Posts Tagged ‘holidays’

Chocolate Babka Recipe, Russian Christmas

Chocolate Babka Recipe, Russian Christmas
From the all knowing Wikipedia: It is a spongy yeast cake that is traditionally baked for Easter Sunday in Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and Western Russia. Darra Goldstein, professor of Russian at Williams College says “babka comes from baba, a very tall, delicate yet rich yeast-risen cake eaten in...
December 10th, 2009 | Feature, Food, Russia | Read More

How to: Visit with Santa

How to: Visit with Santa
This is cross posted from last year’s post at Discussing Autism. Is your little one afraid to see Santa this year? Is he overstimulated by the mall and all the glittering lights, afraid of all the people, conscious of every detail around him, ready to flee at the slightest movement of someone...
December 1st, 2009 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

Homemade Glitter

Homemade Glitter
I came across this wonderful holiday treat today in a new cookbook and just needed to share it with you all before Christmas. Glitter is one of the best ways to decorate candles, presents, and all things crafty but is absolutely a bear to clean up. When we did our huge construction project this past...
November 24th, 2009 | Crafts, Feature | Read More