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Here's a peek at the budget Thanksgiving feast we made, compliments of Sam's Club. We made dinner for six for under $50. Stay tuned for new recipes every day this week!

Never been inside a Sam's Club? Don't think it's a place to shop for your holiday feast? Think again. Join us for a tour and a tasting at our local club.

As part of our partnership with Sam's Club, we're heading up to their Eighth Annual Holiday Taste of Sam's Club Event this weekend. It's a three-day event featuring gourmet food, recipes, and entertaining tips.

Join us for a photo tour of our hometown, Salem, Massachusetts. We captured a little of what it's like to be here on Halloween day and night--from ghosts and goblins to a real magic circle with the witches of Salem.

We have a lot of love for our friends here in town, many of whom run small shops and businesses. For this post, I'm going to skip most of the museum-y type places, and instead show you guys a little bit about what it's like to walk around town during October.

If you know me, you know I have a great fondness for jam, jelly, and marmalade. It actually kind of borders on a problem. If you've been at The Mouse House late at night, you may...

OK, kids: This is coffee. In solid form. It's been sweetened with condensed milk and booze-ified with a healthy dose of Kahlua—then rubberized into a blissful, cocktail-hour finger food thanks to the magic of gelatin. Now, you have to like Jello, or Jello-like food, for this to work. If you do, you're in for a treat.

To make these rolls, spread pizza dough liberally with melted butter, sprinkle it with cheese and spices, roll it up like a stromboli—then slice and bake like a pan of cinnamon buns.

The idea of making cheese at home is kind daunting. There's talk of rennet and starters and thermometers and precise temperature readings. Make no mistake, I'll get to major cheesemaking. One of these days. Luckily, making...

Making your own bread is also really easy to do. It takes a few hours to make bread from start to finish, but most of that is for the actual rising and baking. There's very little real hands-on time. This recipe makes two one-pound (i.e. standard size) loaves of bread.