The recipes we have selected for you today are easy to put together, cool & refreshing, but more importantly, they are seasonal, making them apropos for all your summer soirees and cookouts. It’s hard to believe tomorrow is 4th of July. I feel like we have waited an eternity for the warm weather here in…
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Crab Cakes, Crostini, and Torresella Prosecco
Thank you to Torresella Wines for sponsoring this post. All opinions expressed are my own. The following message is intended for those 21+. Please enjoy responsibly. Complete the holiday season and ring in the New Year with this simple yet elegant spread featuring plump crab cakes and ciabatta crostini with a tomato and artichoke salad…
Lemon Snowball Cookies
Thank you to Limoneira for sponsoring this post. All opinions expressed are my own! Add some sunshine to your winter days with these soft, buttery Lemon Snowball Cookies! A few weeks ago, our favorite lemon company sent us a beautiful box of crisp California citrus fruits. For a food blogger, this was like celebrating Christmas…
Greek Butter Twists
Celebrate this season with a delicious batch of soft, Greek Butter Twists and cup of our favorite Gourmesso brand coffee! There’s a cliché about autumn in New York, whose origins lie in the inherent charm of leaf dusted sidewalks strolled by those cloaked in long coats and scarves. It’s a scene that’s been put to…
Holiday Leftovers with Damaris Phillips
We are pleased to welcome Food Network Star Damaris Phillips to Living the Gourmet today as she shares her best tips and tricks for serving up holiday leftovers. After the crowds are gone and the ovens are cooled down, most household refrigerators are bursting with delicious leftovers. Damaris Phillips is here to show us her…
Wines for Hanukkah
This post has been sponsored by Yarden Winery. All opinions expressed are my own. The following message is for 21+. Please enjoy responsibly this holiday season! “One of the unyielding charms of wine, and of viniculture in general, is the constant state of flux in which it exists. No two bottles are ever truly alike,…
Delicious Food & Gorgeous Decor for the Upcoming Holidays
Today we are pleased to welcome Executive Chef Jeff Anderson and Design Expert Debi Lilly to share their best tips, tricks and recipes this holiday season! The holidays are a joyous time of year when people come together to celebrate with family and friends. Delicious food and beautiful decor often become the centerpiece of these…
Top 5 Easy Party Tips for the Holidays
We’re pleased to welcome Lifestyle Expert Alejandra Ramos to Living the Gourmet today as she shares her top 5 easy party tips for the holidays with us! During the holidays, parties and gatherings with family and friends make the season extra fun and exciting. And the snacks and foods that come along with the entertaining…make…
No-Bake Dessert Bars for the Holidays
We are so pleased to welcome Jamie Johnson of My Baking Addiction and Melissa Sperka of Melissa’s Southern Style Kitchen to LTG today as they share one of their favorite holiday desserts with us – scotcheroos! The holidays are a time for family, fun, and food! And what better way to celebrate than by making…
Holiday Entertaining with Kia Malone
We are pleased to welcome Lifestyle expert, Kia Malone, to Living the Gourmet today as she shares some of her best and creative ideas for holiday entertaining this season! As we head into the holiday season, now is the perfect time to step out of the box and blow your party guests away with style….
Holiday Wines from Montes Winery
This post is sponsored by Montes Winery. All opinions expressed are my own. The following message is intended for those 21+. Please enjoy responsibly. Early last month I was contacted by the representatives of Chile’s Montes Winery asking if I would be interested in sampling some of the bottles, describing the winery, and its owner…
French Holiday Wines
This post has been sponsored by Sommailier Winery. All opinions expressed are my own. The follow messages are intended for those 21+. Please enjoy responsibly. It is that said “Chaos breeds life, while order breeds habit, which begets decay. For it is from the great and eternal flux of the cosmos, the endless cycle of…
Thanksgiving 101 with Shelly Jaronsky
We are pleased to welcome food blogger & cookbook author, Shelly Jaronsky of the popular blog, Cookies & Cups, to Living the Gourmet today as she shares her best tips for the Thanksgiving holiday! Pressed for time this Thanksgiving or feeling a little intimidated by trying out new ingredients or techniques? Well, here is some…
Wines for Thanksgiving
Today we’re sharing some of our favorite wine suggestions and pairings for the Thanksgiving holiday. This message is intended for 21+. Please enjoy responsibly! In reviewing wine, one quickly learns that a wine’s vintage is not just a mark of how long the liquid within has been aging, but that it is an encapsulation of…
Gluten Free Chocolate Cranberry and Almond Biscotti
These chocolate biscotti are loaded with almonds and cranberries and rich in chocolatey goodness. The best part, however, may be that they are completely gluten-free! This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Bob’s Red Mill. On a recent trip to a local pork store I’ve been frequenting on and off since…
Baked Egg Muffins & Strawberry Shortcakes for Mother’s Day
Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tyson Foods, Inc. All opinions are entirely my own. Surprise Mom for Mother’s Day with an elegant brunch featuring Baked Egg Muffins & Strawberry Shortcakes! “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a word of what I am saying,” Oscar Wilde remarked. Any of my…
Italian Easter Pies
Italian Easter Pies are a traditional dessert made of a sweet whipped ricotta filling that’s baked over a flaky crust! While I am a fervent classicalist, perhaps one of my favorite lines of dialogue comes from the movie Blade Runner, specifically Roy Batty’s brief exchange at the end of the film, which ran “I’ve seen…
Gluten Free Hot Cross Buns
These traditional soft and sweet little buns are easier to make than you think and the best part is- they are gluten free! This is a sponsored post on behalf of Bob’s Red Mill however all opinions expressed are my own. At some point, we recognize when an object, custom, or ritual crosses the line…
Easter Cake Pops
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, MARS Incorporated. All opinions are mine alone. #SweeterEaster #CollectiveBias Brighten up your holiday tablescape this season with these fun and festive Easter Cake Pops and for a twist on the traditional egg hunt, make little candy bundles with mason jars featuring M&M’S® and…
One Bowl Fudge Brownies
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SendingYourLove #CollectiveBias Treat your special Valentine to a batch of these easy one bowl fudge brownies and a beautiful handcrafted Hallmark Signature Valentine’s Day Card. “There’s something intensely unsexy about a dethorned rose. It’s the idea of a…
Mommy’s Time Out Wine
This message is intended for persons 21+. Please enjoy responsibly. Holidays conjure images of crowded tables, copious and gratuitous decorations, and, of course, at least for the hosts among us, thoughts of impossible expectations both from one’s guests and from the memories of ‘good old days’ now locked in the idealized past. Within the culinary…
Holiday Mocktails with Detoxwater
Celebrate the New Year by treating yourself to a healthy and delicious mocktail with Detoxwater! Amidst the chaos and lethal beauty that is the void of the Cosmos, it is perhaps no wonder that we so heartily celebrate each successful journey of our planet around its parent star. Perhaps in subconscious recognition of our planet’s…
Holiday Meal Planning with Chef Richard Chamberlain
Thank you to Chef Richard Chamberlain for joining us today as his best tips for holiday meal planning! Today we are welcoming renowned chef and owner of Chamberlain’s Steak and Chophouse, Richard Chamberlain. With the holidays and New Year upon us we bid adieu to another year and welcome a new one with open arms….
Peanut Butter Vanilla Cookies
Peanut butter and vanilla cake mix come together for an easy soft, delicious cookie sure to please the holiday crowd and Santa! To quote Norman Vincent Peale, “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” And I would add, far more innocent. That terrible ‘race of the…
