Skip to content

Category: Entertaining

Companionable Comfort

Cooking for yourself? That’s totally boring…with a capital B! So when my friends brought up the idea of having a cooking night on Sunday nights I was all.over.it. One of the reasons I committed to these delicious gatherings was because a good friend, Julian Kurland, would be taking charge as head chef for the group. [...]

A Tisket. A Tasket.

Trying to get all of your bunnies in a row early for Easter this year? I sure am! With leaving for Los Angeles on Thursday, I decided to get ahead and hop on over to a Paper Source store outside the city to see if they had any fun trinkets I could make {rather than [...]

Let’s Get Real…Panini Style!

Call me crazy…but I’ve always thought that the correct way to make a panini was to get some bread, throw on a weird combination of cheeses, veggies and possibly a meat into the mix, put it into a presser and smash it all together. And voila! There’s your panini. Oh boy, was I mistaken! While [...]

Mississippi Hits NYC: Shrimp Boil Style

From the moment I clicked “attend” for my life long friend’s Mississippi Shrimp Boil, I knew that I was crossing into a new territory of the South. I mean, I’ve grown up with my mum cooking fine meals, including mini shrimp boils on our porch in Nashville, but my friend, Caroline, who has been living [...]

Light as a feather. Stiff as a board.

Pillow fights? Painting nails? Making up dances to Britney Spears? Late night chit-chats over crushes or prank calls? I can’t remember the last time I’ve had a slumber party. It was time to call up the chicas! Definitely not your ordinary Wednesday night in Manhattan…  Where oh where to begin? Evening color theme? Girly pink! [...]

A Swede Fix

While recently strolling through the streets of Greenwich Village, I unexpectedly came across an amazing neighborhood gem. If their unique name, Sockerbit, isn’t intriguing enough for you to come in off Christopher Street, maybe their Scandinavian smågodis {“little candies”} housed inside will! All white with a crisp clean-cut look, Sockerbit {which means “sugar cube”} makes their [...]

The Best Award Of All

Instead of a red carpet gowns, we flaunted “sofa chic.” Instead of Moët flowing about the room, we grabbed Trader Joe’s Proseco. Instead of calling in the most fabulous NYC caterer, we voted for potluck. And you know what? Our Second Annual Oscar Party couldn’t have been more perfect…and cozy! My forever friend, Ryan, and [...]

Start rollin’ out that Red Carpet…

Before lounging with friends, munching on truffle-salted popcorn and hearing “and the award goes to…” on the big screen this Sunday night, start now to kick your Oscar party up a notch. Send out an invitation to all your friends via Paperless Post and check out Twig & Thistle’s DIY Oscar Party. I’m dying over her [...]

Unforgettable Bites

Bite By Bite by Peter Callahan Peter Callahan is known in Manhattan for being one of the go-to caterers…he flat out knows how to throw a party! And a detailed one at that. You can imagine my excitement when I was given his new cookbook called Bite by Bite! It’s filled with creative recipes, innovative [...]

Loveless It’s Not. Flourless It Is.

If you are looking for a simple and delicious Valentine’s treat to give to everyone from your co-workers to doorman, I have just the recipe {and clever packaging} for you! You all know how I’ve always loved anything from Francois Payard {click here to see when I visited him at his bakery!} and this chewy fudgy chocolate walnut [...]

Southern Charm. Gluten-Free Class.

Splurging on warm chocolate chip cookies or that cheesy bread next to my salad? Those are luxuries I rarely do double-take on. But for some people, they strive to avoid all gluten enhanced products…all the time. Why? It’s called Celiac disease. Affecting people right and left with their intake of gluten {even alcohol!}, Celiac disease [...]

Potions for Love. Sans Cop.

Let’s face it. There’s nothing easy about love…or brewing your own love potions at home! So instead of taking my “troubles down to Madame Rue,” I took my happy self down to a spot where I first fell in love…Park Bar in Union Square! With Valentine’s Day approaching, I couldn’t think of a better place [...]