Parties

Fourth of July Lasagna

  Fourth of July in Lake Arrowhead is a moveable feast. If you have a view of the fireworks from your deck, friends will come over with friends (in one case friends of friends with their friends) and this all works out because it’s a close knit neighborhood and I always like the friends of…

The Poets’ Party

You realize of course that I’m writing this cooking blog for me, forcing myself to create a bunch of menus that I can calmly choose from when I invite friends over and not go into my usual OMG what- will-I-cook mode. So when I offered my house for a reception, including something to eat, after a…

Christmas Buffet Revisited

  I broke my cardinal rule this holiday of keeping it simple, keeping it easy. I’d previously posted on this blog about my fabulously easy, simple and delicious buffet for twenty people on Christmas night. And it was until I listened to a foodie family member (a very good cook) tell me how easy her…

A Lazy Open House: Christmas Night Buffet

Every Christmas we give a small open house the evening of December 25th for about twenty friends who live close by. Dogs are invited too.The house is lit by candles and with the Christmas decorations up it’s a very pretty party. (If there’s one thing you should splurge on for parties or dinners, or for…