Ain't no way to be a bride without being the center of attention. Keep your co-star by your side to soak up some of the limelight! You'll both do just fine.

I'm working on some Celtic cocktail recipes. I hope to have some ideas to you by the end of the day.

How's the baking coming? In my voluminous baking notes, I forgot to mention that many cooks have the wrong idea about baking. Many of us think of cooking as happening only in the oven or on the stove. With the main meal, that's pretty much true but baking is a different ball game altogether. What you do to the pastry before you put it in the oven and what you do to it after the oven are more important than what happens in the oven. I know those notes are daunting but please think of the oven time as one of many important steps in the process.

Think of the oven time as a moment to enjoy a Guinness on the back porch! You will have earned one by then.

And, once you've mastered making a cake from scratch, you'll never want to eat a box mix cake again - they all taste like factory!! Ick!

Got some Celtic cocktail recipes posted at my cocktails website today. There'll be more tomorrow. Check 'em out, y'all