Tag Archives: Party Recipes
Savory, Spooky, Sweet: Halloween Treats
Fall is my favorite season and Halloween is my favorite holiday: I ache to take the sweaters out of cedar, I yearn for my heavy cauldron/soup pot, and I have an inkling to wear a witch’s hat to the bus … Continue reading
Chocolate Desserts
Chocolate Recipe #1. Peanut butter and chocolate is a combination that sends me up to the moon… there’s nothing better, really. Unfortunately we have a serious nut allergy in my not-so-extended family, so I have to keep recipes like this … Continue reading
Make It a Girls’ Night Out at Home
Speaking of the carpool lane, it is creeping up on me! Thanks to a a special friend who was in town a few weeks ago, inklings of a girls’ night out started surfacing on Facebook. It sounded like just the … Continue reading
Simple Syrup, Sensational Drinks
Setting up the bar can be the most challenging aspect of party planning. If I am not careful, it is the place that throws my budget–and my sanity–right over the top. How much beer, how much wine, and what else … Continue reading
Quick Appetizers (Ready by the Time You Spell Hors d’Oeuvre)
Appetizer. Starter. Hors d’oeuvre. Amuse bouche. By any name, it’s arguably the most enjoyable course in a meal for me. When I attend weddings, for instance, it’s all I can do to avoid positioning myself near the caterers’ station in … Continue reading
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
Save Money and Celebrate with a Retro Party
Although most of us didn’t experience the 1950s, it was a time when people focused on family, friends, entertaining, and simplicity — which can be the perfect theme for your holiday party. With little money and effort, you can put … Continue reading
From the Editor
Swine Dining
Cooking from the Carpool Lane