Nibbles and Sips

Our low-hassle, high-payoff tail party.

Bad Expensive Tea

This week’s mission: a fruit-flavored party drink and classy tea bags.

What Does Beige Taste Like?

The week’s mission: bad chocolate candies, and an iced tea contraption.

Too Poor for Drinks

Staying home is the new going out.

10 Party Preparation Tips

How to entertain the easy way.

New Year's, Japanese Style

Trade in your champagne and hors d’oeuvres for sake and mochi.

Thanksgiving, Southern Style

All the good stuff, plus how to fry a turkey without burning down the house.

Freeze-Dried Guanciale and Squid Ink Bar Codes

What we learned at Madrid Fusión.

Modern Florence

Beyond David and the duomo.

Mole in the Mountains

A gastronomic adventure in Xalapa, Mexico.

The Year in Food 2007

Vegansexuals, tainted dog food, greenwashing, and more.

Holiday Central

Recipes, menus, gifts, and entertaining tips for all your celebratory needs.

If you include Church in that boundary, I would suggest Hair of the Dog. Great patio and good drinks and nibbles. Also, if you include Yorkville, The Pilot is a good patio (although hard to get on if you do not get there before 5...

I hate it when I do this. So I get this bright idea to invite a bunch of women over for pink drinks and munchies on Mothers Day afternoon. The drinks, I’ve got covered. Cosmos etc. But then I got thinking about the food...

...and being able to greet guests and offer them a glass of bubbly and already-prepared nibble foods allows her to do that. [applies to hosts too, of course] Potato chips — This may sound a little corny, but it’s...