Making Mini Breakfast Mummies

Halloween is almost here and I’ve got a to-do list a mile long! I think I have to accept the fact that only about 80% of what I have planned will actually get done. I made a Halloween food plan, but have since added two extra dishes–guacamole with bat chips and haupia ghosts. If I leave anything off, it’ll be the ghosts and poisoned apples. I have to make the fondant today because cupcakes are on my must-do list since I bought these really cool spider web cupcake liners. I’m dying to use them! Today’s post features little mummies made out of Crescent dough. Not…

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Announcing Yum-Yum Bento Box All Year Round

Can you guys believe it’s September already? Everyone on the mainland has been posting first day of school pictures of their kids and so you know lots of bentos are being made once more. Some exciting news, which I’ve been waiting to post for weeks now: the sequel to Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches is titled Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round: Box Lunches for Every Season. The book will be released in late December, just in time for people to start the new year. Isn’t the cover so cute? I’ve been wanting to do a holiday-themed sequel for years, and it’s nice to finally see it happening! Maki and I busted our behinds …

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