Dinner parties can be stressful, and not just because of the planning and prep time required. Entertaining can be expensive. If your budget is keeping you from having friends over, here are a few things you can do to lessen the burden: Choose a menu that isn’t heavy on expensive cuts of meat or recipes with lots of exotic ingredients that you’re unlikely to use again. Discipline yourself to use the things you already own; there’s no need to invest […]
This recipe will be a blast from the past for some. If you grew up in the seventies going to Bob’s Big Boy, or any of the variations on that restaurant: Shoney’s, Manner’s, or Frisch’s, you know this pie. It’s an American classic of the late 20th century, and I was curious to see if it was as good as I had remembered it – and it is. I adapted my mom’s version of the recipe, from a cookbook she […]
In my efforts to keep my husband on his weight loss regime – and if the use of the word ‘regime’ makes me sound like a dictator, I bet he’d agree with the characterization – I’ve come up with some healthy lunches for him to take to work. This is only partially successful because he eats out so much, but my youngest daughter covers the business lunches by finding out where he’s eating, reading the menu online and emailing him […]
There are parties, and then there are parties – you know, the ones where everything has been planned down to the tiniest detail and coordinated and massaged until the final result is a rollicking bash that the guests don’t want to ever end. We had one of those recently – a launch party for Shopfeed, a shopping app that pulls content from different blogs, magazines, and news sources into one constantly refreshing, shoppable feed – which you can buy from […]
Looking for a weekend breakfast treat? I’m long on rhubarb right now, so I decided to add rhubarb and raspberries to this baked doughnut recipe, for both the flavor and the added fiber. I originally bought the rhubarb to make a rhubarb trifle, and I will get to that in a few days, but this is a really easy recipe. All you need is the pan for baking doughnuts, which has been a good investment for me because I make […]
