"My idea of a perfect day is frozen custard at Shake Shack and a walk in the park (followed by a Lactaid). My idea of a perfect night is a good play and dinner…
Midweek Inspiration No. 6: Do you have a signature dish?…
"You should try to relax about having people over. I have friends who are nervous hostesses, and it just contaminates the entire mood of the evening. They are always rushing from the room to…
From afternoon coffee runs in our slippers .. to giant lap dogs .. to couch cocoa and peanut butter from the spoon. A few things that have been happening in our world lately…
Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…
We barked and waved as the last of our guests headed off ..…
"Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble" ~ William Shakespeare | Macbeth…
"A party without cake is just a meeting" ~ Julia Child…
When it's a beautiful summer's night .. When the weary travelers have returned home from a month away…
"This book is for the servantless American cook who can be unconcerned on occasion with budgets, waistlines, time schedules, children's meals, the parent-chaffer-den-mother syndrome, or anything else which might interfere with the enjoyment of…
“Ask any woman how she makes it through the day, and she may mention her calendar, her to-do lists, her babysitter. But if you push her on how she really makes it through…
"I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food" ~ Roger Federer…
"I'm about to teach you the secret weapon of some of the most beautiful women in the world" …
"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people" ~ Orson Welles…
Happy Saturday! What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…
Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…
"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank-you, it will be enough" ~ Meister Eckhart…
"If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner." ~ S.E. Hinton…
Have you tidied up?…
"Man loves company .. even if it is only that of a small burning candle" ~ Georg C Lichtenberg…
It was late by anyone's standards as we watched the last of our guests head off into the night…
Happy Sunday! What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…
Do you have The Disease to Please?…
Happy Tuesday!…
Happy 4th of July! What are you up to this weekend? We're ..…
"No matter what happens in the kitchen .. never apologize" ~ Julia Child…
Some days as I sit down to write .. I think to myself "I'm not sure .. …
There's nothing like a dinner party with people who might not know each other very well ..…
There are aspects of throwing a monthly diner party that ..…
Sometimes I look back through the recipes in this space and hope ..…
