By Luci Don’t you love Christmas cookies? So beautiful or amusing or even funky. Well then, when entertaining or just for fun, why not decorate your appetizers as you would a cookie? These appetizers all have a bread base cut with a cookie cutter with a Christmas or winter theme. The cutouts are topped with a colorful spread  and additional garnish. We could call them Christmas canapés. To make, choose a base that compliments the toppings and the shape of the cookie cutter. C

By Michele Puff the magic pastry lives in my freezer! It’s always on hand allowing me to explore its multiple uses. This pastry is a light, buttery, flaky dough used in both sweet and savory dishes, from appetizers to main courses to desserts. It contains only three ingredients - flour, butter, and salt, and yet it rises to a great height with no added leavening agent.  Amazing! You could make it, but the Pepperidge Farm brand is delicious sans the work. Hence, that is what I

By Billa Last week, Luci wrote a blog post about her favorite two warming soups that she created. Here’s the link: https://www.dazzlingdinners.com/post/warming-soups Reading it got me thinking about my own favorite warming soups. I did not create them but have been making them often for many years. The first is Paul Newman’s curried tomato Soup. It is hearty, a bit spicy, and full of different flavors and textures. It is also easy to make and results in huge quantity that fr