Planning a Happy Thanksgiving 2017 — 1 Week to Go!

This post has been edited from the original which was published on November 17, 2011. It’s always hard to accomplish your Thanksgiving tasks when you don’t know how many people you’re having over!  I think I have the final count and we’re only going to be 22 people this year, including my two daughters who […]

Planning a Happy Thanksgiving 2017 – 4 weeks and counting

This post has been edited from the original, which was published on October 27, 2011. Can you believe what today is?  It is the beginning of the countdown!!  Thanksgiving is 4 weeks from today!  No need to panic, friends.  We’re going to have some fun over the next month!  Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I […]

Dinner Planner: Week of October 16th 2017

Dinner Planner: Week of October 16th 2017

I saw a quote on Hoda Kotb’s Instagram feed, “Friday the 13th is still better than Monday the whatever.”  Love that. 🙂  This felt like a looooong week.  Lots of great stuff coming up this week like a book signing at Salutations Home in Pasadena on Monday, October 16th from 9:45 am to 11:45 am. […]

Dinner Planner: Week of September 25th 2017

Dinner Planner: Week of September 25th 2017

I’m in Dallas for the weekend for family weekend at the girls’ school.  And it’s my older daughter’s birthday, so we’ll be doing lots of celebrating!  I’m staying a few days extra to teach a private class at my friend Lisa’s house, do a book signing at Interabang Books, and a cookign sgement on the […]

Dinner Planner – Week of June 26th, 2017

It’s nice to be home this weekend before I take off again. I’m catching up on emails, snail mail and shooting some recipes for the blog.  I do have some fun upcoming events and such that I can tell you about: Monday, June 26th Set your DVR’s for my Hallmark Home & Family appearance!  That […]