A New Food Trend, Who Knew?
Category: cuisine, entertaining, featured, yourchichomeBy: The Twice Baked Twins, Judy Vig and Joy Paoletti
It is a year filled with new promises, dreams and the next phase in food trends! We are seeing different foods from other cultures popping up all over. One of the top food critics predicted that this years favorite cuisine would be Austrian. Another reported that Indian food was it!! The new dessert trend is the old fashioned comfort dishes like brown bettys, buckles, cobblers and crisps. These are the recipes our Nana passed down to us and we have been making for years. Who new it would be the “it” dessert for this wonderful new year! Let me tell you a little about each one. A brown betty is usually made with apples and bread or graham cracker crumbs with layers of each. A buckle is just a cake batter with the berries sprinkled in and when baked the top actually buckles over the fruit. The cobbler has a fruit filling with a very thick crust, and the crisp is just that, a fruit mixture on the bottom with a very crispy crumbly topping.
Top Ten Ways to Throw a Party on a Dime
Category: Interior design, cost saving ideas, cuisine, entertaining, top ten, yourchichome
By: Tavon Ferguson
10. The dollar store is your friend. Exhibit A: a wreath from a high end store is about $40 but a wreath with supplies bought from the dollar store is about $4. Your local dollar store has more than just canned veggies and birthday cards. They are stocked full of pre-made decorations and crafty kits.
9. You are invited to a dessert hour. You don’t always have to go for the large dinner with 10 homemade items that leaves you tired and your wallet stretched. How about a dessert party or a “Holiday Open House?” This way, you can serve desserts that can be made ahead of time.
TAG! You’re IT! You’re Hosting Thanksgiving!
Category: entertaining, yourchichomeBy: Joan Goldner
Founder, Busy Body Book
www.busybodybook.com
Think you can't pull it together? You CAN!
For all of our married life it was my ex that did most of the cooking and for ALL of the holidays. My literal “Soup to Nuts Nazi” NEVER consulted with me on menu and pretty much banned me from the kitchen (“Why did I give him the boot, you ask???”).
Easy Entertaining
Category: entertaining, yourchichome
By: Jennifer Perillo
Sundays are my day of rest. While I don’t take the day off completely-there are still dishes to wash and the never-ending loads of laundry that a family of four accumulates, I do try to keep the day “loose”. If you’re throwing a kids’ birthday party on this day, you won’t see the Perillo clan there. Sundays are about family and we’ll make exceptions only for the very closest of friends.
One thing I do love doing with such friends is brunch. Forget the lines and rushed service at restaurants. Not only is it better to chill at home and let the kids run crazy, but brunch is one of my favorite meals to cook.
