Holiday

Four Best Thanksgiving Sides (as in, BETTER than what you usually serve)

As years pass, who sits at your Thanksgiving table will NOT be just the people you grew up with. You’ve got new in-laws, step-families, brides, grooms, neighbors, friends.

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Kahlua Holiday Fudge + Drawing: Win 2 Vintage Kahlua Recipe Books

My cousin, Jeff, is horrified that I would post a Christmas Fudge recipe in the middle of October. Sorry, Jeff, this is important. People have LOST their Kahlua Recipe Book! Here is Kahlua White Chocolate Holiday Fudge… and a drawing for two of my vintage booklets. {And yes, those walnuts are naturally red.}

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How to Not Be a Jerk On Valentine’s Day

You forgot. Or worse… forgot to CARE. Either way, that significant other is probably expecting something on Valentine’s Day. Pull out the keyboard – you’re going to make a “gift certificate.”

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Five Holiday Gift Ideas ~ Something for Every Style of Giver

Need an idea? Cheap? Do it yourself? A little pricey but nice? Blogger Dorothy’s recent post on Shockingly Delicious reminded me to post MINE. I really DID have a gift ideas post in the works. Where’s my list, where’s my list? FOUND IT — under a pile of recipe pages torn from magazines. Here you […]

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Count The Silver ~ A Post-Party Tip

When I was a bride and hosted my first extended family party, my mother-in-law offered to help clean up – did I want her to “count the silver?” Shocked, annoyed, what an insult! Did she REALLY think a family member would pocket a spoon? (If you’re “in the know,” you see where this is going…)

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Sweet Easter Memories and THE BEST Ham Recipe

Easter is AWESOME when you’re little; it was for me. And I like to think that I contributed to at least one sweet Easter memory for all the little kids in our family. I see this photo on my vanity almost every day.

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Western Shepherd’s Pie ~ Idaho Potatoes + Bloggers = True Love for Valentine’s Day

This Western Shepherd’s Pie is the result of a “love affair” between Idaho® Potatoes and food bloggers first sparked at Camp Blogaway! That’s where the coolest potato guy, Don, had a chance to get to know our community of food bloggers from across the country. Ideas started to hatch, and love blossomed…

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Sautéed Spinach with Almond Cream and Arils ~ Christmas Colored!

Rich, creamy, Christmas-y! This is one gorgeous platter of Sautéed Spinach with Almond Cream and Arils. According to its source, Chef Virginia, the recipe only has 167 calories a serving. I think THAT fact makes it even more gorgeous. Nom, nom, nom.

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The Chef, The Designer, The Kitchen and The Party

Ordinarily, I write here about cooking, trips and/or the antics of our Gourmet Club. But for this post, I was urged by Club Member Laura to write about the KITCHEN of our most recent dinner party, and the DESIGNER, who also happens to be in our Club. Laura is right, it doesn’t always have to […]

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Kahlua Sweet Potato Pie with Kahlua Whipped Cream ~ Food Bloggers Gather to Cook and Share for Thanksgiving

The recipe to make this autumn leaf-laced Kahlua Sweet Potato Pie with Kahlua Whipped Cream is at the bottom of this post. Seven bloggers arrived at our home for an early Thanksgiving Feast in the spirit of blogging recipes for our readers’ holiday cooking. As Project Manager, or more realistically “Micro Manager,” I instructed each […]

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How to Roast a Goose & Why is John Crying?

Don’t feel sorry for John, that’s not his empty wine glass. John was on the front line, dicing onions as a member of Team Soup at our Traditional Old English Christmas Dinner. And he certainly wasn’t crying the remainder of this Gourmet Club cooking and eating extravaganza, I can attest to that. This was the […]

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Chocolate Kahlua Truffles

This is my adaptation of a candy recipe in Cooking Light, truffles made with bourbon. If a sweet recipe calls for bourbon, I already think it will be better with Kahlua. Chocolate Kahlua Truffles were my final product. I wanted a “tiny” holiday gift to make for the peeps who matter to me at UCLA Medical […]

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Last Minute Food Substitutions

This week is Thanksgiving. And what should arrive on my doorstep from uber-culinary publicist Lisa Ekus? The gigantic Food Substitutions Bible by David Joachim. It conjured memories of past Thanksgivings with friends and family – for which I am very grateful. And memories of “Oh S**T, there are no coffee filters!!” And “Wasn’t vanilla extract […]

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← Previous Entries

Holiday

Four Best Thanksgiving Sides (as in, BETTER than what you usually serve)

Kahlua Holiday Fudge + Drawing: Win 2 Vintage Kahlua Recipe Books

How to Not Be a Jerk On Valentine’s Day

Five Holiday Gift Ideas ~ Something for Every Style of Giver

Count The Silver ~ A Post-Party Tip

Sweet Easter Memories and THE BEST Ham Recipe

Western Shepherd’s Pie ~ Idaho Potatoes + Bloggers = True Love for Valentine’s Day

Sautéed Spinach with Almond Cream and Arils ~ Christmas Colored!

The Chef, The Designer, The Kitchen and The Party

Kahlua Sweet Potato Pie with Kahlua Whipped Cream ~ Food Bloggers Gather to Cook and Share for Thanksgiving

How to Roast a Goose & Why is John Crying?

Chocolate Kahlua Truffles

Last Minute Food Substitutions

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