Tag: Party Food

I used to have a lot of anxiety about entertaining.  Having people over meant at least a day, if not two, of intense work and preparation. I don’t know if I read too much Martha, …

Summer time is pie time. After years of resistance, I have come to love a good fruit pie, with juices running every which way. But as seasonal as it is, fruit pie …

I first tried Vietnamese food the summer after I graduated from college. I was in the south of France with my parents, who were chaperoning a group of college students through a summer program. We …

If you're not familiar with the concept, icebox cake is a no-bake cake which involves pairing something crisp (like chocolate wafers, or ritz crackers, or in this case, graham crackers) with something creamy, like …

Little sliders (fun to eat!, finger food that one can eat on the couch while watching the TV), made from mushroom caps (We'll ignore the fact that for purposes of the challenge, mushrooms aren't exactly …

I make no pretenses that this is based on some autentico salsa especiale I tasted in a tiny cafe in Zihuatanejo. In fact, this recipe is based entirely on a pineapple I had in …

When I attended this past weeks' Food Bloggers Los Angeles Event, in which the theme was honoring our mothers, I had a lot of choices about what I could make. On the other hand, …