The Hungry Mouse

From all of us here at The Mouse House, Merry Christmas! We hope you have a magical holiday!

Ho, ho, ho! So, if you're like me this year, you might be scrambling around for a few last-minute gifts. (Seriously, where did the time go?) Here's a dozen ideas for delicious gifts you can make at home in the few days before Christmas and New Year's. 1. Black & White Chocolate Chip Cookies I've never met anyone who would really argue with...

We wound up with 201 entries in this contest. A random drawing of 1-201 popped out the number 31, which means...

Springerle are pretty German cookies that are usually made around Christmas. Some of the oldest springerle molds are actually traced back to the 14th century.

Last night, I hit my favorite local kitchen store, Pamplemousse (that's French for "grapefruit"), for a wine tasting and bead event with Salem Wine Women and Beadworks.

It's good to be back in the kitchen! (Here, have a giant platter of meat!) The last two weeks have been a whirlwind! Between baking dozens of practice tarts for Bon Appetit's Holiday Bake-Off Party and making a kamikaze run to New York City to their Culinary Studios, I'm happy to be back at The Mouse House and free of...

So when you're a food writer and the editors of Bon Appetit invite you to an exclusive party for 15 of their favorite bloggers at their Culinary Studios in New York, you go. (Um, of course, you go!) And when they add that it's a bake-off, you go bearing your very favorite dessert.

The Hungry Mouse's Holiday Gift Extravaganza continues! As a special thank you for all your support over the last year-and-a-half, we're giving away a Nespresso espresso machine, a Cuisinart food processor, and a Vita-Mix blender this month! Details are here. We're giving away one prize each week. The first week, Lara from Good Cook Doris won the Nespresso espresso machine. Last...

Thanks to everyone who entered to win last week's prize, a Cuisinart Pro-Custom 11 Food Processor (model DLC-8S). I love my Cuisinart, and am thrilled to be able to give one away. I've had mine for maybe 10 years, and it never fails me. It was so much fun to see what your favorite foods are! (Again, thanks for the...

The Hungry Mouse's Holiday Gift Extravaganza continues! As a special thank you for all your support over the last year-and-a-half, we're giving away a Nespresso espresso machine, a Cuisinart food processor, and a Vita-Mix blender this month! Details are here. We're giving away one prize each week. Last week, Lara from Good Cook Doris won the Nespresso espresso machine. This week,...