It’s All Souls’ Day or in the Latin world Day of the Dead. Also termed, Dia de los Muertos, it’s a day that families devote to remembering those that have passed away. Colorful alters are created in rememberance. Outsiders may feel that the theme of death, dress up, make up and skulls are dark and…
Have you been to your local donuts shop lately. They seem to come up with these themed donuts for every holiday. Dunkin Donuts rolled out their lineup for Halloween, which is a spider donut. These are some creepy looking donuts with bright orange bulging eyes popping out from the spider. I came up with a…
The Day of the Dead, known in Spanish as Dia de los Muertos, is a holiday honoring the spirits of the deceased. The celebration coincides with the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day on November 1st and All Souls’ Day on November 2nd. How does it all play out with Halloween and the Catholic holidays…
Halloween is coming up and this fall season is all about carnivals and fairs. So, why not combine the best of both. Since no county fair, amusement park or carnival is without funnel cake and Halloween is all about creepy crawly creatures, I thought we could combine the two to create an autumn Halloween treat.…
The marigold flower is often called the “herb of the sun”, representing passion and even creativity. The vibrant marigold is October’s flower and it only makes sense to portray it in a recipe this month. It is also said that marigolds symbolize cruelty, grief and jealousy, which may be why it is the most common…
It’s Halloween tomorrow! Since it’s on a Saturday, I bet many of you are looking for ways to fill up your whole day with Halloween activities culminating with trick-or-treating in the evening. I have something fun you can do to lead into one extra day of fun. I have a Horchata recipe that is yummy…