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Stylish sips. Photo: Bella Grace Studios

Very rarely does a wedding come along that stops me in my tracks. Usually they're too over-the-top, too stuffy and not personal enough, more for show.

The unforgettable wedding of my friend Josie to her now-husband, Adam, gave me hope again. It took place at the 21c Hotel and Museum in downtown Louisville. The ceremony was short and to the point, but a tearjerker for sure.

And the food -- oh the food! I can still taste it. After the completion of the ceremony, bags of popcorn and peanuts were up for grabs, along with refreshing Izze sodas in red hues with gray-striped straws to match the decor.

Read on for the complete menu along with jaw-dropping photographs.

With a little experimentation you can use honey as a vitamin-packed sugar substitute. Here's how.

Being captured in Key West, at the whim of an Atlanta snowstorm, it's taking all my effort not to go rum crazy. Yes, key lime goodies are the usual sweet treat here, but rum is just as tasty, and rum cakes are an easy way to go tropical without special ingredients -- a really delicious way to go!

Set to a myriad of funky tunes, the above video outlines the magic of rum cake -- prepping the rum-laced dough (they add raisins into the mix), cooking, and rum-syruping the hell out of it. It's open to many interpretations, so go nuts with it. During these snowy days, it's nice to have some sunny reminders.

Find out how to use yogurt as a healthy alternative to high fat ingredients when baking.

Tate's Bake Shop is a Hamptons-based company who makes cookies, brownies, cakes, and squares.

That's right. Squares. That's how quaint they are.

Inside Kathleen King's adorable yellow and turquoise Victorian-style shop in Southampton, sweet smells, smiling faces, and flowers abound. King grew up on a farm near Southampton and sold cookies from the age of 11 at her family's farm stand.

Tate's Bake Shop has a loyal following across the country. Their secret is in their simplicity. Quality products, nicely packaged, and as my friend Lora says: "By rich people, for rich people."

You can order the delicious cookies and other baked goods online here, for a wonderfully classy host gift or party favor for the holiday season.

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