Sweet little lavender macarons are filled with an exotic vanilla bean buttercream to make the perfect afternoon snack.

Simple pink macarons are filled with a bittersweet chocolate ganache to make a “sweet” Valentine gift.

These brownies are the ultimate chewy brownie. They are moist. They are chocolately. They have Nutella! Pass the milk …..

Chocolate Macarons with Bergamot Buttercream and Vanilla Bean Macarons with Bittersweet Chocolate Cherry Ganache.

Last November Current Lifestyles and Clorox invited us to be part of a press trip at Kingsford University. We were honored and somewhat intrigued, “why us”? Regardless we were ecstatic to be included with an outstanding group of writers, publishers and food bloggers who all shared the same interest, the love of great food (particularly grilled) and wine. We hope you will enjoy the following write up that includes many videos to give you that “feel like you are there” experience – lots of good grilling tips included!

Jacqueline and I have been talking about hosting a virtual food event, for the past couple months;  okay, really it has been since August.  She was twittering and writing about a Spiced Mexican Chicken dish …

Each month Foodbuzz sponsors an event called Foodbuzz 24,24,24 (24 meals, 24 blogs, 24 hours). Food bloggers who are part of the Foodbuzz network get a chance to submit a proposal for a unique meal and/or food related experience that will be featured by Foodbuzz. For November, we were one of the 24 that were selected!

The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using the cookbooks Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and The Sopranos Family Cookbook by Allen Rucker; recipes by Michelle Scicolone, as ingredient/direction guides. She added her own modifications/changes, so the recipe is not 100% verbatim from either book.