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Thanks to All You Magazine and Duncan Hines for today’s giveaway. To promote new Duncan Hines Frosting Creations, they are offering three readers sample kits with a copy of All You magazine, four boxes of cake mix, and four different flavors of Frosting Creations, a product designed to help you “unleash your inner dessert artist”. [...]
Published on March 26, 2012

Happy Birthday, Michelangelo! Born on March 6, 1475, Michelangelo’s best known work includes the Sistine Chapel, The David and the Pietà. He shares his birthday with The Oreo. Born in 1912, the Oreo’s best known work includes the Double Stuff, the Cool Mint Creme and The Golden Oreo. Celebrate both occasions with an Italian dinner [...]
Published on March 6, 2012

Remember Spatula City from the Weird Al movie, UHF? Well, I’ve got something better. Out of Brooklyn, NY, it’s Plastic Container City — your one stop shop for plastic containers, unique cupcake decorations and various holiday themed packaging including Easter decorating supplies. For those of you tired of paying $3.99 for a cute box at [...]
Published on February 23, 2012

It’s a little late to post a Fat Tuesday recipe, so in honor of the upcoming National Margarita Day on February 22, here’s a cake to consider. The cake itself is key lime, but the icing really does taste like margarita. I could use one right now, btw. Key Lime Bundt Cake with Margarita Icing
Published on February 21, 2012

UPDATE — The scale winner was Judy W. and she has been notified. Thanks to everyone for entering, and be on the look out for more giveaways. For those of you not sure what type of scale to buy (I read all the comments and that was a running theme), I recommend any basic digital [...]
Published on February 15, 2012

What are your family traditions, and how do they involve jelly? A few months ago, five clever people wrote essays answering this question and are now in the running for a family reunion to be awarded in the form of a check for $20,000 plus a $1,000 check to go toward a special reunion planner. [...]
Published on February 8, 2012

Fuzz and I aren’t dieting, but she loves savory snacks and wanted to try this flax and garlic cracker recipe from a low carb page on About.com. With 37 reviews and a bunch of stars, I figured we couldn’t go wrong. And I guess we didn’t. The crackers were okay — not …
Published on February 1, 2012

Back in October I told you about the Booktrib Best of the West Cookie Contest. To promote a new romance novel called A Lawman’s Christmas, Booktrib hosted a contest asking readers to come up with a cowboy themed Christmas cookie to win a trip to Las Vegas. The winners have been selected. Have fun [...]
Published on December 16, 2011