The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell

Gifts for Nosy Neighbors

A grumpy neighbor inspires Christine to make eerie cookies, peppermint bark horns and hand-carved candles to tuck inside twisted gift baskets.

The Dinner Date

A handsome suitor is coming to dinner, and Christine's cooking chicken pot pie -- and sewing a dress! But first: It's time to make wolf-claw donuts.

A Spirited Tea Party

Christine summons deliciousness with a shortbread spirit board cookie before hosting a tea party for her visiting cousin on a dark and stormy night.

A Cake for Rose

It's Rose's birthday, and Christine's planning a surprise party with cake, fairy batwings -- and the present of Rose's dreams.

Halloween Tricks & Treats

No spooky fete is complete without shrunken-head cookies, a ginger-dead house and an army of edible spiders. But no one's expecting an uninvited guest.