We spent our fifth wedding anniversary on the Amalfi Coast a few years ago, and one of our hotels had the most amazing lobster and martini bar. Their lobster pasta is one …
Holiday Entertaining
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We don’t eat lobster very often, so it’s rare that we cook it at home. However, there are times we’ve had to do it, for example at our New Year’s …
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We recently planned the menu for a rustic Italian/California dinner party at a beautiful Duboce Triangle home. The goal was to create a menu that could be made mostly in …
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This olive oil cake from pastry chef Catherine Schimenti is one of our favorite desserts. Based on her mother’s pound cake recipe, this olive oil cake is simple and …
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Our joint New Year’s Eve party featured a seated formal dinner. Since Dungeness Crab season has been suspended indefinitely in California, interfering with our holiday plans (see our crab-less …
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Our friend Stacie Flinner made a fabulous bourbon cocktail (Eccentric Billionaire Cocktail) to start our joint New Year’s Eve party and we just had to have the recipe! We …
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Sarah has always wanted to make a croquembouche since she watched Martha Stewart’s Christmas special on television as a little girl. In France, croquembouches tend to be made for weddings …
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We were asked to serve a soup at our New Year’s Eve party. We thought a chilled pea, mint, and crab soup would be perfect because we wouldn’t have …
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Champagne is the quintessential wine for New Year’s Eve. While it’s certainly appropriate for a toast as the clock strikes midnight, it’s also a wine that you can enjoy …
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Porchetta is a classic Italian roast recipe, typically made with a pork loin rolled into pork belly and seasoned with herbs and citrus. This is probably our favorite way to …
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Canelés are a specialty of the Bordeaux region of France, and we think these delightful little pastries make an amazing holiday treat. The flavor is similar to creme brulee, with rum …
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Sarah’s Italian grandmother, Ma, always baked at Christmas. Ma’s Italian Christmas cookies were her favorite Christmas treat. Even when Sarah was in college, Ma would send her a box full of …