Budget Booze
Party planning 101. So you want to be the belle of the ball but your pocket book prefers to remain a wallflower. Does this mean you can’t entertain at home and do it in style? Heck no I say. You don’t have to have the deep pockets of a rock star to party like one. more »
A Bloody Mary Recipe? Not On My Watch.
Did you know I also do a Podcast? It’s called The Table Set. There are three of us on the show and we sit around the table and talk about parties. Parties we’ve been to, parties we want to go to, and mostly parties we plan to have. One of our favorite ‘solutions’ to party more »
Can You Drink Red Wine with Fish
I hope to tear down a few taboo walls here today. I plan to do it with an unusual recipe for Spiced Salmon with Wine Braised Shallots, Edamame & Sunchoke Puree I adapted from Holly Peterson, CIA. The wall that’s about to tumble today is the old belief that red wine is for meat and more »
Fresh Cherry Soup with Cool Mint
This week at The Back Burner we are getting ready to celebrate spring with an adulation of cherries. Which sparked something in my ancestral memory. Something from very long ago. Back when I was a snooty Francophile. Watch what you are thinking I said WAS! I warn you though, this is not a cocktail per more »
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