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The big parties are over. For at least this summer and likely into the fall. So, how do you navigate getting together and be as cautious … Continue reading The Dinner Party for the 4th of July
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If you want to take the stress out of entertaining, the top priority is planning in advance. Once you figure out the when, who, where and … Continue reading Weekend Greek Lunch
Throughout the year, we host lots of dinners and parties as well visiting restaurants all over for both work and pleasure. When it comes to celebrating … Continue reading New Year’s Celebration
There are two types of dinner parties in Washington, DC: fun ones and not so fun. We prefer fun parties spending our nights with friends, leaving … Continue reading A Washington Dinner Party
Getting ready for a Memorial Day BBQ can be an easy task if you keep it casual and serve delicious, yet simple to make, menus. We … Continue reading Memorial Day Barbecue
Anytime there is a big tournament, playoff or major sporting event it is smart to put together a menu that gets easier to manage as the … Continue reading March Madness Menu
As you know, spring is a funny time for cooking because everyone thinks it is summer but the farmers market is still hinting its still winter, … Continue reading Spring Sunday Supper
As I say to guests a lot, in jest, “People, this didn’t just happen!.” When we are throwing parties for 40 people or more we plan … Continue reading The Party Timeline
I like a Super Bowl party with fewer but better items on the menu. As much as I like home-made fast food, such as fried chicken … Continue reading Super Bowl Menu
When winter hits the East coast people either head to the slopes, go skating or hunker down and spend a lot more time inside. Here are … Continue reading Our Favorite Blizzard Menus
Just before Thanksgiving people start pushing their healthier eating ideas to January, so just after New Years the guilt sets in for all the wine and eating that has taken place. Not only does the guilt set in, but when … Continue reading The After New Years Guilt
This year Sunday falls right before Christmas Eve and Day so family and friends, or at least some of them, have already assembled. The big question … Continue reading The Day Before Christmas Eve — What to Eat?
As we enter Christmas week a lot of people are trying to figure their grocery list to plan for the events they are hosting or need … Continue reading Christmas Hors-d’oeuvres
We cook a lot of chicken at LPB and there are definitely dishes that are best for the winter month. We have sorted out the top three cold weather dishes that are fairly easy to make and people really enjoy. … Continue reading Winter Chicken Dishes
After the first week of the holiday party season I start reach maximum capacity for mini-burgers, shrimp bowls, filo wrapped anything and all of great holiday … Continue reading Mid-Way Through Holiday Party Season
Happy Birthday 🎁 🎂 🎈 🎊 🍰 🎉 🍷 🍸 💃!!! Hoping your next year is filled with friends, family and success. You just have … Continue reading Happy Birthday!!!!
Every Christmas, we like to plan two parties: One for the day the tree goes up and the other for when it comes down. At each … Continue reading Tree Trimming Party
I think the best Thanksgiving meal I ever had was on a small boat heading from St John over to Willie T’s in the Brittish Virgin Islands. Wee opened up our bagged lunch, at 8 AM, which consisted of a … Continue reading Thanksgiving Leftovers: Curried Turkey Pot Pie
As you know, we do a lot of our work over a meal, well most of Washington does but we actually cook the food. These lunches were once dubbed “power lunches” but they have calmed down a great deal over the … Continue reading Work Lunch
Unless Halloween falls on a Friday or Saturday night, everyone is costumed-out when the actual day comes. So we like to have a Halloween –no costume– dinner party with a small group of friends to commemorate the season. Since this … Continue reading Halloween Menu
