To celebrate Mother's Day, a special give-away just for the readers of Kitchen Parade. SWEET DEALS on ARTISANAL OLIVE OIL & VINEGAR from O OLIVE OIL FOR PURCHASES, A 15 PERCENT DISCOUNT Between now and Mother's Day on Sunday, May 9, 2010, use the discount coupon code "mother" when purchasing goods at O Olive Oil . (Would you like to know more about how good vinegars are made with a 'mother'? It's quite a story! Read it and get the recipe for a summer Sweet Potato Salad too.) A GIVE-AWAY JUST for READERS of KITCHEN PARADE TWO-BOTTLE NATURAL GIFT BOXES One winner per fifty comments, limit 4. Winners choose which pair of olive oil and vinegar combinations will be sent. I'm especially fond of the champagne vinegar and Meyer lemon olive oil, also the sherry vinegar and Tahitian lime olive oil. But they're all good, let your senses guide! I'm not the only one who loves O Olive Oil, so does O Magazine, Saveur, Bon Appetit,

For spring, there's just one thing better than fresh strawberries and that's strawberries and chocolate and cream, together. This easy spring dessert recipe makes barely sweet little desserts just two-bites big, perfect finger food. ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ BEST RECIPES! Chocolate Cream Puffs Made the List! Best Recipes of 2010 What Would You Buy to Make One Recipe? Once upon a time, I knew this guy, Mike. Now Mike could cook, he just didn’t. He had a place he called "The Kitchen" because he sat down for supper there nearly every night. You and I would call it by the name on the door, Ruby Tuesday. Mike offered to bring dessert to a gourmet club dinner and mentioned his favorite dessert from a hole-in-the-wall restaurant famous for its chocolate enchiladas – chocolate crepes, actually, but stuffed with pillows of whipped cream studded with bits of strawberry, banana and pineapple, then drizzled with chocolate sauce and caramel sauce a

Dear Kitchen Parade Readers & Visitors, UPDATES UPDATE 11:00am Wednesday 4/21 I just now realized that some links are not working properly. For example, if you start on the Recipe Box page and click Mother's Day, you will reach not the Mother's Day recipes but instead the main holiday page, necessitating an extra click to get to Mother's Day. I'm checking to see if there is an automated way to re-instate these links but it's likely to require manual updates, page by page, link by link. FINAL UPDATE 6:00am Monday 4/19 So, yes, "we got it!" I've been testing multiple browsers all weekend long, all things look normal. The one exception is that I'm getting 'some' (but not all) reports that the Internet Explorer 6 browser is displaying pages without the proper formatting. I've checked stats, a small percentage of Kitchen Parade readers use this version of Internet Explorer which was released back in 2001. My site has always been

Another favorite recipe for using up a lot of leftover ham. Ham & Eggs is a hearty breakfast dish, whether for one or two or a hungry crowd. You wouldn't think that something as basic as cooking ham and eggs would require a "recipe", but honestly, this is so perfect, so easy, so tasty, so protein- and flavor-packed, I hope that Kitchen Parade readers find it an inspiration! ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ The ham's on your pillow,
 The egg's in your sheet,
 The bran muffin's rollin'
 Down under your feet,
 There's milk in the mattress,
 And juice on the spread-
 Well, you said that you wanted
 Your breakfast in bed. - from "Sorry I Spilled It" by Shel Silverstein, humorist, poet & genius In bed or at the table, Ham & Eggs is (or wait, should that be "are??) surprisingly hearty even though the recipe calls for just four eggs. The recipe easily feeds four but if served with fruit, muffins or other br