Celebrate Tonight With A Champagne Cocktail
The Oscars are tonight! The last drink in my liquid countdown to The Oscars is a Champagne Cocktail: The Bubbly Maple Leaf Cocktail, in honor of the film Argo. Let’s celebrate all the great films tonight.
Read More...What My Husband Hates: Shrimp, Feta and Olive Pasta on a Tangle of Arugula
Yesterday I told you about the mischief I get up to when my hubs goes out of town. Synopsis: I watch Glee, listen to cheesy 80s dance music, drink pink girlie drinks (like French Martinis) and eat feta and olives. Here’s my favorite recipe to make when G goes away. Note that you can double, [...]
Read More...Sparkling Wine, a Brilliant Friend and Groovy Strawberries
This week has been all about our holiday party. There was: The party planning, The unexpected game, The fantastic menu idea from Tasha DeSerio published in Fine Cooking magazine, My reviews of three of DeSerio’s recipes (see my reviews of: Popcorn with Sweet Butter and Sea Salt, Bittersweet Chocolate Bark with Marcona Almonds, Apple, Fennel [...]
Read More...Rosemary-Orange-Lemon-Curd Slice
In the final hours before our holiday party, I didn’t want to be doing more than popping corn and putting on my mascara. I decided against making the Rosemary-Lemon Tartlets with Pine Nut Shortbread called for in DeSerio’s Sweets and Sparklers menu because of the requirement that they be assembled shortly before the party. I [...]
Read More...Salted Pineapple Pecan Angel Slice
My fave easy holiday slice is the Angel Slice from the Joy of Cooking (p. 764 of the 75th Anniversary Edition). With a taste and texture akin to butter tarts, it’s a winner every year. I never add the optional coconut because my husband has a textural dispute with the stuff. Instead, I’ve used all [...]
Read More...New Year’s Eve Almond Bark with a Bite
As promised, I’m bringing you the low-down on the savory-sweet dessert feast from Tasha DeSerio‘s Sweet Sparklers found in the Dec 2010/Jan 2011 issue of Fine Cooking magazine. All of the recipes are online so if you don’t have the mag (so sad since it’s always so good) find everything you need here (click on [...]
Read More...Planning a New Year’s Eve Party? Here’s My Review of Fine Cooking’s Sweets and Sparklers Menu
Nothing is as fun as planning a party. One October evening, my hubbie and I relaxed in the hot tub while indulging in conversation about what to serve at this year’s holiday party. Whether it was due to the bottle of wine we’d also indulged in or to having a darned busy autumn to deal [...]
Read More...What curve ball will you catch (or drop!) at your holiday party?
As our holiday open-house approached, I worried about what could go wrong. Disasters from events past haunted me. Some were simple like a goblet shattered on the deck or not having an empty vase for a hostess-gift-bouquet. Some were more awful: A neighbor over-imbibing and spilling shiraz on my professor or when I greeted a [...]
Read More...Butternut Squash, Roasted Apple and Goats’ Cheese Dip
This is the dip that I rebelliously served to my girlfriends at our most recent girls’ night in. It’s crazy-simple and crazy-good with a hummussy smoothness and a sweet tanginess. Serve it in a bowl along side some fresh slices of baguette or spread some on toasted slices rubbed lightly with the cut side of [...]
Read More...Girls’ Night In: Breaking all the Rules
I have a Girls Night In with a few friends once a month. When our nights first started we wanted to meet regularly and not have the frequency of our get-togethers decrease into nothingness slowly over time (this has been the fate of so many groups that I’ve been in, especially book clubs. Thankfully this [...]
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