DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   This diy comes from www.scissorspaperwok.com .  Why not learn a little veggie carving to add to your dinner party table?  Be careful with the knife! There’s something really special about food that is cooked with love… There’s a calming deliciousness to it – did that even make sense? It did to me… A sure sign that a dish has been cooked with love, is when for no other reason than the pure pleasure of it, the dish been styled to be pretty. No, not ultra minimalistic, chic, stylish or savvy, just pretty… here’s hoping again that you get my drift. Easy Carved Radish Flowers One of the easiest vegetables to carve, with the x-pretty-factor is the humble radish. Radishes have a lovely coloured skin, contrasted with its perfect white flesh on the inside. If you’ve never carved anything before, start with this lesson, practice, and you’ll be set to create your own in no time. Use a knife that is very sharp, short and thin. If you want to make a small investment, a q

    Australia Day (previously known as Anniversary Day, Foundations Day and ANA Day) is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on January 26th, the day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788. The hoisting of the British flag there, and the proclamations of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of New Holland.     Australia Day is an official public holiday in every state and territory of Australia, and is marked by the Order of Australia and Australian of the Year awards, along with an address from the Prim Minister.     Although it was not known as Australia Day until over a century later, records of celebrations on January 26th date back to 1808, with Governor Lachland Macquarie having held the first official celebration of the formation of New South Wales in 1818. In 2004, an estimated 7.5 million people attended Australia Day celebrations and functions across the country.     The date is seen

   This recipe comes from www.purlbee.com .  These are very interesting.  They kind of remind me of little tennis balls.  What do you think? Glittering Cookie Recipe When the new Gourmet Cookie Book came out just in time for the holidays this year, we ran out to our favorite local bookstore , McNally Jackson , to get it. Since many of us here at Purl Soho grew up with Gourmet Magazine, it holds a special place in our hearts and we deeply miss its presence in our lives. The new cookie book is a compilation of the most delicious cookie recipe from each year of the magazine's 68-year existence which spans 1941-2009. It seems almost too good to be true! We were so excited about the book that we decided to adapt one of the recipes for our Purl Bee readers to enjoy over the holidays. Since we share a common love for anything almond flavored here at Purl Soho, we turned their Glittering Lemon Sandwich Cookies from the book into our Glittering Almond Sandwic