Blog Forum is Coming to Orlando on April 9th
I’m really excited to say that Food Blog Forum is coming to Orlando! After much convincing, bothering and tweeting, Jaden of SteamyKitchen.com agreed to have a Food Blog Forum seminar in my hometown of Orlando, Florida on…
Mini Classes – Sugar Arts Classes
I am a member of a wonderful organization called the International Cake Exploration Societe (ICES). It’s a group composed of professional and hobby sugar artists and cake decorators. This mission of ICES is caring and sharing. Every…
