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Use parsley fresh; cut stems keep in the refrigerator for up to one month when wrapped in a damp towel. To preserve parsley, dry stems by bundling and hanging in a dark place, or spread them in a single layer on a screen. When leaves are dry, crumble them and store in airtight containers. Freeze fresh parsley in resealable storage bags, chopped and frozen in ice cubes, or formed into paste with olive oil and frozen flat in storage bags....

4 eggs 2 ¼ cup all-purpose flour 2 ¼ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 2 ¼ cup sugar 1 cup milk ¼ cup butter ½ teaspoon almond extract 1 cup Prosecco or sparkling rosé Fresh Peach Filling 4 medium ripe peaches, pitted and coarsely chopped ¼ cup Prosecco or sparkling rosé 2 tablespoon sugar Whipped Cream Frosting 3 cup heavy cream ⅔ cup sour cream ½ cup sugar 2 teaspoon vanilla...

⅔ cup softened butter 1 ⅓ cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt 2 eggs 2 egg yolks 3 cup all-purpose flour

She and husband Brian Leadley moved back to their hometown of Milwaukee three years ago after more than a decade in New York City, where Elizabeth started Chasing Paper as something of a happy accident. Looking for a temporary but impactful way to decorate her rental apartment, she tapped her family’s 94-year-old printing company to create removable wallpaper from designs she collaborated on with artists and illustrators. Friends asked where they could buy the paper, and Elizabeth’s experiment grew to become one of the company’s biggest customers....

1 cup shortening 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon almond extract 4 cup powdered sugar 3 tablespoon milk Basketball Cupcakes: Prepare as directed above, except substitute orange candy coating disks for the white candy coating disks, omit the red frosting, and use a tube of chocolate icing to pipe lines onto coated donut holes to resemble basketballs.

½ cup crushed pineapple ¼ cup softened butter ½ teaspoon vanilla 3 cup powdered sugar 1 tablespoon reserved pineapple juice

Bloomerang (Syringa ‘Penda’), introduced in 2009, is a hybrid lilac variety that first blooms in spring, takes a short break, and then starts up again in summer into fall. Its flowers are a pretty shade of pale purple that deepens a bit during the second bloom. And while older lilacs can grow into large, gangling shrubs that top out around 10 feet tall, a Bloomerang lilac tree stays more compact at about four or five feet tall and wide....

⅔ cup chopped, peeled jicama 2 roma tomatoes, seeded and chopped 2 tablespoon dried currants or chopped raisins 1 green onion, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon lemon juice ⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper ⅛ teaspoon salt