Shameless Commerce
It may only be November, but before you know it, Christmas will be here. Check out my new magnets at my Etsy store. At 2 for $3 or a set of 5 for $6, they make a great stocking stuffer.

Halloween Post-Mortem
Oh, the irony that is November. Here I am, with a house stocked full of candy and so much to write about and review, and yet I have so little time. I'm doing NaNoWriMo again, so I'm pretty much a walking zombie.But here's a few tidbits of what's been going on at the House of Yum:1) The Sugar Baby has this thing where, when he's eating a group of candies, say a handful of M&M's or a box of Dots,

Candy Corn Cordials: The Perfect Pairing with Halloween Candy
My pal Marisa pretending that this is her first drink of the nightWe did it! We actually made the Candy Corn Cordials after trick-or-treating. A couple of friends from the old chocolate store days came over and we reminisced about all the good times (stuffing fudge in the toilet, fighting over who got to wait on Nut Bark Man, watching the "new kid" shove cases of candy out the back door to his

Halloween '09: What Dressing Like a Fly Agaric Mushroom Will Net You
It took me a whole day to recover, but I think it's safe to say that I survived Halloween '09. First stop: Father John's for the difficult decision of which full-size bar to take. (It just occurs to me that Father John looks a lot like Ricky Gervais.)Actually, the Sugar Baby had no trouble deciding. He went straight for the Almond Joy, which was the same one he picked last year, despite the fact

HAPPY HALLOWEEN E...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!