Sunday I hosted three of my favorite couples for a brunch installment of our fun dinner club. I had a blast - and like any five course meal preparation with beverage pairings, I learned a lot!!
Any hour spent with friends is happy hour.
Ice cubes made from juice are a super-easy and super-impressive touch.
Shredding onions in a food processor is quite likely my eyes' worst nightmare, but these potato pancakes were worth it!
Why do they call watermelons seedless when they have seeds, and why are seedless cucumbers so long and skinny? Don't know, but watermelon gazpacho is good!
Tried and true recipes amidst new ones add strength to your bench. Highly recommend throwing in an old fav. These lemon ricotta soufflé guys are an old stand-by recipe I found in Glamour magazine years ago!!
Anything that starts with bacon and sausage and onion in a skillet has to be good. Thanks, Paula Deen!
Great wine doesn't have to be expensive.
Always check to make sure your waffle iron works in advance, or you'll have to make ugly chocolate pancakes instead. Oh, and be careful when you add Brandy to a bubbling hot mix of butter and sugar - WOOOOSH!!!
When I die and go to heaven, all I'll ever need is citrus-infused white hot chocolate and God. (And Grand Marnier makes everything better.)
Gale Gand's cookbook will change your life. It already changed mine. And I think it gave my friend a food coma.