holiday entertaining

Pear and Apple Salad for a crunchy start to Thanksgiving dinner. Most Thanksgiving dinner menus start with some manner of pureed root vegetable…

My grandmother’s pumpkin pie was legendary. Her crust was crisp and flaky. The filling was thick, creamy and heavenly spiced. Every Thanksgiving…

SAY ‘CHEESE’ Making your own homemade herbed boursin is super easy. Room temperature cream cheese, a little whipping cream, garlic, a mixture…

My love language is food. What’s yours? Saturday, while I was preparing food, I thought about how much I enjoy cooking. Every…

LOW-FAT CHICKEN DIP sounds like an oxymoron but if you use white chicken meat and low-fat everything else, you’re cheesy chicken dip will…

I had no idea Ralph and I have been living such a quiet life. Having our daughters home for the holidays happily…

It’s kind of surreal to me that I’ve been blogging long enough to have a ‘top 5 Christmas cookie recipe list’, but…

When you just want to be with your friends, in an intimate space, and break bread together, there’s no better place than…

I’m always on the look-out for a new Christmas cookie. My friend, Diana Alexander, is a Christmas cookie baker extraordinaire. For years, she’s been…

It’s started. The party season. A month filled with decadent, cheesey, yummy treats everywhere you go! When I’m entertaining I love to…