Get Baked: Homemade Sparkle Truffles
Because my main objective in life is to make things as gay as possible, I coated these truffles in a form of edible glitter known as “disco dust.”
Sew You Want to Learn to Sew: All About Sewing Machines
Ready to start sewing? You’re gonna need one of these — let’s figure out what you should be looking for.
55 Banana Recipes to Make Before Bananas Go Extinct or Whatever
The future of bananas may or may not be sound. For that reason, we must make as many of these banana recipes as possible as an homage to what may be the most underrated fruit in your kitchen.
Helping You Help Yourself #19
Getting ready for tax season, building the best snowman on the block, when was the last time you watered your plants?, grocery lists and more.
23 Ways to Put Coffee and Espresso in Your Mouth (Without Drinking It)
These coffee and espresso recipes are about to become your new best part of waking up.
45 Picture Perfect Pomegranate Recipes
According to our calculations, wherever you are in the world, today is a prime time to start collecting pomegranate recipes.
This Is How We Do It: Knife Skills Are Life Skills
If you want to be Top Chef of your kitchen, you’re going to need a good knife, and the knife skills to go with it. You’ll be whipping up finely-chopped feasts in no time.
22 Recipes to Make You Fall in Love with Nopales aka Cacti
I need to learn how to cook these motherf*ckers, because I’m just totally and completely intrigued by their prickly exteriors and absolutely delicious spirits.
Liquor in the Chocolate: Red Wine Hot Chocolate
I found this recipe for Red Wine Hot Chocolate and tweaked it a tiny bit. Here’s how to make it.
30 of the Greatest Gourmet Grits Recipes
Different kinds of grits, very special grit combination plates, and even grits in new shapes. It’s all in here!
7 Ways I’ve Compared My Pet Turtle to a Cat
“A year with a turtle, it seemed to me, was a perfectly acceptable short-term alternative to a cat – mostly because it wouldn’t make me want to scratch my eyes out of my face, but also because my general impression was that turtles are chill and low-maintenance while also being willing to react with affectionate enthusiasm towards their human captors.”
24 Things To Do With Leftover Champagne (Besides Drink It)
Has your champagne lost its sparkle? Here are a whole pile of things to make with it anyway.
I Made Tamales With My Mom for Christmas; Here’s How You Can Too
For me, making tamales is a way for me to connect with my mother, to feel like her daughter, and to take parts of herself that she’s passing down and make them a part of myself.
A Muggle’s Quest For The Perfect Mug Of (Alcoholic) Butterbeer
I’m not interested in the kiddie theme park variety made of cream soda and syrup from a squeeze bottle; I want hot, alcoholic, grown-ass woman butterbeer.
31 Puff Puff Pastry Recipes You’ll Wanna Pass Around
Puff pastry is the lazy femme of baking: effortlessly gorgeous, equal parts comfort and finesse.
35 Cranberry Recipes with Festive Flavor
The season for all cranberry everything is so short, but so sweet (and tart!). Here’s 35 ways to enjoy cranberries while they’re available!
Helping You Help Yourself #18
Giftwrapping, keeping plants alive, not screwing up your meatloaf, ending phone conversations and more!
Mom-Tested, Mom-Approved Holiday Crafts to Make with Kiddos
My mom, expert holiday lover and lifelong crafty lady, came up with three fun holiday crafts to do with kids and we did them together, because I’m her kid!
Holidays and Spice and Everything Nice: A Soul Food Recipe Roundup
“This recipe is one-fourth jollof rice recipe from an easy-to-follow blog, and three-fourths looking at my mom and constantly asking ‘IS THIS RIGHT?!?!'”
Get Fried (for Hanukkah!) with Latkes
Latkes are really easy, can be made with everything found in a severely understocked kitchen, and everyone likes them because they are literally just fried potatoes and everyone loves fried potatoes.