Tag Archives: menu planning
An Unfussy Fall Dinner Menu
Last night we hosted another couple for dinner. I was already thinking “unfussy” (not that exact word, but generally) when I started brainstorming the menu a week ago–back when the thermometer registered 85 degrees. I envisioned comforting but not heavy, and flavorful … Continue reading →
Quick & Festive Cinco de Mayo Menu
To some, crispy restaurant potato skins have virtues of their own. But for me? They are merely a vehicle for shoveling sour cream in mixed company. If it were socially acceptable for me to eat sour cream straight out of the … Continue reading →
Family Friendly Easter Brunch
Planning a real-time holiday meal for a big family that includes little kids has absolutely shattered my youthful visions of us laughing together around a fancy dining room table set with my wedding china and crystal. My father carving a … Continue reading →
Generations of Cooking
I relish the advice of my elders–one aunt in particular. Once a year four generations of women get together for three days of conversation, knitting, and eating. This year it involved a disproportionate amount of chasing toddlers, rather than knitting, but … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
Book Club: It’s About the Friends and the Food
I have a confession to make: My book club has never really been about the book. It’s about getting together with friends. It’s about an intimate gathering of women, which would never be complete without wine and food (in that … Continue reading →
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 →
What’s for Dinner?
It’s 5:00. Everyone is hungry. What’s for dinner? That was the usual routine in our house. Under my roof there are two working parents and three active kids (one with food allergies, which made finding recipes often tricky), for a … Continue reading →
How One Week Got Its Groove: Chili
Eat healthy? How can we when we have a million things to do and places to be? With a little bit of planning, a few hours on Saturday or Sunday, and some creativity, you can easily cook once on the … Continue reading →
From the Editor
Swine Dining
Cooking from the Carpool Lane