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DIY: Celestial Napkin Rings and Crystal Ball Place Cards
DIY what you can’t buy: When Whitney and Amanda of Pretty Little Details Co. can’t find exactly what they’ve envisioned for an event, they make it. Here’s two simple tutorials for the custom DIY place...
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Our Macabre and Spooky Style Hot Finds
Is Halloween still your favorite holiday even though your days of trick-or-treating are long gone? This year, don’t just settle for your annual viewing of Hocus Pocus. Gather all your friends for a...
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How to Get a Sparkly Cat Eye
This October, we took you to a sophisticated, celestial gathering and dinner party, and helped you set the scene for your own soiree. Mary Hernandez, one of Amanda and Whitney’s guests, kicked the...
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Set the Scene for a Sophisticated Spooky Soiree
[Skip to the recipes] | [Skip to the extras] Parties thrown in October typically conjure scary thoughts of cheap costumes, orange pumpkins and faux spider webs. Well, Amanda Shirk and Whitney...
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An Outdoor Thanksgiving Feast with Friends
Dani Blasena knows how to host a party. The HauteFêtes founder, creative director and lead designer specializes in event design that brings the effortless grace of European elegance to whatever she...
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Homemade Marshmallows and a DIY S’mores Board
Preparing a S’mores Board In our al fresco Friendsgiving feature, Hautefête’s Dani Blasena threw a party perfect for a California autumnal evening, right down to a cozy firepit, homemade hot chocolate...
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Garden Recipe: Thanksgiving Yam Pie
It is officially harvest season. November is a favorite time of year when we focus on gratitude for what we have—and if what you have is an abundance of sweet potatoes or yams (I’m thankful that my...
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3 Holiday Cakes That Taste as Good as They Look
When she was in elementary school, Jackie Bruchez would play hooky for a week to spend time with her grandfather in his Temecula kitchen. Together, they’d make hundreds of pounds of Italian cookies to...
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Gingerbread Layer Cake with Cinnamon Cream-Cheese Frosting
Gingerbread Layer Cake with Cinnamon Cream-Cheese Frosting Recipe by Jackie Bruchez of The Seaside Baker Serves 10-12 For the cake 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking...
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6 Uses for Leftover Buttercream
If eating leftover buttercream icing straight from the container with a spoon isn’t your style, here are a few other uses for the excess of frosting we always seem to create. 1. Fashion cookie...
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Peppermint Bark Layer Cake with White Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Frosting
Peppermint Bark Layer Cake with White Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Frosting Recipe by Jackie Bruchez of The Seaside Baker Serves 12-15 For the cake layers 3 cups all-purpose flour 3 cups granulated...
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Eggnog Cake with Rum Simple Syrup and Eggnog Frosting
Eggnog Cake with Rum Simple Syrup and Eggnog Frosting Recipe by Jackie Bruchez of The Seaside Baker. Serves 10-12 For the cake 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 cups...
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11 Tips for Stress-Free Party Season
It’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but sometimes, playing hostess—or guest—at countless parties can feel more like a burden than a blessing. We asked two event planners, a...
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Whole-animal cooking: the latest in zero-waste living
In many of our issues, we’ve talked about small changes you can make in an effort to move towards a zero-waste lifestyle. Well, there’s a big shift in outdoor cooking that aims to avoidfood waste and...
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Whole-Animal Cooking: 6 ways to make sure nothing goes to waste
Nose-to-tail eating means using every part of the animal in food preparation, letting nothing go to waste, says Urban Kitchen Group’s executive chef Tim Kolanko. It’s one of the most economically and...
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