Holiday dinners, holiday parties, intimate gatherings with family and friends — cooking is key, but you have to decorate too. You could buy the obligatory bunch of grocery store flowers and stick them in the vase that those roses came in last Valentine’s Day, or you could exercise a little thought and creativity and come up with a simple centerpiece on a budget.
Tags: Centerpieces·Decor·Entertaining·holiday
With all the holiday entertaining, it’s nice to have a couple of good appetizers up your sleeve — something that can be served to guests or brought along to a party. Something that can liven up a meal of leftovers, or even make for lunch on the day when a festive dinner is taking up your attention. This chicken liver mousse is one of my absolute favorites. It can (should) be made ahead, is just decadent enough, and is cheap to make. I buy organic, air-chilled chicken livers at Whole Foods (because they always have them) and they cost $1.50 for the whole recipe’s worth.
Tags: appetizer·chicken·Entertaining·Hors D'oeuvre·make ahead·offal
I hope you had a good holiday if you celebrate, and if you don’t, I hope you had a good day off with no traffic. And if you happen to live in a place where Christmas isn’t a holiday, I hope you had a good Saturday. In our family, Christmas food is serious business. We [...]
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