Susan, DeeDee, Mary, Nancy, Donna, and Sally DEAR FRIENDS, Donna Lawhon is a girl after my own heart! We love to talk about food, cooking, and entertaining. This fabulous and effortless Arugula and Fig salad recipe is from her. We served it one night at a dinner party for 16 … clearly, it increases well!…
DEAR FRIENDS, About this time last year Sonja and Richard Nichols and Ed and I were hosting our first Making Your People My People Dinner. See the Fall Porchetta newsletter on the BLOG. Since then, we have enjoyed several more dinners with this treasured group of new friends. We are truly getting to know each other, becoming real…
DEAR FRIENDS, Ah … fall is truly here … your children are back in school, friends have returned from summer travel, meetings have resumed, and the weather is cooler. Okay, well maybe the weather isn’t cooler. Honestly! Happens every year, right? Mother Nature snickers as we’re trying to obey fall fashion rules in 90-degree weather….
Dear Friends, I’m excited to be visiting Knoxville next week with Beth Walker, Curator for Gryphon Estate Silver. Our host for this lovely event — see invitation below — is Sweet Pea Knoxville. While many don’t live in Knoxville, you may have friends who live in that area of Tennessee. Please let them know —…
Dear Friends, Tailgaters and other Foodtakers! You know who you are … always taking something yummy to share for the tailgate or casual pot luck dinners! I’ve found just the thing to make sharing much easier and more attractive. Fancy Panz! Don’t you love the name? You’re going to love the panz even more. The Good…
DEAR FRIENDS, It’s Game Day! Sunday morning Ed and I will hightail it back to Charlotte from Grandfather for the season opener … Carolina Panthers v LA Rams. This, of course, has me thinking about football food. Although our tailgate is catered — yes, you heard that right — we do prepare a lot of…
DEAR FRIENDS, For this week’s Dish, I’m taking us out of the kitchen. Instead of a recipe, I’m featuring a Style Point. I hope those of you who own Effortless Entertaining have enjoyed this section of your book. While I love preparing dinner for my guests, I also like pretty flowers on the table and around the house….
DEAR FRIENDS, Although I’ve tried to ignore all the back-to-school and fall is approaching hoopla, I’m simply unable to avoid it. Bit by bit summer is winding down, and fall is winding up so, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em! With that, I give you a back to school snack all ages will love … Niki…