Posts Tagged ‘holidays’

Handmade bookmarks for sale!

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

I love to make beaded bookmarks (and hair sticks, but the former is more relevant here)! Below are photos of a few of my favorites, including the ones with the gorgeous glittering oval Swarovski crystals; the photos link directly to the items in my Bonanza booth. They make excellent holiday gifts for your favorite readers!

2007 Recommendations for Cooks

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Here we are: our third annual recommendations for what to buy your favorite cook for the holidays; while I review a bit of everything, I seem to end up reviewing the widest variety in cookbooks, making it a great topic for this sort of post. Not all of these will be things we’ve reviewed over this last year; sometimes we delve into times past for old favorites, or even give you a sneak peek at things we’re just about to review but haven’t yet. I didn’t review much cookware this year, so most of the recommendations will be for cookbooks.

Chocolate-related books, of course, make wonderful gifts. Nearly everyone associates chocolate with special occasions, and almost everyone loves it. Along these lines, I simply must suggest the following:

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“Celebrate! 43 Celebrations–350 Recipes,” Sheila Lukins with Peter Kaminsky

Monday, August 21st, 2006

Pros: Beautiful production value; scrumptious recipes; flawlessly kitchen tested; wonderful menus
Cons: None!
Rating: 5 out of 5

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