Dinner Parties

This birthday dinner incorporates a key piece of feedback from my star diner: reduce the amount of cooking between courses. This meal is...

Sometimes I find a recipe that makes me want to have people over for dinner. In this case, it was this very interesting scarpaccia...

Tomato season is one of the most magical times of the year, and local California tomatoes are one of the most inspiring ingredients. As...

When friends are traveling through, I always want to cook a little dinner party for them even if its squished into their full agenda....

Many of my dearest friends are New Yorkers, so I like to host a Friendsgiving (in a friend's apartment) when I visit in the fall. Yes, a...

Light and bright flavors in this meal incorporate a few different asian cuisines highlighting spring produce and evenings getting longer,...

My mantra for Friendsgiving is the more the merrier - within reason - so I host a potluck to avoid a messy kitchen and involved cooking...

We tried out an amazing book - Joanne Lee Molinaro's The Korean Vegan - to explore a new cuisine. The book is very accessible but pushed...