Having food stuck in our teeth and not knowing is one of our worst nightmares. And when the offending bit of dinner is discovered hours later, there's the inevitable cry of anguish: "Why didn't anyone...
It's still home cooking month around here, and, to us, nothing embodies that phrase more than a small dinner party. You cook. You enjoy your home. And, best of all, you show a little love to your frie...
We're throwing a dinner party in a few weeks, but are still stuck on a theme. Tapas? Breakfast for Dinner? Down-Home Southern? Classic French? Ack! As a guest or a host, what has been your most memor...
We are big fans of old-fashioned hand-written dinner invitations. They are such an unusual touch of civility and graciousness in our fast-paced world. We just came across these letterpressed dinner in...
We saw this post over at Apartment Therapy: Chicago about Moo on-demand printing, and immediately thought, "Oooh! Dinner parties!" Cute and crafty, Moo gives us the ability to reproduce our favorite ...
Whose cuisine reigns supreme?! We may not be quite up to battling Bobby Flay over cuttlefish, but we think we're game for challenging our next door neighbor over flank steak! Lately, we've heard abo...
Last night we were out with a dear friend, and we ordered a favorite dish for both of us: grilled artichokes with remoulade. It was smoky, crispy around the edges, and tender in the leaves. We strippe...
Jessie Saunders knows what it's like to cook and entertain in a tiny kitchen. For years, she and her husband lived in a small apartment in New York's Greenwich Village, where, she says, "If everyone ...
Earlier this week, we talked about five great tips for dinner party planning. As our Cure takers gear up for their big dinner party, we'd like to take a minute to look at one of those tips in more dep...
Blanching vegetables--cooking them in a large amount of boiling water--might seem fussy or bring to mind childhood dinners of overcooked mushy carrots. But blanching is a good technique to keep in yo...
We've written about serving dinner party food in tiny, individual dishes, and now we're hitting the other end of the spectrum: family-style entertaining. There are many advantages to piling food onto ...
It's lovely when dinner guests ask what they can bring. At the same time, it's tricky figuring out what to tell them. Deep down, we always want fresh flowers to brighten up our house (if any of our ...
We can't count how many times we've heard, "Ooooh, fancy!" as guests unfold cloth napkins into their laps at our dinner parties. Really, cloth napkins aren't so fancy. At least, we don't think they ...
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