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Filed under: Parties , Vodka , Recipes , Cocktails , Spirits , Liqueurs , Celebrations , Hanukkah , Christmas , New Year's , Winter I do most of my cocktail inventing around the holidays. The reason for this is twofold. One, I always visit my parents Read More...
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The New Year's Eve party is almost destined to fail. It carries too much weight, that onus to finish the year on a high note, to prove it all turned out ok, that the long, choppy twelve months are ending with a big, if admittedly really boozy and high-pitched, Read More...
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Show me an Epicurious reader, and I'll show you someone who loves cheese. As I've mentioned before, I recently learned about the hallowed Cheese Clock, a shorthand method of pairing cheese with wines, beers, and what have you. People asked for more challenging Read More...
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Christmas and Hanukkah may be over, but New Year's Eve is just two days away. If you're hosting a party, chances are you're worried about spending too much money, but thankfully help is on the way and it comes from entertaining and lifestyle guru Katie Read More...
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Filed under: Parties , Wine , Beer , Champagne , Celebrations , Holidays , Hanukkah , Christmas , New Year's , Winter Champagne or another bubbly might possibly be my stuck-on-a-desert-island drink of choice, but not everyone feels the love. Monday I Read More...
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A couple weeks ago, I wrote about my introduction to the Cheese Clock and the fundamentals of cheese pairings and entertaining with cheese. Some folks asked for more challenging pairings, so I shot an e-mail back to cheese guy David Monn and the Artisanal Read More...
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Filed under: Parties , Hors D'oeuvres , Condiments , Retro cookery , Festive Family Feasts Scanned from Time to Entertain by Charlotte Turgeon (1954) Fifty-four years after this printing, I'm hard-pressed to argue with Ms Turgeon on the import of having Read More...
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You probably wouldn't guess it from my last name, but I always enjoyed Hanukkah growing up, even if I could never quite figure out which way to spell it, and even though, as a non-Jew, I was never privy to the same kind of insights as Raphael Kadushin. Read More...
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Filed under: Parties , Liqueurs , Holidays When I was 23 years old, I inherited my grandparents apartment, contents and all. As they were people who liked to entertain, that inheritance included a full stocked liquor cabinet. I didn't know much about Read More...
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Does that sound like a killjoy headline or what? But with all the soirees this time of year it's pretty easy to undo diet gains you've made or just end up feeling gross (seven-layer dip plus seven glasses of wine = yuck city the next day). With that in Read More...
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Filed under: Parties , Television/Film , Celebrations Tomorrow night on Top Chef , Gail Simmons has a special surprise for the Chef'testants. She's throwing her girlfriend a bridal shower and they are cooking! Creating a menu around the old maxim: Something Read More...
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Filed under: Tastings , Parties , Wine , Trends , Celebrations , Holidays , Hanukkah , Christmas , New Year's , Winter , Wine of the Week 'Tis the season for holiday parties! I'm bringing the food and beverages to a cookie exchange this week, and I've Read More...
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While testing recipes for our new entertaining feature, Katie Brown's Luxe-for-Less New Year's Eve Party, I discovered a great hostess trick, the ice block. In the story, lifestyle guru Katie Brown recommends serving punch and shares her recipe for Giggle Read More...
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Filed under: Tastings , Parties , Wine , Raves & Reviews , America , North America , Holidays Well, what do you suppose popped up at the liquor store next to the Recession Red ? Recession White! Ladies and gentlemen, it's $3.99, it has a plastic cork, Read More...
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Filed under: Parties , Beer , Cocktails , On the Blogs , America , Spirits , Celebrations Happy Repeal Day! As I'm sure you know, today is the 75th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition. For folks in my bizz, winemakers, brewers, and distillers; it's Read More...
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