An Insider's Guide to Cruise Tipping Note: The following piece is an op-ed. The views expressed about tipping are those of the writer. For a comprehensive, line-by-line look at "official" tipping rules, check out our At Your Service: Cruise Line Tipping Policies. "A $12 per person, per day service charge will be automatically added to shipboard account." There is probably no topic more discussed onboard among novice cruisers and old salts alike than tipping: when to tip, how much to tip, whom to tip. First of all, it's important to understand that, technically speaking, no tip is ever required. Part of the difficulty with tipping is the English language. It is only somewhat recently that cruise lines began placing automatic service charges on shipboard accounts. The second reason for the service charge was the proliferation of alternative dining venues. Over the course of the week, they may encounter a number of servers in the process. How You Should Tip On some ships, envelopes for gratuities are left in cabins.
S'mores Cookies Recipe Posted on July 12, 2011 by Christina I made these S’mores cookies a few days ago – 32 of them to be precise. And guess what? They are ALL gone. S’mores cookies would be a great addition to a cookie table. S’mores Cookies Recipe (Adapted from Two Peas and Their Pod) Makes approximately 32 cookies Preheat oven to 375 degrees 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour ( I added 1/2 cup more) 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 eggs 1 cup miniature chocolate chips 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows 16 Hershey minis or 2 Hershey bars, chopped In a medium bowl combine the flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking soda, salt. In a separate larger bowl beat together the butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well each time. Slowly beat in the flour mixture until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. Devour!!!!
Icebox Cake Recipes ~ Be Different...Act Normal Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Box Cake from Martha Stewart I originally saw this image over on Babble. This beautifully delicious chocolate chip cookie ice box cake is from Martha Stewart, but I couldn't find it on Martha's site. I have never had an icebox cake, but it sounds like a fun thing to try in the summer when it is too hot to turn the oven on. Martha has a recipe for a lemon icebox cake that looks delicious too. You can check out more of Martha's icebox cakes HERE.
The Best Chocolate Sheet Cake. Ever. When I posted my recipe for "The Best Lasagna Ever" yesterday, I couldn’t have anticipated that I’d wind up hearing from Draco, a real-live Italian who lives near Bologna, Italy, where lasagna was first created. Nor could I have ever predicted I’d hear from MP, who lives in an Italian neighborhood and buys Parmiganno-Regianno by the bag, dang it. I might just go ahead at this point and clarify that yes, my lasagna is, in fact, "The Best Ever"…unless you live near Bologna, Italy or in an Italian neighborhood or anywhere near Mario Batali. Now…this cake? The Cast of Characters. First, melt 2 sticks regular (not unsalted) butter in a saucepan. When the butter is melted, add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa powder… And mix thoroughly. With the heat still on, pour in the boiling water… And allow the mixture to bubble for 30 seconds. Turn off heat. In a large mixing bowl, combine 2 cups flour, 2 cups sugar… And 1/4 teaspoon salt. Stir together. Pour the hot butter/chocolate mixture over the top… Sigh.
Do It Yourself Photo Booth Style Wedding Save-the-Dates And Invitations | WedShare * Daily It’s very easy to create your very own photo booth styled save-the-date cards or wedding invitations. You don’t necessarily need to be in an actual photo booth to get the same results; all you need is a little creativity! Set up a backdrop with either sheets or curtains and have a tripod or some other support for your camera. Set the auto timer and snap away! If you prefer, have a friend take the photos for you, like Amber and Jimmy did. They picked the four pictures they liked best and gave them to another friend who put them in a photo booth format using Adobe Photoshop, and converted the photos to black and white–all except for the letters and the sign. If you are a little more computer savvy or know of a friend that is, and have access to Photoshop or similar software, you can pose for your pictures and pretend to be holding the letters instead of actually making them for your photos. Sarah & Jeffrey’s photo booth save-the-date cards were designed in Illustrator.
How To Make Perfect Brownies I’ve tried lots of brownie recipes: Boxes, scratch, frosted, plain, nuts, chips, fudge … Each of them has something to like, but depending on my mood I might want a change of pace. Not any more. My wife found this recipe, and it’s perfect. I’m done looking. Ingredients 1½ cups sugar ¾ cup flour ¾ cup cocoa powder (see note below) 3 eggs ¾ cup butter, melted ½ teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter) ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (see note below) Directions A NOTE ON CHOCOLATE: You’ll notice the list of ingredients is very short. The assembly is about as easy as you can get. Do this by hand, until the dry ingredients are just incorporated into the wet, and stop. Stir in the chocolate chips. Line a 9×13 baking dish with parchment. Pour the batter and spread it out. Bake at 325° for 20-30 minutes. Very carefully lift the parchment out of the baking dish. Peel the edges and let cool for a few minutes before slicing. Pour yourself a glass of milk, and that’s it. Make these in two minutes flat
sweet saturday: one minute peanut butter cake & Food & back to her roots Picture this scene: it’s 8:30 in the evening. The sky is just starting to get dark outside your living room window. You ate a delicious, healthy and veggie-filled dinner a few hours ago and now you are ready to sit down to the most recent episode of So You Think You Can Dance and dive into a decadent plate of dessert. Oh wait, you have no dessert. No chocolate, no cookies, no ice cream, no cake, no pie, not even a Jordan almond. Well she’s to go to her microwave. You can make a delicious, fluffy, moist peanut butter cake in your microwave in about one minute (30 seconds mixing, 30 seconds zapping). The options are also pretty endless. One Minute Peanut Butter Cake Print This Recipe Serves One Like my peanut butter microwave cake? Ingredients: 1 egg, beaten1 tablespoon brown sugar1/2 teaspoon baking powder1 heaping tablespoon flour2 tablespoons peanut butter1 teaspoon milk1 tablespoon powdered sugar (give or take) Directions:
my husband (: Muah & Mustache Favor Tags | The Wedding Chicks Free Printable Downloads allow you to create your own personalized favors that can be downloaded and used in any way you can imagine on your special day. All you need is some paper, a printer and a little creativity. The Muah and Mustache Favor Tag Free Printable Downloads are available in a variety of colors. Choose your colors below and get started today. So simple. The following fonts were used in this printable: American Typewriter and FG Jasmine The viewing, printing or downloading of any content, graphic, or template from the Wedding Chicks is for use solely by you for your own personal use and not for republication, distribution, assignment, sale, preparation of derivative works or other use.
Italian Garlic Knots Recipe from Pillsbury The template DoubleClickAd could not be loaded. HTTP Status code: 0 Why knot make pizzeria-style garlic bread bites at home? Arlene Cummings January 12, 2015 to 4 cloves garlic, chopped tablespoons butter tablespoons olive oil teaspoon chopped fresh basil leaves teaspoon chopped fresh parsley can (11 oz) Pillsbury™ refrigerated original breadsticks Salt and freshly ground black pepper Steps 1 Heat oven to 375°F. 3Spoon butter-herb mixture evenly over top of each knot. 1 Heat oven to 375°F. Expert Tips You can replace the fresh herbs with 1/2 teaspoon each of dried basil leaves and parsley flakes. Grated Parmesan cheese can also be sprinkled on the rolls before baking. No nutrition information available for this recipe © 2016 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved
Chocolate Malted & Toasted-Marshmallow Layer Cake - Semisweetie, A geeky baking and recipe blog Recipe: Sweetapolita's Campfire Delight Total time: 4 hours Ease: Intermediate Unusual ingredients: malted milk powder, whipping cream, marshmallows, marshmallow fluff, unsweetened cocoa powder, coffee Marshmallows. Malt. Heavenly moist chocolate cake. Thus was my Saturday. I knew this was going to be a time investment. The cakes themselves were perfect. Toasting the marshmallows was easy in the oven, but when I added them to the mixture of fluff, butter and icing sugar, things got quite a bit messy! The chocolate malted frosting is absolutely delightful. Related Posts:
shells