This weeks Whidbey Island Food Links starts with parmesan cream crackers from the Smitten Kitchen. What makes a cracker a cracker? Plenty of good wit and photos to led you through the process.

Ravioli with Artichokes, Sun Dried Tomatoes and Peas in a Champagne Cream Sauce and it looks to die for. The Proud Italian Cook brings us a family Ravioli party; a pasta machine would come in handy. This is a step-by-step recipe with plenty of photos to help you along the way. Click here to find the recipe and the Proud Italian Cook.

More comfort food from Delicious Days entitled Cooking With the Guys. This is a recipe for Past’e lenticchie á la Claudio. You don’t have to have a pasta machine the chef gives you alternatives.

Culinary Travels of a Kitchen Goddess has a wonderful piece on Christmas. The first video is from 1984; Feed the World. Music artists have a way of painting a picture and this is done very well. She makes the comment that “Christmas is often seen as the time of excess and of great joy but it isn’t always that way for everyone – something the above music video brings home well.”  Click on the above photo for the video.

What struck me about her post was the fact that I have written articles about People Helping People and when I write about this topic I feel the emotion. Here is the link to her post; it talks about the Blogger Aid Cook Book. There is much to read and see and I hope that it stirs your emotions as well.