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Comment on Easter Dinner Prep by catherine

catherine — Fri, 06 May 2011 22:56:58 +0000

I hope you didn't get hurt! That doesn't sound good. For Easter I made a cheese blitz with Cherries. I make it for a lot of holidays. We don't have family and the kids don't eat much, so we generally don't cook traditional big meals for holidays. I mean, we don't ever cook big traditional meals.

Comment on Marie Antoinette Party: Inspiration by Becky Miller

Becky Miller — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:12:04 +0000

Your choice for dress-up: Harry Potter or Marie Antoinette.

Comment on Marie Antoinette Party: Inspiration by gwyn

gwyn — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:02:16 +0000

1. you should make cherry almond poundcake.
2. if i dump a thing of baby powder on my head, would that be sufficient for costuming? bc…hp comes out in july, and i think that's probably your quota of gwyn-dressup for 2011, right?

Comment on Marie Antoinette Party: Inspiration by Karin

Karin — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:25:58 +0000

I love the theme: "Let them eat cake!" (if I understood you correctly, that that would be your theme). I hope you have a great 30th birthday (you've waited about as long as anyone ever has to to reach your golden birthday).

The silhouette is beautiful!

I hope you'll post pictures:)

Comment on Easter Dinner Prep by Nichole

Nichole — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:33:46 +0000

Mmmm! Tell me more about the Ambrosia spinach salad. I have never had Ambrosia but I like to dip oranges in Cool Whip. And I love spinach salad because almost anything goes with it: cranberries and pecans, pear and goat cheese, apples and walnuts, strawberries and poppyseeds…
I didn't cook for Easter! I offered to bring a side dish but Easter dinner is pretty low-key, probably because it happens right after church. My mom makes a chocolate w/ vanilla frosting cross cake (symbolic) and my grandmother makes stuffing (no holiday is sans Portuguese stuffing, even if there's no bird to be stuffed) the day before, and then we just warm up a spiral ham and some vegetables.

Comment on Easter Dinner Prep by Karin

Karin — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:34:40 +0000

Happy Easter, Becky!

Sounds delicious! Makes me miss Easter with the Millers.

So sorry about the broken dishes, etc.

On our "table" this afternoon (which was really just us sitting on the floor of our hotel room) we ate ham and cheese sandwiches and drank a can of 1664 beer. Pretty exciting Easter gathering:)

Comment on Easter Dinner Prep by Danielle Hanley

Danielle Hanley — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:51:55 +0000

We're having marinaded leg of lamb, potatoes, salad, homemade rolls and pecan tassies. Aidan made the dinner and Aine made the dessert.

Seems like everyone else is having asparagus with Hollandaise sauce. They were out of asparagus when I got to the store.

Comment on Tastes of Spring: Dessert! by Karin

Karin — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:02:56 +0000

My mouth is watering. 'Nough said.

Comment on Tastes of Spring Dinner Party – Invite & Menu by KarlaMCurry

KarlaMCurry — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:11:57 +0000

Wow… that look yummy… and time-consuming… and expensive! Have a grand time!

Comment on Party Tips from Food Writer Ruth Reichl by gwyn

gwyn — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:33:53 +0000

YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS BOOK BECAUSE OF ME! I AM FULL OF WIN! i like build-your-own-burrito dinner parties. not as much as i love loco cocos burritos, but…y'know, those don't come with automatic friends, so…it's a trade-off.