Kids and adults alike love freshly roasted marshmallows stuffed between two graham crackers and layered with melted chocolate, so this holiday season, give the gift of homemade s'mores. While making your own chocolate might be too much (considering cocoa is a little hard to come by), the other ingredients are surprisingly simple.

Since they consist of graham flour, which is a whole wheat flour, the graham crackers taste more healthy than their store-bought counterparts. But, once topped with cinnamon and sugar, they're very satisfying. The homemade marshmallows, with their delicate texture, blow away the bagged version. Assemble the s'mores and package them in a decorative box or simple cellophane bag. Ready to give these gooey and sweet treats away? Read more.

In February 2009, we heard the first rumblings that Country Strong star Gwyneth Paltrow had nabbed a cookbook deal for a family recipe compilation to be released in 2010.

Well, it won't be released this year, but there are finally more details on her new book, called My Father's Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family and Togetherness. The 300-page title, which is slated to drop April 13 of next year, is filled with full-color photos, 150 recipes, and stories of growing up with father Bruce Paltrow.

It'll be interesting to see if there's any overlap between Gwyneth's Goop recipes and her recipes in the book. Will you keep your eyes peeled for this cookbook's release?

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Meet girla; she's a vegan and loves sharing her opinion on vegan cuisine in her community group The Dairy Free Diva Recipe Exchange. Today she reviews Tofurkey Cheese Pizza.

For the Sixth Grader, finding a tasty vegan pizza is a must. Pizza parties are a thing of the past for him, so I think it's important for him to have this treat every now and again. Tofurky claims that this is the "1st Non-Dairy Cheese That Really Melts." Well, they use Daiya cheese, just like Amy's Mac and Cheeze so that is definitely promising! The 12-oz frozen pizza will cost you $6.79 at Vitamin Cottage Grocers, but $8.99 at Whole Foods (gee. . .big surprise). I certainly don't think that's right to pay that much for a frozen pizza. Unfortunately, I think that's one of the reasons why vegan food gets a bad rap as being more expensive. But I think the more people eat vegan, the cheaper the products will become. (The Sixth Grader, of course has no problem with the price . . . ).

To find out how the pizza tasted, keep reading.

Cupcake fans rejoice! The iconic New York City bakery Magnolia, whose cupcakes were made famous by Sex and the City, has announced plans of expansion. The cupcakery hopes to open new stores in New York, New Jersey, Washington, Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago — and it's just signed a lease for a massive production facility in Harlem that will allow it to sell cupcakes online.

In Spring of 2011, the online Magnolia store will launch; it will sell not only the iconic cupcakes, but branded merchandise as well. No details as to how much the cupcakes will cost, but one can imagine that the pastel-frosted cakes won't be cheap. How much are you willing to spend on a cupcake? Do you order baked goods online?

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In late 2009, the news broke that Scripps Networks Interactive would replace lifestyle channel Fine Living with a new programing station dedicated to food. The Cooking Channel, which focuses on educational programs rather than culinary competitions like older sister Food Network, appeared six months later on May 31.

To ensure that the channel debuted with plenty of viewers, some of the Food Network's top talent — Rachael Ray, Bobby Flay, and Michael Symon — launched new cooking shows that would only be aired on the Cooking Channel. The rest of the programming was filled out with well-known television personalities from Canada, England, and Australia.

The only problem with the Cooking Channel is that it's not included in all cable packages, and many Food Network subscribers don't have access to it. Hopefully in 2011, the channel will not only launch more informative and interesting cooking programs, but it will also be available to a larger audience.

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