All things food

Happy Cow Appreciation Day! Put down the beef and try this Red Snapper dish!

Veggie time! Get your pasta on tonight with this PRIMAvera!

No bake recipes are great! No hot oven to deal with,just that great burst of strawberry flavor!

What better way to celebrate the end of our National Ice Cream Month week-long feature than with cake? Or should we say cupcakes? The Daily Kool family is headed out to a friend's house for dinner together tonight...of course, we're in charge of the dessert (we have a bit of a reputation). Since there's going to be a pretty large group of kids at the house, we thought it might be fun to do something a little different for them.

Taco trucks anybody? Make your own tacos in the comfort of your own home using this easy recipe!

Skulls used to be considered scary but now, they're a teen fashion accessory. Cute skulls are found in jewelry with little pink bows or fairy wings. They can be found on socks and hoodies in girlie pink or purple, sporting bows or accompanied by hearts.This cake is the perfect blend of cool and cute for a teenage girl. It's just a little bit goth but it's still a little bit girlie. It would also make a neat cake to celebrate the day of the dead or even Halloween.I've created step-by-step directions so you can create a cute skull cake for whatever occasion.

I've been making cakes using fondant for decoration since March of 2008. Before then, I wasn't much of a fan of fondant but I've since used it quite a bit and even made my own fondant, I've become a bit of a fondant evangelist.I'd like to share my enthusiasm about fondant and I'd like to show off my fondant cakes - the triumphs, the disasters, and the ones that fall somewhere in between. Really, this lens is about yummy, fun fondant and the fun a regular person with no special training or cake decorating experience can have with it.I hope you'll give fondant a chance, whether you decide to eat it instead of pushing it off your slice of cake next time or whether you dive right in and use some of it yourself.

Fondant or gum paste starfish and sea stars are fun to add to any beach, aquarium or ocean themed cake. Small versions are also fun for decorating cupcakes or other desserts. With a little flavoring, they can even stand alone as place settings or candy favors.There are many types of starfish but I'm going to stick with the most commonly seen three types of sea stars.Asterina stars, Linckiia stars, and serpent stars have three distinct body types and come in many different colors so these three types should give you a good base to work with when you want to make fondant starfish for any purpose.

Don't stand too close to the hot oven. Make this No-Bake cheesecake to get your fix of cookies and cream!

Craving Italian tonight? Make some of these delicious raviolis tonight!

Here at The Daily Kool, our arms are getting quite the workout this summer...well, at least one arm, anyway. Our kids have been having one playdate after another at the house, and we've been doling out ice cream scoops practically by the dozen each day. Dig, twirl, release...dig, twirl release. Such is our life. It's amazing how one single perfect scoop of ice cream just seems to brighten a child's day...wait a minute, did we say perfect? A lofty, yet often elusive goal, we know. But apparently (and we've just recently learned this, mind you), a dish or cone of ice cream just tastes better to a kid if it has that professional, ice cream parlor look. Go figure, but kudos are important in the world of parenthood...we'll take what we can get. Pretty shallow of us, isn't it?

Celebrate Ice Cream Cone day with a cool salad like this one, it's infused with strawberries!

Do your taste buds need a frozen retreat? Make them happy by making this frozen dessert!

Pound cake is delicious by itself or topped with ice creams and your favorite toppings. Stop drooling and make your own pound cake!

In search of a cool dessert to take down your rising temperature? Nothing is cooler than this ice box dessert in your mouth!

Happy Ice Cream Cone Day! Celebrate by making some yummy homemade ice cream or read all about this frozen holiday!

Our posts honoring National Ice Cream Month have received a lot of interest from our loyal readers, particularly yesterday's "kool" idea, the Chef's Choice Waffle Cone Express ice cream cone maker. However, our review brought up an intriguing point...is a wire rack really the best choice for cooling off our ice cream cones? What if we do decide to decorate them or simply add some melted chocolate to the bottom? A wire rack would most definitely result in a bit of a mess if we laid our fancier ice cream cones on it. We need a better solution...that's right, an ice cream holder!

A quick getaway to dinnertime bliss!

Going on an excursion/day trip and need to refuel with a quick bite? Make this wrap!

A cool chilly dessert sounds so good as you're melting in the summer heat huh? Try this!