Entertaining
Dressing Desserts in Belgian Lace
There's something about dressing desserts in vintage wedding-cake figures, pink heart-shaped cake-stand wrappers and candy corn towels that makes me want to quickly get my baking utensils and appliances out of mothballs. more »
All in the Family: Five Producers of Good-Value Italian Wines
Sharon Kapnick writes: Other than family management, ingredients that go into these wines are passion, dedication, creativity, research, innovation, state-of-the-art technology, tradition and decades — even centuries! — of experience more »
Just the Icing on the Cake, Part Two
Roberta McReynolds writes, "I felt the premature thrill of success; a moment later the sculpted
flower slid off my fingers on its little wax paper toboggan, smashing upside
down on the floor. I don’t recall what I uttered, but it wasn’t anythin… more »
Languedoc: This big wine-producing region in southern France offers many big bargains
Sharon Kapnick writes, Languedoc has become known for good-value, popular international varietals, as
well as wines using indigenous grapes that offer distinctive new flavors and
personality." more »
