Category Archives: dinner parties

I know it’s after the fact, but I wanted to share a photo of my Thanksgiving plate because it’s really the only meal of the year when there are these many separate items on my plate at one time, and … Continue reading →

Fig season may be waning, but at my local farmer’s market this Saturday, there were some real beauties on display. So of course a couple of pints found there way into my bag. Now I’m all for eating a ripe … Continue reading →

One of my favorite parts of summer is when friends head over on the weekend for a visit which always includes a long and leisurely lunch. Although I don’t always serve the same exact things, through experience I’ve come up … Continue reading →

So are you entertaining this long weekend? If so, what’re you making? We’ve already had our house guests for the holiday so for dinner we grilled skirt steaks marinated in apple juice, garlic, onion, soy, and sesame oil ( a … Continue reading →

Check out this film from Kinfolk Magazine about a recent dinner they hosted in Brooklyn. Isn’t it lovely? In a dreamy Portlandia-hipster-stacks of white plates-candlelight-girls in messy buns-kind of way? I would have loved to go to this–it reminds me … Continue reading →