Heat Wave Entertaining

Set a pretty table for hot summer night entertaining — with or without candles.

Cookbooks, seasonal menu, summer menu, party food, Portland Oregon, restaurants, rotisserie cookingKaren TripsonJuly 31, 2022summer menu, watermelon salad, pok pok portland, pok pok hens, ike's wings, Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings, Kai Yaang, Thai hens, Pok Pok, pok pok cookbook

Cioppino at Home

It’s easy to make cioppino at home. Follow the pro chefs for a luxurious result with many varieties of seafood and Ottolenghi’s technique to give the host a few extra minutes.

Cioppino, entree, Italian restaurant, Ottolenghi, party food, restaurants, seafood stewKaren TripsonApril 25, 2022cioppino, Ottolenghi, fish stock, fish soup, Nicks Laguna Beach, Alaska fish, Alaska fishing trip

The Ottolenghi Wedge Joins the Best Ottolenghi Recipes

The Best of Ottolenghi List receives an addition that will likely become your favorite buffet salad.

Ottolenghi, party food, salad, sous vide, side dish, traditional, make ahead, do in advanceKaren TripsonMay 4, 2021wedge salad, iceberg lettuce, aubergine, aubergine cream, eggplant, radish, avocado

Zoom Cooking Class for Mushroom Paprikash

A new Paprikash recipe from the classics.

Budapest, Hungarian cuisine, Hungary, main entree, party food, vegetarian option, George LangKaren TripsonFebruary 19, 2021Hungarian paprikash, Hungarian, paprikash, mushrooms, vegetarian

How to Make Armenian Jingalov Hats from Lavash the Cookbook

Here’s a fun, easy and inexpensive idea for an appetizer or snack, Jingalov Hats.

appetizer, Cookbooks, crowd, party food, vegetarian option, ArmenianKaren TripsonMarch 12, 2020Lavash, jingalov hats, armenian, greens, mixed greens, neutral greens, herbal greens, sour greens

Duck Tacos: My Best New Cooking Trick

Duck Tacos are easy, different and please so many guests.

party food, Event, crowd cooking, bistroKaren TripsonDecember 16, 2019instant pot, duck, tacos, hoisin, cole slaw

The New Spanish — Bites, Feasts and Drinks

Exciting cooking and reading from Huertas NYC restaurant.

Chicken Mole for the Block Party

Another good time and good food with the neighbors!

L.A.’s Legendary Restaurants

If you need a mini vacation away from the real world, you can hardly do better than to sit back and relax with George Geary’s new book, L.A.’s Legendary Restaurants - Celebrating the Famous Places Where Hollywood Ate, Drank and Played. It's sheer indulgence in the romance and glamour of Hollywood in the golden era.

Local Cheese Tray for a Party

A cheese tray created from local cheeses showcases the farmers in your area and anchors the buffet at a party or wine tasting.

Ladies' Lunch: My Paris Kitchen

Cooking for a crowd: Here's an idea that's pretty on the plate, vegetarian or could be, and will suit a wide variety of appetites.

entree, French, Event, party food, main entreeKaren TripsonJune 23, 2015Menu planning, ladies party, bridesmaids party, vegetarian, My Paris Kitchen, Renee Erickson, David Lebovitz, boat street cafe

Special Menu for New Friends

Entertaining is not always your dear old friends or family. How do you reciprocate when you’ve been wined and dined by people you don't know very well?

Mid-Century Modern Style Party

All about the joy of receiving a special invitation to a party and what it inspires.

Cookbooks, party food, appetizerKaren TripsonOctober 20, 2014the joy of cooking, betty crocker picture cookbook, mid-century modern style menu, aspic

Rendang (Chicken, Beef or Shrimp)

How pleasurable were the citrus aromas and flavors as bright accents on the rich coconut cream that coated his tongue.

ingredients, Event, appetizer, party foodKaren TripsonApril 11, 2013chicken, beef, entree, traditional, dried coconut