It’s time for another exciting round of what is soon to be America’s favorite gameshow…Name That Substance! .. If you guessed leftover props from a Carrie remake or something I would have gladly put in my hair during my goth phase, you’re incorrect. It’s actually the start of this: . . Delicious red velvet cupcakesContinue reading

Our holiday office party is tonight. And that means a big pot-luck dinner, a white elephant exchange full of cheesy delights, and apparently –this year– a bonfire beneath a backyard zip-line. Katie will be reporting live from the scene, so you can virtually join us for all the festivities! As the sign-up sheet circulated, IContinue reading

I recently discovered the Algonquin cookbook Party Receipts from the Charleston Junior League. Published in 1993, this comb-bound gem is the third in a series of entertaining guides put together by the women of the Charleston Junior League as a fund-raising project, starting with Charleston Receipts in 1950. As a misplaced Yankee, I absolutely fellContinue reading

I like to bake. At five, I’d help Mom spoon cookie dough onto baking sheets, sneaking taste tests when I could and then peering through the hazy glass of the oven door watching my pods flatten and brown. When I turned eight, I received a copy of Kids Cooking: A Very Slightly Messy Manual—and atContinue reading