These elegant fig pumpkins are sinfully stuffed with whiskey-tinged chocolate ganache and covered in an orange candy coating. Created by John and Kira Doyle and featured on the Martha Stewart Show, these delights can be made well ahead of time,… Read More ›
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Thinking Costume: Medusa
This, our first Thinking Costume post of 2011, is dedicated to the mythical character of Medusa. Medusa brings together my two of my three favorite types of costumes: (1) the use of a complex and interesting character and (2) a… Read More ›
“Haunted Houses” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Haunted Houses All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses. Through the open doors The harmless phantoms on their errands glide, With feet that make no sound upon the floors. We meet them at the door-way, on… Read More ›