Celebrating art and a fun night out.
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Three-Course French Dinner
For special birthday dinners, we most often like to celebrate at home.
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In five hours we put together a lovely at home birthday dinner.
Continue readingFestive Pot Pies
Chicken pot pie with cookie cutter pastry cutouts can be fun and festive.
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Time can stand a bit still when you take a day to prep a slow-braised stew.
Continue readingCocktail Meeting for Twenty
There’s nothing like offering to open your home in the first week of December to get the holiday decoration ball rolling. I hung the garland the day before our intimate meeting, but have yet to light the outdoor pots. I try and do a little every day. Slow and steady. And careful on the ladder!
Continue readingChicken Pot Pie
Chicken Pot Pie with a side salad is a go-to comfort meal. Sometimes I get distracted, here I forgot to put the peas in the mix, so I simply served those on the side as well.
Continue readingReunion Weekend
Three days of celebrating 50 years from high school, yikes.
Continue readingBasil Parmesan Mayonnaise
Scratch mayonnaise is easy, and so delicious. If you have a nice bunch of basil, be sure to give Ina’s Basil Parmesan Mayonnaise a try.
Continue readingJanuary Happenings
I’m really not sure where the time has gone, yet days like these are unforgettable.
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