The Hungry Mouse

As a special thank you for all your support, we've decided to give away our eCookbook, A Holiday Feast, for the month of December. It normally sells for $9.99.

This has officially been the craziest year of my life. Having survived thirty-some-odd years to date, I can say that with confidence, hands down. And it looks like we're going to end the year on a high note. Make that a sky-high note.

You know how when you go to a fancy steakhouse and your steak comes with a sumptuous hunk of cold, creamy butter on it? And it's just starting to melt and mingle with the meat's perfectly charred crust to make a mouthwatering, on-the-spot sauce? Compound butter is like that, but better.

Thanks to everyone who entered to win last week's prize, a Nespresso Espresso Machine. You guys all left fabulous comments that'll keep me busy for months! Congrats to the winner! We wound up with 210 entries in this contest. A random drawing of 1-210 popped out the number 30, which means... ...that our lucky winner is Lara from Good Cook Doris! Here's her entry,...

Candied fruit peel is one of those miraculous acts of culinary alchemy. You take tough, bitter fruit rind that's packed with oil you could use to polish your furniture, and, thanks to the magic of sugar, transform it into heavenly, fragrant candy.

Welcome to The Hungry Mouse's Holiday Gift Extravaganza! Let the games begin! 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. We thought we'd get off to a good, caffeinated start....

As a special thank you for all your support over the last year-and-a-half, we're spreading holiday cheer all month with a series of extra-special giveaways.

I'm going to tell you right now: Don't blame me if you gain a few pounds. This is one of my ultimate comfort foods. Whenever I make it, it always turns into an excruciating battle with my (underdeveloped) sense of self control.

These biscuits are a versatile companion for almost any cold-weather meal. Made with mashed sweet potato, they're moist and fragrant with ginger.

I think I just might faint. The print version of my first cookbook is available to order. Here's the skinny.