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If you are worried about what to wear to a casual party this New Year’s Eve, have no fear. By following a few simple style rules and adding a little flair to your fashion choices, you can be the best-dressed gentleman everyone notices when you walk into any New Year’s Eve celebration.
Kosher enchilada recipes use a quarter cup of oil, some flower, some chili powder and a few other basic ingredients. Get a kosher enchilada recipe with help from a nutrition expert in this free video clip.
Not all Thanksgiving stuffing recipes require hours upon hours in the kitchen. Get a simple Thanksgiving stuffing recipe with help from a European-trained Executive Chef who has more than 25 years of experience in this free video clip.
Crackers are a time honored part of Super Bowl finger food appetizers everywhere. Find out what you can put on crackers to make Super Bowl finger food with help from a culinary professional in this free video clip.
One holiday favorite treat that everyone will surely love is a nice batch of dairy-free Christmas cookies. Get a dairy-free Christmas cookie recipe with help from the owner of a raw foods restaurant in this free video clip.
The only thing better than regular macaroon cookies are coconut macaroon cookies. Make coconut macaroon cookies from a great recipe with help from an experienced culinary professional in this free video clip.
Certain simple cakes are a great way to make your own impression on a baby shower. Learn about simple cakes to make for baby showers with help from the cake diva in this free video clip.
When making drop cookies for Christmas, you always want to make sure that you're following the appropriate recipe for the best possible results. Get a Christmas recipe for drop cookies with help from a professional and passionate chef in this free video clip.
Rolled Christmas cookies are a time-honored tradition in many homes across the world. Get a rolled Christmas cookies recipe with help from a professional and passionate chef in this free video clip.
Certain shortbread recipes are both fast and easy and are tailor-made for the Christmas season. Learn about a fast and easy shortbread recipe for Christmas baking with help from a professional and passionate chef in this free video clip.
Not all Christmas cutout cookies are difficult to put together. Get an easy Christmas cutout cookie recipe with help from a professional and passionate chef in this free video clip.
German Christmas cookies need to be made in a very particular way for maximum authenticity. Find out about a great authentic German Christmas cookie recipe with help from a professional and passionate chef in this free video clip.
Almond bark is a great, delicious way to spread a little holiday cheer. Get almond bark recipes for Christmas with help from a professional and passionate chef in this free video clip.
Christmas cookies don't have to take all season to bake properly. Get a recipe for quick Christmas cookies with help from a professional and passionate chef in this free video clip.
When making cookies with fruit puree, you're always going to want to keep a few key things in mind. Make cookies with fruit puree with help from the executive chef at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel in this free video clip.
You want to ring in the new year, but finances are not allowing you to throw caution to the wind? No problem. You can have a memorable end-of-year bash without going into debt. Emmy-winning lifestyle expert and author Christopher Lowell and green event planner Deborah Kattler Kupetz of dkkevents in Los Angeles share their ideas on how to make the most of your party budget so you can celebrate New Year’s Eve in style.
Cookie smoothies don't have to be the most difficult thing you try to make all week. Learn about easy-to-make cookie smoothies with help from a body and life stylist in this free video clip.
Meatless Thanksgiving stuffing is an easy dish you can prepare right in the comfort of your own kitchen. Learn about a meatless Thanksgiving stuffing recipe with help from an award-winning raw food chef in this free video clip.
Add an Easter theme to goodie bags with egg and chick stamps. Use stamping on Easter Goodie Bags with tips from a scrapbook demonstrator in this free Easter crafting video.
When using Easter egg rub-ons, remember to put the sticky side onto the egg. Decorate Easter eggs with rub-ons in this free crafting video from a scrapbook demonstrator.
Between deciding what to wear and where to be when the clock strikes twelve, New Year’s Eve can give a girl a headache before the champagne even pops. Planning your evening may be stressful, but the actual event shouldn’t be. Ring in the New Year by treating your sparkly clutch like a trusty tool kit and you’ll be dancing into 2012 worry-free.
Christmas cookies don't have to be full of sugar and generally unhealthy. Make some healthy Christmas cookies with help from a personal chef in this free video clip.
Making Christmas cheese potatoes are a great way to get into the holiday spirit. Learn the recipe for Christmas cheese potatoes with help from a personal chef in this free video clip.
Christmas granola is much easier to make than one might think. Learn how to make Christmas granola with help from a personal chef in this free video clip.
A birthday is a special time in a young girl's life. Little gestures such as constructing a decorative table centerpiece for the birthday girl's party can mean the difference between an average birthday party and a spectacular party that will impress all of her guests. You can decorate the centerpiece in any number of colors and patterns to fit the birthday girl's personal tastes or to match the overall theme of the birthday party.
Many people watch the New Year’s ball drop in Time Square each year. Counting down the last seconds of the old year as you watch a glittering ball drop adds an extra measure of fun to your New Year's Eve party. You can create an inexpensive drop ball and manually lower it instead of installing an expensive mechanized ball.
The end-of-year holiday crush provides many opportunities to socialize in festive holiday celebrations to send off the old year and usher in the new. Sometimes, though, you may find the non-stop party is a stark reminder of what you don't have. Perhaps you just got out of a relationship, moved to a new town, or you simply don't feel comfortable in a crowd. When the marketing push for parties, celebration and that all-important kiss at midnight makes the pangs of loneliness take on a sharper edge, you can take steps to reduce the sting.
The quintessential Hanukkah treat, potato latkes are a priority this time of year. Josh Ozersky uses his family recipe to make creamy-on-the-outside, crispy-on-the-inside homemade latkes.
It looks like a tree but tastes like chocolate. The yule log is a traditional French dessert and conveniently doubles as a centerpiece and an after-dinner delicacy.
The Christmas holidays have a magic all their own, making them an enchanting backdrop for a surprise marriage proposal. While some people prefer to pop the question on Christmas Eve, others like making their proposals on Christmas morning, while family and friends are near. Take advantage of the Christmas morning excitement during the opening of presents and preparation of the holiday meal and get the answer you'd like to hear. Once you've gathered up your courage, you'll need a memorable way to ask her the big question.
An easy coconut Christmas candy recipe is a great way to prepare a fun dish for the holidays. Learn about an easy coconut Christmas candy recipe with help from the winner of two Gourmand Cookbook Awards in this free video clip.
Many different desserts are perfect for a Halloween themed dinner. Learn about dessert recipes for a Halloween themed dinner with help from an author and accomplished magazine editor in this free video clip.
Halloween brownies are a fun, festive treat for a spooky time of year. Learn Halloween brownie recipes with help from an author and accomplished magazine editor in this free video clip.
Don't throw away money on a big cake that the mommy-to-be might not even want to eat. Instead, make a practical and adorable onesie cake for a show-stopping baby shower decoration. New mothers will enjoy having a wealth of newborn necessities, including onesies and diapers. Construct and decorate a onesie cake, even if you don't know the first thing about baking.
Website cookies allow programmers to store values in small files on the user's computer. When you check the option to stay logged in on a website, the website programmer stores your login as a cookie. You can use Dreamweaver to set up a cookie and store a specific value in the cookie. Dreamweaver has a wizard that helps you store cookie values on your website.
Wherever winter temperatures do not drop below 10 degrees Fahrenheit, summers are warm, soil well-drained and sunshine plentiful, you can grow oleanders (Nerium oleander). Tolerant of heat, drought and limited subfreezing temperatures, oleanders begin to bloom in March across the Southwest, depending on the onset of spring's heat. Trimming these woody evergreen shrubs, which mature 5 to 20 feet tall depending on cultivar, may be done in spring or summer.
Many people would like to store their cookies on the counter in a cookie jar, but find that the cookies can go stale quickly when they do so. The reason the cookies go stale quickly is because many cookie jar lids do not have an airtight seal. If you have a cookie jar that is not airtight, you can fix it easily with some wax paper.
For ease of serving and creative presentation, cupcakes should be in your arsenal of birthday dessert options. You do not have to cut cupcakes for serving, and they can be arranged in different designs to add interest to the cake table. Cupcakes can be an exciting alternative to a traditional cake.
Celebrating the birth, or soon-to-be birth of a child with a baby shower is often a once in a lifetime experience for some mothers. A baby shower is full of friends, family, presents and cake. Cakes are often displayed on cake holders placed atop a decorated table. Decorate the table in baby- and pregnancy-related items, including a tablecloth, napkins and balloons. If you know the sex of the baby, use appropriate colors -- blue for a boy and pink for a girl.
The Pack-a-Punch machine is one of the most vital parts of the “Call of Duty: Black Ops” zombie mode. It is used to upgrade weapons, which over the course of the game becomes very necessary as the zombies get stronger. The Pack-a-Punch machine in the newest and final zombie map, Moon, is located in the spawn point. To get back to it after you leave the spawn point, you need to go to a special spot on the map.
Easter is a time to let creative energy flow; from pastel dyes to silly stickers, there are no limits when it comes decorating eggs. But why reserve just one time of year to have fun making colorful eggs? Use Easter inspiration for crafts all year long and choose unexpected colors to decorate your eggs. In fact, a black and yellow combination will have others buzzing about the cool bumblebee crafts that can be made by children and adults.
The yule log, also known as “Buche de Noel” in French, is a long-standing Christmas staple. This cake is made of sponge cake rolled in cream or jam, then covered in butter-cream icing. Food historians believe this tradition began in the 19th century. This year, let your kids create the yule log for your holiday festivities or to share with their classmates. The children will appreciate the opportunity to be creative with this kid-friendly project.
Cookie pops are cookies on a stick and are a fun spin on the traditional treat. Cookie pops are best displayed in a bouquet, but the effect can be spoiled if your cookie pops stick together where they overlap. There are a few measures you can take to make cookie pops that won't stick together. With a little extra preparation, your cookie pops will look delicious, decorative and professional.
Petite cake squares make transform a larger cake or cupcakes into one-bite treats. They pair well with other finger foods served at a baby shower. By another name, miniature cake squares are known as petit fours. Instead of spreading icing on the cakes, make a pourable glaze colored to a pastel hue to match the baby shower décor. Baby-themed sugar decorations from a baking supply store such as bottles, rubber ducks or teddy bears add a touch of whimsy to the cake squares and are in keeping with the baby shower theme.
For a Harley-loving mother-to-be, a motorcycle baby shower cake will get some laughter, and maybe even a few tears. With some creamy frosting and some creativity, anyone can make a simple, yet sublime cake for a mother expecting a wild child. You don’t need to buy any special equipment to make your cake. Any round, rectangle or square cake pan will do. Use the tools that you have and your creativity to give the future mommy a cake she’ll never forget.
First released in 2006, “Riddle School 2” is a point-and-click adventure created by the programmer JonBro. It was designed as a more family-friendly take on the violent adventure game “Pico’s School.” The game’s plot sees a character called Phil attempting to escape from his school during a particularly boring music lesson. At one point, characters must repair a cookie machine to progress in the plot. To repair this machine, you must complete a specific set of tasks.
Though they may not stay awake long enough to watch the ball drop into Times Square, young children still pick up on the excitement of New Year’s Eve. For children 6 years old and younger, the festive time is a good excuse to introduce some easy crafts that can inform as well as entertain.
Burning Yule logs is a practice of pagans and Christians during winter solstice and Christmas celebrations. Traditionally, burning would last 12 days. Differences in today's lifestyle have altered the custom to logs burning on one day of the holiday. Highly decorated, the adornments made to the logs serve a functional purpose. Symbolic herbs and botanicals are used to kindle the slowly igniting white oak, enhancing the ritual.
New Year's Eve says goodbye to the old year and hello to the new one. Most people hope that the incoming year includes more blessings and bounty than the previous year and that negative emotions, bad luck and old habits will remain behind when the calendar page flips over. Various traditions, customs and superstitions accompany New Year's Eve parties.
The tradition of the Yule log started in Europe to celebrate the winter solstice and entice the sun to return to warm the earth. It was later adopted by Christians to represent keeping the stable warm for the baby Jesus. The English traditionally used oak logs, while the Scottish used birch and the French used cherry wood sprinkled with wine for aroma. The log is carved, decorated and burned during the 12 days of Christmas, starting on Christmas Eve, to bring good luck to the home in the coming year. You can start a tradition of making a Yule log…
