Tag: Party
Winter Greenmarket Mix N Mingle Cocktail Party: Seasonal Root Drinking
Winter is the perfect time to entertain at home; bring hearty produce into new light, keep warm and create a glow all your own with old and new friends. This season we focus on root vegetables. It’s always fun to meet new people and the slow days of winter are a perfect excuse for that. [...]
Westchester Magazine’s Wine & Food Weekend Launch Party
A couple of cool pieces of news out of the the launch party for Westchester Magazine’s Wine & Food Weekend, which will be held June 6-9 in White Plains. 1. Zachys, the venerable wine shop in Scarsdale, has signed on as a sponsor! 2. The Burger Bash, which was completely sold out last year, is [...]
A Dinner Party Is Conceived: Open Call For Vegan Recipes
Round two of my dinner party series, only this time with a challenge: it has to be vegan AND gluten free. Quite the heavy basket, let’s hope I don’t get Chopped! So let me tell you how I learned to cook – well at least how I started cooking. It started when I moved out [...]
A Dinner Party Is Born: The Conclusion
So we have come to the end of the road with this series. (Resisting…urge…to sing…Boyz To Men…) When December 29th finally rolled around, I had had the date on the books for the bulk of the holiday season, menu planned for about as long, accumulated necessities over the course of a week and spent two [...]
Super Bowl Party, Peter X. Kelly Style
From the X20 and Restaurant X newsletter, a note about the Super Bowl celebrations hosted by chef-owner Peter X. Kelly. “Perhaps the only more exciting place to watch the game will be the Harbaugh’s Family room, but it’s doubtful that they are serving Cowboy Rib-Eye!” Both restaurants are doing a “casual Super Bowl gathering where [...]
A Dinner Party is Born: The Eats
It’s time to cut to the chase – the food. Arranging a date for the party may have taken some jostling and my single-stop shopping trip didn’t work out quite that way, but one thing actually was smooth sailing – the cooking. And at a dinner party where I was really trying to flex my [...]
A Dinner Party is Born: Budgeting & Shopping
I am not good at “reeling it in” when it comes to entertaining. Notorious for over-shopping and preparing, I am like an unstoppable force, hunting and gathering goods for my guests every time anyone so much as mentions stopping by. Heaven forbid anyone should go home hungry from one of my gatherings. AND the runaway [...]
A Dinner Party Is Born: The Set Up
Let me tell you about something I hate. I am pretty in to blogs, so when I peruse my daily reads, I want the truth and nothing but. I came upon your blog for a reason so no need to hoodwink me in to staying, I’m here! I’m yours forever. Example, the style blogs I [...]
Seasonal Chef: Holiday Party Pot Luck, Part 2: Bringing an Appetizer
Appetizers are an interesting food category. The definition of appetizer is: a small dish of food or drink taken before a meal to stimulate one’s appetite. Interesting, indeed! Appetizers come in all shapes and sizes, with literally thousands of options floating out there. Hummus with Red Radish and Pita Crisps Grilled Shrimp with Minted Yogurt [...]
Seasonal Chef: Holiday Party Pot Luck, Part 1: Bringing a Dish to a Dinner Party
Mention four little words “can I bring something?” and many people shudder when the answer is “yes.” What is it about Pot Luck dinners that turn the most confident person into a quivering mess? Thoughts of creating a four-star restaurant quaility dish permeates your brain and you’re toast. Thinly Sliced Zucchini with Ricotta and Fresh [...]
