Reluctant Entertainer

Why to Never Apologize for Culinary Mishaps!

A few weeks ago we had our friends over for dinner and as my husband and I served the main course, I broke my own Tenth Commandment: Never Apologize....

miscellany

Sunday Food 4 Thought: A Successful Salad …

“To remember a successful salad is generally to remember a successful dinner; at all events, the perfect dinner necessarily includes the perfect salad.” – George Ellwanger, Pleasures of the...

Beans

First Garden Lettuce of the Year & Black Bean Taco Salad

The rain has been relentless this Spring in Oregon, which is good, because we always need rain. But I must say the last couple of weeks we’ve had mixed...

Parties

A Teen Party with Mini Strawberry Pavlovas!

It’s hard to capture what really went on this day, but pictures really do say a thousand words, don’t they? And since strawberry season is just about here (we...

Decorating

Mixing Fruit and Flowers for an Inexpensive Tablescape

One thing about blogging is that you generally receive nice comments (99.9% of the time), and then an occasional comment that is really critical. If you’re a blogger, you...