Category: Holidays & Entertaining

A few months ago, I hosted a dinner for friends that never really got off the ground. I couldn’t understand it: I’d spent hours making a killer mushroom lasagna. I’d […]

Hillshire Farm® Smoked Sausage encased in crisp puff pastry forms a festive, edible wreath that’s perfect for holiday entertaining. A layer of lingonberry jam lends a sweet-tart flavor that balances […]

My mother couldn’t help herself. “Do you know what would make it even better?” she suggested, hovering over my shoulder while I prepped for Rosh Hashanah last year. “Walnuts! I’m […]

Sarah Copeland, author of Feast, knows something about hosting a party—and keeping it simple, so that you spend more time enjoying yourself with friends, and less frantically trying to get […]

Some would say there’s nothing more American than cold beer and a cookout on the Fourth of July. The celebration presents itself as a chance for the BBQ hosts to […]

When it comes to picking the best wine to pair with Thanksgiving dinner, ignore the turkey. You may have labored over that damn bird, but its mild flavors will be […]

Early this morning, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s fans gathered outside Mannat, the actor’s home in Mumbai, to celebrate the start of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the month […]

With the start of Passover just days away, we’ve got a few things on our mind: matzo (and all the great ways to use matzo for dessert), last minute Seder […]

Make It Feel Like Home “Think about designing your wedding in more of a residential way. For example, we had this wedding at the Mansion hotel in Dallas, Texas which […]

When Joe and I got engaged, a lot of my loved ones wondered, out loud, to me, if my practical nature and aversion to lavish spending would result in us […]

March brings without warning a little bit of busyness back to our slow winter routine. There are Girl Scout cookies to sell, field clean-up days for t-ball, and the like […]

Throwing a party can be fun (albeit stressful) experience. And there’s nothing that kills a party faster than having not enough—or not very good—food. Recently, I was tasked with throwing […]

The average American consumes 17 teaspoons of added sugar each day. Yikes! “The Dietary Guidelines for Americans suggest that we try to limit the amount of sugar to 10 percent […]

“This is the ‘traditional’ ponczki made by most Polish Grandmothers, like mine.These take time and patience, but the product is worth it. Preferred, traditional frying method is with lard but […]