This whole physical distancing thing has put a big damper on the usual way we get together with family and friends. But May is National Hamburger Month. And Memorial Day weekend is the official start of Summer. At least we think so. How can you share burgers and your favorite sides with friends and still […]
Category: Tips & Tricks
Why is This Year (and This Meal) Different From Most Other Years?
For Jews, Passover is a special time, when relatives & friends gather to share the joy of our ancestor’s redemption from slavery in Egypt. This “Freedom Festival” is the most widely observed & best loved of the Jewish holidays. Food plays a quintessential role at Passover, not a peripheral one as with other holidays. Indeed, […]
Celebrate Your Wedding in Style…And Save Money Too!
According to The Knot, the average cost of wedding is now over 30,000. But do you really need to spend that much to have an affair to remember? I don’t think so! To help you throw a fantastic ceremony and reception that your friends and relatives will remember years later, while staying on budget, we […]
Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries…. and No, George Didn’t Chop Down That Tree!
Cherries. We love them in everything from sauces to desserts to ice cream to salads to quick breads and the bold red color of most varieties certainly fits with this Valentine month. But how did the apocryphal tale about George (also well-considered this month as we celebrate President’s Day) get started? Well it turns out […]
Winter Entertaining at Home #4 – BYO Craft Cocktail Party
Craft Cocktails are all the rage but why go out to a noisy bar, spend big bucks and barely hear the conversation? Our suggestion? Host a BYO Craft Cocktail Party at home! You provide the snacks, apps and sweets and each person, or couple, invited brings all the fixins’ for 1 craft cocktail. Why do […]
Winter Entertaining at Home #3 – Host a “Celebrity” Night
You haven’t played Celebrity yet? I think it’s the easiest and funniest game night to host since there’s almost no prep – just chairs for everyone, slips of blank paper and plenty of pens to go around. The game rules: Each player/team gets 3-5 sheets of blank paper and writes the name of one “celebrity” […]
Winter Entertaining at Home #2 – Nostalgic Game Day
Who doesn’t love Dominoes, Monopoly, 1980s Trivial Pursuit, or the Game of Life? Nostalgic games are perfect for any group of friends or family including older kids. The beauty of this type of get-together is that everyone already knows each other as well as the rules of the games to be played. A Nostalgic Game […]
Winter Entertaining at Home #1 – Host a Cooking Lesson, Then Eat!
I got an Instant Pot a few years ago. You know, that fabulous “new” twist on an old invention, an electric pressure cooker – and I love it! But why am I telling you about my new favorite appliance? Because a few friends purchased one recently but weren’t quite sure how to use it. I […]
Which Festival of Light Is Celebrated the World Over?
It’s New Year’s Eve of course – with 24 hours of celebrations around the globe! Back in the day of the Concorde – a supersonic jet built by Great Britain and France in the 70s, you could celebrate New Year’s Eve in London listening to Big Ben chime, then fly to the Big Apple in […]
Change Up A Thanksgiving Staple This Year: Your Cranberry Sauce!
Cranberry sauce is that ubiquitous condiment found on every Thanksgiving table and you may have wondered why. Turns out that cranberries are one of the few fruits native to North America and that many Native American tribes ate them as a staple of their diet. It’s thought that they also sweetened them with sugar and […]