and it’s work to host a big dinner in a small space. Could you possibly prepare some of the dishes ahead of time like the green beans and salad? Perhaps people could just bring the pumpkin pies and desserts and wine. Wifey...

tomato sauce. Some frozen roasted chunks of white pumpkin, several bags of frozen peaches and more shrimp. Jowl bacon and marrow bones. Pecans and still more freezer blocks. If I had room for my Donvier insert I’d put it...

and organize dinners and parties is closely related to organizing outings and trips because I find that I’m often the one who does both. But while entertaining requires a few specific skills and resources, planning the...

at Django, Matyson or pumpkin that while good would make me go running back. I just try to enjoy it for what it is. I dont think the food at Brasserie is that great. Le bec has slipped in terms of foodquality an ambition since...

- beer (of the Bud/Miller type) beer - Ales and everything that is not a lager sweets – candy (sweets in the US can be anything sugar based like pies, cakes, etc) boiled sweets – hard candy Biscuits – cookies ??? -...

on a diet. The new CORE plan sounds like what I"m already trying to do. Salads are my key now. Today it was baby spinach and romaine with a little parm and asiago, a sprinkling of dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds and whole-grain...

... so a lamb roast with baked pumpkin and potatoes is always good. Stirfries SOMETIMES work, depending on their mood... can you tell they';re all teenagers??? Dining out has helped them diversify their food tastes... they will...

't wait to go to a place with pastabilities. I will just eat ahead of time, order a beer and enjoy the ambiance! And as for Hospitaliano, sounds like an infirmary in Sicily...oh joy. I can’t wait to tell my dad about this...

nation by historical tradition, but rather a consumer of beer and spirits. Wine should be accessible, easy, familiar. And so I also have little patience for those who perpetuate the "mystery." >>> For example, I’ve read in...

My cousin, who hosts most years, always does a light soup — either a pumpkin soup or a turkey vegetable — served in mugs or espresso cups.

peppers (not on the menu, but just ask) which is AMAZING if you like spicy food. also, they always have delicious snow pea sleeves/bok choy/chinese broccoli sauteed in light oil and garlic. for five people with no beers,...

in regards to the crust), so I’ll just say, hey, it’s an okay neighborhood pizza, especially on top of some beers. What do you expect way up north opposite a cemetery? Anyway, the thin looked better than the pan that...

Only cinnamon, and the last time I made this wonderful mousakka, I was up all night long with heartburn. Then came the pumpkin pie. Again same thing, oh well. I will suffer through it. I swear afterwards though that I am having a...

Even $1 Taco Tuesdays w/$1 beers?

Dinner after church on Sunday at my dad’s cafeteria. We all sat in a big booth in the back and my grandma would ask, “Did you go to Sunday school today?” I had turkey and dressing with cranberry sauce, corn and...