I was just watching Semi-Homemade Cooking and Sandra Lee made Butterbeer! Unfortunatley I didn’t know she was going to make this beforehand so I couldn’t catch it on tape.

Butterbeer
Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee, 2008

• 1/4 cup sweetened condensed  milk
• 1/4 cup butterscotch topping 
• 2 tablespoons whipped butter, room temperature 
• 1 1/2 cups vanilla cream soda

Combine condensed milk, butterscotch topping, and butter in a glass heatproof measuring cup. Heat in microwave for 1 minute. Remove and stir until butter has melted and incorporated into mixture. Meanwhile heat cream soda in another heatproof measuring cup for 1 minute 30 seconds.

Divide butterscotch mixture between 2 (10 to 12-ounce) mugs. Fill mugs with heated cream soda and stir thoroughly. Serve garnished with an old-fashioned butterscotch candy stick.

Thanks to HPANA we have news of a contest held by Amazon for the chance to “win a trip for two to London, England, and spend a weekend with the book (security guards included).”

The Beedle the Bard Ballad Writing Contest challenges Amazon customers 13 and older to creatively write a short, English-language submission of 100 or fewer words answering one of the following three questions:

• What songs do wizards use to celebrate birthdays?
• What other sports do wizards play besides Quidditch?
• What have you learned from the Harry Potter series that you use in everyday life?

Contest submissions will be accepted for two weeks, from April 9 -22, in two age categories: 13-17 and 18 and older. The contest is open to customers in 24 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, China and Canada.

The deadline is 11:59 p.m. PDT on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 and you can enter HERE and HERE. If you are under the age of 18, a parent or legal guardian must complete the entry form and submit the entry using the instructions on the form.

Read the Press Release HERE!

The Telegraph has posted a list of 110 books that would collectively make ‘the perfect library’. The Harry Potter books are in the children’s books category!

The boy wizard’s dealings with the forces of adolescence and evil have sold more than 350 million books in 65 languages. The Harry Potter phenomenon has its detractors, but the success of special ‘grown-up’ covers, allowing commuters to read Rowling without shame, tells its own tale.

Thanks SnitchSeeker!

Scholastic has a fun new quiz on their site, The Humor Challenge!

Think you’re as funny as Peeves — or even Fred and George? Test your knowledge of Harry Potter humor and find out!

I am proud to say that I got a perfet score
Thanks HPANA and Blog Hogwarts!

Some Harry Potter stars will be appearing on various shows in the coming days!

• Rupert Grint will be appearing on the Al Murray�€™s Happy Hour program on ITV 1 from 10:00pm to 11:00pm tonight.
• Also from 10-11 tonight David Tennant (Barty Crouch Jr.) will be hosting the Friday Night Project on UK Channel 4.
• Don’t forget about the Nick Kids�€™ Choice awards tomorrow night at 8pm. The Harry Potter books were nominated for best book series.
• Lastly, a new remake of Jane Austen�€™s classic Sense and Sensibility with Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley) will be shown Sunday night March 30 here in the US on PBS.

Thanks TLC!!!!