Jessie Cross

Great Review from Serious Eats!

I’m so psyched that the food giants over at Serious Eats liked my new cookbook, Slushed! So awesome. Check out their awesome review here.

Washington Post Easter Feature

My Peep Topiary strikes again. I tell ya, people love this thing. The Washington Post featured my festive Easter table centerpiece in their article Peeps: Eat them, craft them…kill them? Many thanks, guys!

Food Therapy with The Hungry Mouse

Many thanks to local love WBUR for featuring my New England Harvest Turnover. You guys couldn’t be sweeter! They said, “Some recipes just pop out at you. Perfect! Whoot! Fits the bill. We think this is one of them. Salem-based The

I got a book deal!

I’m very excited to announce that I just signed the contract for my first book deal! (Can you see me glowing from there?) Here’s the scoop. The working title is Slushed: From Frozen Gin Fizz to Watermelon Margarita Sorbet—150 Icy Treats

Featured in The Northshore Magazine Daily

Big thanks to The Northshore Magazine Daily, which featured my recipe for homemade ketchup today at the top of their homepage. I always appreciate local love!

A new partnership with Kraft

I’m really excited to announce that I’m one of three bloggers that Kraft and Breakstone’s has asked to participate in their 2011 Holiday Celebration Program. I worked with Kraft for the first time last year, when I won their Triple

About.me: Digital Calling Card Provides Personal Analytics

Ever hear of About.me? It’s a new personal splash page of sorts, recently acquired by AOL. Think of it as an online business card that links all your accounts together (Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, Flickr, LinkedIn, etc.) in one place. For

Thanks, Google!

So psyched to see that the home page of my food blog, The Hungry Mouse, has a Google page rank of 5! Really nice to see all the hard work paying off, slowly but surely.

A Thanksgiving Feast for Under $50

Think it can’t be done? Think again. Sam’s Club challenged me to make a feast for four for under $50 as part of a new partnership with my food blog, The Hungry Mouse. Take a peek at what I whipped

Holiday Feature on iVillage

A big thanks to iVillage, who recently included my Homemade Irish Cream as part of their holiday guide, Homemade Gift Ideas from Your Kitchen!

Two Top Features in Saveur Magazine

Saveur recently gave my food blog, The Hungry Mouse, two fabulous features on their website. My Five-Spice Roasted Chicken made the #4 spot on Saveur.com’s sidebar list of Top Ten Recipes. They also featured my St. Louis Gooey Butter

Analytics for The Hungry Mouse

I’ve been doing a little digging in the analytics for my food blog, The Hungry Mouse. Since we opened our online doors in July 2008, we’ve had: 1,159,784 absolutely unique visitors 2,444,329 pageviews We’ve been averaging about 70,000+ readers and

Post Cracks 140k Views

I recently took a deeper dive into the analytics for The Hungry Mouse, my food blog. I’ll do a more in-depth post on my stats and what I think they mean, but I wanted to share my top post: Cheese

My Five-Spice Chicken Gets Prime Spot on Saveur.com

Thanks to Saveur magazine, which featured my Five-Spice Chicken recipe in the Daily Fare section of its homepage. From Saveur’s Editors “Moist, garlicky, and easy, this Five-Spice Chicken is perfect for a weeknight meal and also great for leftovers the

Fougasse & WBUR’s Public Radio Test Kitchen

A big thanks over to the good folks at WBUR, Boston’s NPR radio station, for featuring my article on Fougasse on their website, Public Radio Test Kitchen! From WBUR’s Editors “Chefs, meet your new favorite bread The Hungry Mouse blogger,

Saveur features my Blackberry Sorbet

Saveur magazine featured my Blackberry Sorbet in Daily Fare section of their website. From Saveur’s Editors “During hot summer days, this blackberry sorbet recipe from the Hungry Mouse is a wonderfully cooling use for fresh berries at their flavorful peak.”

iVillage Mother’s Day Feature

In April 2010, iVillage asked me to share a brunch recipe for their feature Best Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes from Our Favorite Food Bloggers. From the Article “11 top food writers share the recipes they’d serve at a fabulous brunch

Common Sense Tips for Blog Giveaways

I work for Hill Holliday during the day. They recently asked me to write about my experiences with The Hungry Mouse for the agency blog. I was more than happy to. Here’s an excerpt from my most recent article, Common

I won the Breakstone’s Triple Churned Challenge!

I’m pleased to announce that my menu won the Breakstone’s Triple Churned Challenge, a national recipe contest sponsored by Kraft! I was invited one of three food bloggers invited by Kraft to compete in the month-long competition. The challenge was

Bay Area Bites features my Irish Cream

Bay Area Bites, KQED’s food blog, just featured my Homemade Irish Cream Liquor in their article Liquid Irish Luck. KQED is Northern California Public Broadcasting. In the article, writer Stephanie Im says: “When I first discovered this recipe for Homemade

Hyper Arts Quotes Me as A Blogging Expert

HyperArts, a San Francisco Bay web development & SEO shop, quoted me as a blogging expert (along with Copyblogger…wow, thanks, guys!), in their Guide to Corporate Blogging and Guest Blogging. They say: “Learn from the experts: These people blog professionally,

Saveur Features My Boston Creme Pie Recipe

Big thanks to Rebekah Peppler, who included my recipe for Boston Creme Pie in a recent article for Saveur magazine’s website. Peppler says: “Until I get back to Beantown, these two recipes are sure to curb my Boston cream pie

The Top 10 Things I’ve Learned About Blogging

I work as a senior copywriter for Hill Holliday and run The Hungry Mouse, my food blog, in my spare time. Recently, I was asked to write about my experiences blogging. I was more than happy to accommodate. The first

Bon Appetit’s Blog Envy Bake-Off

Recently, Bon Appetit magazine invited me to an exclusive party for 15 of its favorite food bloggers at their Culinary Studios in New York. Their Blog Envy Holiday Dessert Bake-Off was judged by Bon Appetit Editor-in-Chief Barbara Fairchild, world-famous pastry