Tag Archives: Cooking Together

Swine Dining: A City Girl Cooks Country (Mussels)

How often does your significant other teach you something in the kitchen? Tim typically absconds to the opposite end of our kitchen/dining/living room on weeknights, lest he be squired to peel or dice. Weekends, he’s more easily greased with a … Continue reading

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Apple Picking Recipes

My husband and I used to go apple picking even before we had kids, and it has evolved into a natural family ritual every autumn. We love the rustic farms pressing their own juice, selling homemade crunchy-cinnamony apple cider donuts, … Continue reading

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Pickled Pandemonium: A Themed Food Party

Life in my social circle is one food related adventure after another, and this February has been no different. A few weeks back, a friend threw a pickle party, where everyone buys or makes their own pickled something or other. … Continue reading

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Play Date with Play (Pizza) Dough

When you’re a mom of preschoolers, the toughest thing is to find something to keep the kids busy, yet keep the chaos to a minimum–especially when their friends are over for a play date. I have discovered a great recipe … Continue reading

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Party of 12: A Dinner Club

A few years ago, I belonged to a much-loved 12-person dinner group. When I was invited to join the group, I had hesitations. Making dinner for a football team’s worth of people seemed daunting, and the initial outlay of money … Continue reading

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Drink, Mingle, and Roll: A Sushi and Sake Party

I love sushi and I love sake. I also love to cook and to teach people about wine. So why did the idea of a homemade sushi and sake tasting fill me with massive fear and insecurity? My friend Dave … Continue reading

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What’s Cookin’, Valentine?

For Valentine’s Day this year, my boyfriend and I decided to cook a romantic dinner at home and skip the overly crowded and often overpriced restaurant scene. For the special occasion, we kicked it up a notch from an ordinary … Continue reading

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A Cooking Day with Friends

The theme for February is Sharing with Friends & Family. Girlfriends will find any excuse to get together. And what better way to spend a cold Saturday than with food and friends. In order to justify our absence from our … Continue reading

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