Blog
From Our Home to Yours

04.23.2019

Ed’s Best Rib Eyes

Dear Friends, While some may think that grilling a steak is an easy, everyone knows how to do it thing, apparently, it’s not. Over and over again, when friends enjoy Ed’s Best Rib Eyes, they want to know his secret. What’s the secret sauce? How does he cook them to perfection every time? Given that…

Read More>

04.16.2019

Asparagus and Peas with Basil

Dear Friends, If you’re looking for one more wonderful side for your Easter menu or you’re just looking for a fabulous fresh vegetable mix, let me present Cornelia Hoover’s Asparagus and Peas with Basil. We shared this with the EE community last spring as part of Cornelia’s Rack of Lamb Menu. See the full menu…

Read More>

04.09.2019

Easter Menu

DEAR FRIENDS! Easter is right around the corner so hop on over to the EE Blog for this Easter Menu and all the recipes! I must confess that we won’t be spending Easter at home this year. The little ones in this photo are grown now and living and working in other cities. They couldn’t…

Read More>

04.03.2019

Goat Cheese and Roasted Tomato Spread

Dear Friends, I’ve just returned from two days of EE fun with a good friend and fabulous host, Donna Lawhon and the Garden Study Club (The Garden Club of Virginia) in Martinsville, VA, a beautiful city with great people and history. The night before our big day with the garden club, a small group enjoyed…

Read More>

03.25.2019

Celebrate March Madness with This Slam Dunk Menu and Recipes … Your fans will be cheering for more!

Welcome . . . This week EE gives you an article featured in ScoopCharlotte for March Madness! It’s March Madness and I’m excited to share the Effortless Entertaining menu that I’ll serve when friends join us to watch the games! Game time is the perfect time to effortlessly entertain. You’ve got built-in, super casual fun, and there’s no need…

Read More>

03.20.2019

Jalapeño Cucumber Limeade

Dear Friends, It’s March Madness … and while everyone is talking about spring, I must let you know, I am talking, reading, breathing basketball! Check out this fun article from one of my favorite WSJ writers, Jason Gay, “I love Duke, please forgive me.” Even if my beloved Tar Heels lose at some point, perish the…

Read More>

03.13.2019

DeeDee’s Rice Salad

Dear Friends, I think Nat King Cole would like my rice salad … it would give him the feeling that he’s toying “with a few vegetables.”  Even better, it’s a perfect accompaniment with anything on the grill. Although it’s not quite Spring, we feel it’s close! We want to be outside even if we still…

Read More>

03.05.2019

Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole

Dear Friends, March … we long for spring and yet, for most of us, winter keeps rearing its windy, rainy, snowy, head. In North Carolina, we are tempted to pack up our winter coats, but no can do Boo! I just arrived in Atlanta and it’s windy and cold here too. I’m sitting with my…

Read More>