Party Food and Entertaining

Entertaining

March 26, 2010

My two best friends were here for the weekend. And Dennis went out of town (smart guy.) We had a great time. Washington DC was looking it’s Springtime best, so we snuck in a sunrise cherry blossom tour. (The only time to drive around the Tidal Basin.) A few highlights, in photos. My garden: early [...]

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A Daring Attempt to Make Tiramisu!

February 27, 2010

a perfect slice of tiramisu homemade ladyfingers! Another month and another Daring Baker’s Challenge. You might remember last month’s challenge, when I made gluten free graham crackers and nainamo bars. This month was more in my wheelhouse. Tiramisu. From scratch. Oh, I’ve made tiramisu a few times. Traditional with espresso and mascarpone. Not so traditional [...]

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Meeting Invisible Friends

January 7, 2010

I’ve been around the interwebs for quite awhile. I met my husband in an AOL Chat Room (I know!) And I met my best friend on AOL, too. This was back in the last century… in fact, it was nearly 20 years ago. In those days, I would attend get-togethers for DC AOL people from [...]

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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

December 18, 2009

I cannot believe it’s been 9 days since I checked in here. But when I chronicle these days, I hope you’ll understand. The best news of all? I’m all ready for the holiday, finished with the chores and now, lazily gazing at the trimmed tree and planning fun cooking projects in between reading all the [...]

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Holiday Baking Day: Peppermint Patties & Salted Caramels

December 1, 2009

Today is the day I started holiday baking and candy making. I love delivering homemade gifts for the holidays. I’ve already made preserves, salsa, walnut wine and fruit liqueurs. By the time Christmas comes, I’ll have candies and cookies to create the ultimate gift basket. I have about two dozen different confections I’ve made for [...]

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Four Ducks, Three Days and One Recipe (Charcuterie Part One)

October 21, 2009

Perhaps I’m late to the table on this one, but in the last month, I’ve been pondering meat consumption in America. Dependence on choice cuts of meat for our dinner table, with a casual disregard for the rest of the animal, has proven to be totally irresponsible. I switched to the farmers market and grass [...]

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Meet the Farmer: Bending Bridge Farm

October 7, 2009

It’s a beautiful fall day, and I am heading north to Mercersburg, PA and Bending Bridge Farm. I’ve been buying gorgeous produce from Farmer Audrey Fisher all summer. This visit is what I hope will be the first in a series about the farmers supplying all the lovely, local, sustainable, seasonal foods in my kitchen [...]

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Prepping for Passover

March 28, 2009

We’ll host a lot of people for Passover Seder this year. I read the Wikipedia entry for Seder and learned that it was always a holiday where strangers were asked to share in the bounty. Part of the tradition. I remember that from my childhood – my Grandmother Mary would organize a big Seder table, [...]

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