Photos and recipe courtesy of Peas Love Carrots Make board game night funner with pieces you can actually eat! We’re so glad to see that someone who shares our love for Scrabble and cookies had the brilliance to come up with these tasty treats! You can choose to make the cookies larger for easy snacking, or  actual size, and play a truly tempting game of Scrabble. Winner eats all! Ingredients 2 1/2 cups AP flour [...]

Andretti Winery’s Romantic Red Duo and Huephoria‘s hand-painted glassware go hand in hand as an elegant pairing for any gathering! The wine duo includes a bottle each of Andretti 2006 Montona Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and Andretti 2003 Montona Reserve Zinfandel Port (375ml), marked down over 50% when purchased as a pair! They hail from the legendary Napa Valley, on Mario Andretti and Joe Antonini’s Old World Italian vineyard. The Sauvignon marries notes of blackberry, cassis, rhubarb [...]

photo and instructions courtesy of Design*Sponge Want to impress your date with a twist of the wrist? Save the tops of your champagne bottles for this party-trick that turns them into a mini bistro chair! Little crafts like this that both recycle your garbage and are easy enough to drink even after a bottle of champagne are the best! Materials wire cage from a bottle of champagne wire cutters or heavy duty scissors Instructions check [...]

Photo and recipe courtesy of Our Best Bites With both Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year coming up this weekend, we’re in major celebration mode! Both holidays are about spending time with loved ones so who says you have to choose just one? These chocolate-dipped fortune cookies bring you the best of both worlds. The homemade fortune cookies are nothing like the tooth-chippers you have at the end of a Chinese buffet either – more [...]

Photo courtesy of Pig Pig’s Corner Nothing says Superbowl season better than a big pile of warm BBQ ribs! These morsels make great finger food, while still being tender enough to fall off the bone when you dig in. Instead of using a traditional barbecue sauce, this recipe calls for Asian flavors that are sweet, spicy, and amazingly fragrant to stand up to the smoky, charred meat. The best part about it is that you [...]

Photo courtesy of Giver’s Log The folks at Giver’s Log have found possibly the best use for wafer paper ever – as wrapping for a Valentine’s cake! Break out your brushes and some food coloring and write someone a letter about how you really feel, for any occasion! All that’s left to do is wrap it over your favorite cake, and voila – a sweet new way to communicate!

Photo and recipe courtesy of Sunshine’s Kitchen This rich spinach soup sounds so tasty to curl up with on a cold night, but what really struck us was the beautiful presentation this cook created! Amaze your family with this simple trick of using a patterned bowl, and continuing the design in the soup itself by piping on a little diluted sour cream on top! It’s a wonderful garnish on almost all soups, so don’t hold [...]

Photos courtesy of Bookbook Remember when we had to lug books around, with their dusty jackets, misplaced bookmarks, and dog-eared pages? We do, and have fallen in love with this clever way to bring back the bygone days of the printed word! These beautiful laptop covers, called Bookbooks, create the optical illusion that you’re carrying around an ancient tome. The zippers even look like bookmarks at first glance! They are made of hand-crafted thick leather [...]