Tag "Entertaining"

Thanksgiving

9 Delicious Thanksgiving Sides

We know you’ve got a plan for the main event on Thanksgiving. It’s probably the thing you make every year and maybe it’s the same thing your Mom always made.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Sides

I’m giddy just writing this post. I love Thanksgiving. And not just because I’m an American living in Canada so I get TWO of them out of the deal but

Dinner

Panzanella

Here’s a classic post with a fabulous summer recipe. If you’ve got some picnics or barbecues coming up, you’ll want this in your back pocket. Not actually in your back

Fruits

Watermelon Cupcakes

My friend Dorna goes all out for birthdays. Her daughter Violet and Esme have been best friends since before they were three. I’m always teasing her about how crafty she

Dairy

French Toast Nuggets Stuffed with Lemon Ricotta

I feel bad posting this recipe this week. With the new documentary FED UP having hit theatres last week, my timing on a maple syrup-laden breakfast isn’t so perfect. Although

Nuts & Seeds

Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

Yes, it’s chocolate week on SPC and as Laura mentioned the other day, we’re loving the mini vacation from health food. Like most right-thinking people, chocolate is my favourite indulgence

By Occasion

Lisa’s Letters Home: Chocolate Pots with a Side of Siena

It’s always a bit tricky when we have people over for supper. We don’t want to inflict our dietary choices on unsuspecting friends (“Here, I made you a crustless cheesecake

Articles

Chef Amanda On How to Throw a Dinner Party

Throwing a real grown up dinner party is overwhelming for the accomplished host/hostess.  To those with little experience it can be terrifying.  We recently hosted Al’s family’s Thanksgiving Dinner and have

Spring

Lisa’s Letters Home: Strata

It was my mother-in-law’s 70th birthday gathering last weekend, and she decided on a brunch family get together for the Sunday. I love brunch. Brunch reminds me of home, and of 

Round-Ups

Roundup: Brunch Ideas

Do you have family visiting for the holidays? Are you going to visit family? Who is making breakfast? If it’s you then this is your life jacket. Each of these recipes are