The March issue of Southern Living features a few of the Food staff's favorite Spring soups.  Unfortunately, due to space, we had to leave one of the story's best ideas on the cutting room floor: super-cool, easy-to-make ice bowls.

Q: I have a recipe for Chocolate Turtle Cake, but I'm having a hard time finding two of the recipe's ingredients: chocolate extract and dulce de leche ice cream topping?  Any advice on where I can find them? Jasmine D., Poole, KY

  Very cool!  A few weeks back I was invited to judge the "Food Magicians" episode of the Food Network's hit show "Challenge."

Marian Cairns, Southern Living Test Kitchen Specialist and all-around national ambassador for the magazine, will appear on the CBS Early Show tomorrow morning (Fat Tuesday!) around 8:30 (EST).

This past week, a few members of the Southern Living Food team hung out with Ree Drummond, known in the blogosphere as The Pioneer Woman.  Ree chronicled the experience on her super-popular website.  Read on.