Two favorite books that we pull out every year in the beginning of October are Halloween from The Best of Martha Stewart Living collection and Play with your Pumpkins by Joost Elffers and Saxton Freymann. Martha Stewar’ts book has great ideas for Halloween decorations, pumpkin carving, party treats, and costumes for adults and children. Play with [...]
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As we get older and more experienced and proficient at doing something, we naturally want to take things to a new level. As you become more at ease in the kitchen and a more experienced cook, it’s not enough anymore to serve up a casserole in a 9×13 rectangular Pyrex glass dish and call it [...]
Once you have your pork spareribs properly prepared (“trimmed & skinned”) you can start the cooking process. I say cooking, (and not just grilling) because the best ribs that we’ve ever eaten involve both oven baking and grilling on the gas grill. Some people would say that the best ribs are slow cooked over hickory, oak, [...]
Summer’s almost here and we are all moving from our kitchens to our outdoor grills and pool decks to cook and entertain. Isn’t it great to be able to have several families over to cook out? One of the most fun and tasty things to grill and share with friends is a large rack or [...]
The name “Dump” cake, doesn’t conjure up an appetizing image or sound like something you’d really want to eat for dessert, but let me tell you, it was a huge hit with a large crowd on Easter Sunday. I always see dessert pictures or recipes in magazines that look delicious, but they either have too many ingredients or look too [...]
The hot “dog days of summer” are quickly approaching, and with them comes a need to keep friends and family well hydrated! In the past few weeks I have found some great beverage recipes that are extremely more exciting than the same old hum-drum usual offerings of lemonade, ice tea, soda, beer, and wine. When [...]
If there were going to be one improvement that I’d like to make to our kitchen or our outdoor screened in lanai, it would be to add a wet bar. If you had the space, it really wouldn’t be very difficult to do. Since most people usually end up in the kitchen when you are [...]
My husband and I hosted a party last night that was so much fun, I thought it would be good to share the idea. As middle aged parents, my husband and I enjoy a date night every month or so, but we also enjoy small get-togethers with a few good friends for good eats, drinks, [...]