Preparing for House Guests
House guests are coming! Here are some ways to stay sane.
House guests are coming! Here are some ways to stay sane.
It’s time to watch a movie. Any movie will do. The main attraction is the popcorn.
My two favorite things to do with stale bread.
The easiest of cocktails.
This is lazy baking at its best.
One memorable evening in California taught me about the four most important tenets of entertaining.
Finally, after years of failure, I’ve made the tall, dark chocolate cake of my dreams—and its peanut butter filling makes it even yummier.
August’s Favorite Exception is the perfect after-school snack: make-ahead coconut oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!
OK, all you Fourth of July barbeque-ers, I give you my favorite exception for July: a super yummy blueberry pie. I was in a debate recently…
Now that I’m almost 40, eating desserts has an immediate effect on my midsection. So I made a rule. But every good rule about desserts is going to need some major exceptions.
Tonight at bedtime, my youngest son, who is three, looked up at me with big saucer eyes over his Chick fil-A Kids Meal book and said,…
I’d like to start posting more often than I do now, which is probably a long shot given that summer has just begun and no babysitting…
Leftover pumpkin? Let me help you out. In college I was friends with a girl named Kim, whom I shall forever remember fondly for two things:…