A few months ago, you probably noticed a new “Save Recipe” option attached to each post.  I’m finally ready to officially announce this new feature on the blog.  Pennies on a Platter has teamed up with ZipList so you can create your own personalized online recipe box, and then add the ingredients to your shopping [...]

I’ve mentioned before that in the (almost) five years I’ve been blogging, I’ve developed friendships with other bloggers where even though we might not have met in real life, they still are special friends in which I hold a tender place in my heart.  There is an immediate bond with other bloggers about our common [...]

Hello from San Francisco!  I’m at my first ever food blogging conference with Foodbuzz and having oh-so-much fun! Jessica and I met up in Oakland and headed to our hotel with our spectacular view.  (That is, if you think that a tempting view of shopping is spectacular.) I’ve met so many blogging friends… …and got [...]

Tell me if you’ve heard this as many times as I have in the last week:  “I can’t believe it’s almost November!”  And now it’s actually arrived.  Halloween is over and it is time to start thinking (if you haven’t already) about the holidays.  Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner.  Are you ready? [...]

As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program, I was supplied a gift card to try out Walgreens Photo Center.  I already use their same-day online photo printing, so I took the opportunity to create a product from their photo gift options instead.  Because of all of their options – from personalized photo mugs, calendars, mouse [...]