shepherd's pie dinner party menu

the first time i made shepherd's pie was for my parents last winter. i remember shopping for several hours to find individual porcelain ...

healthy chicken salad

  it's a deli definitive.  it's perfect picnic food.  it's not what your grandmother made by just stirring in some mayonnaise. ...

mini carrot cupcakes

being in charge of the food for my mother and father in-law's 50th anniversary party gave me some challenges: 30+ people, the setting wa...

appetizer skewers

appetizers set the mood for an evening. starters get things going by stimulating appetites, inspiring toasts, and energizing conversations. ...

crab towers with avocado & gazpacho salsas

lunch, brunch, or a beautiful meal in the middle of the day, followed by a nap, is pure luxury for jim and me. we take our weekend-big-meals...

leafy green salads

       after all these years of nudging my taste-tester-husband away from a meat based diet, he recently proclaimed to me, "i really ju...

classic northern italian lasagne

      u se marcella hazan's recipe for baked lasagne with meat sauce to create a classic northern italian masterpiece. but realize this:...