Category: Eat + Entertain

  • Decorate Your Holiday Home like a Pro

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    An opulent, painterly floral centerpiece can cause the kind of lust associated with Italian men and chocolate. If you have the right arrangement even the addition of paper plates won’t compromise the setting. As with design or fashion, by centering the theme on one statement piece and all other accents fall into place. DeJuan Stroud is an expert…

  • Simple Holiday Tabletop Ideas

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    When hosting our annual Thanksgiving dinner I tend to channel those Oscar winning actresses who decide hours before the event on what they will wear. While I am not on a designer coveted-one-to-dress-list, a girl can dream, I play dress up on the tablescape. Over the years I have acquired a variety of tabletop pieces, either from…

  • Little King Restaurant Opens in Williamsburg

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    Dining out may be the ultimate bargain, especially if the restaurant delivers an international experience without the overseas expenses. Little King in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, takes the concept even further by offering time travel. Master that Sir Richard Branson! The recently opened bistro, designed by Christina Salway, deftly melds Art Deco and European influences. A visit…

  • Simple Chili Recipe

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    Chili and I go way back. What was once designated as the only lunch option from base mountain restaurants has become a cool weather staple. As we experience the transition from summer to fall, the palette makes the transition from salad weather to chili weather. Now that embers shoot from old stone fireplaces and mini tornadoes of leaves skim the roads, I find that I am…

  • 6 Steps to a Styled Thanksgiving

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    Whether it’s the autumnal decor or calendar blotted with competing plans, rumblings of Thanksgiving are happening in our household. We may eschew a trip to avoid the holiday chaos, which leaves our home as the natural destination. 1. Submit Seasonal for Holiday Unless it’s vintage, decorating with turkeys and pilgrims is the same as assuming a…

  • Got Milk? Maybe Not – Choosing the Best Dairy and Non-Dairy

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    If I didn’t become undone from managing deadlines and trying to out pumpkin neighborhood doorsteps, shopping the milk aisle adds to my failure in the quest to become a competent mother. Once my son was born I knew to breast feed and even surpassed fourteen months of feeding and pumping, which did more than toughen my nipples. It was a…

  • High IQ Foods – Simple Fall Vegetables

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    Living in a four-season climate and it’s impossible not to be affected by the change of weather. While I will spare you on the autumn evolution of a leaf or cheery Halloween décor for other stories, our palette experiences its own transformation. Eating leafy salads and popsicles patterned with chunks of fruit is as out of sync…

  • Organic School Lunch – Inside & Out

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    With all the parenting blogs, health sites and even a nifty little app that gives your daily calorie count, what to pack in your child’s lunch can be daunting. There’s also that moment of parental failure when your son comes home from school with part of his lunch left over. Or that Ian’s mom gives…

  • Spot On – Polka Dot Table Decor

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    When serving treats make sure they are dressed well. The same theory holds true when wearing couture and forgetting to brush your hair. Presentation creates the entire package. Polka dotted cupcake wrappers, tablecloth, straws, napkins and party accessories are festive, come in fun colors, and turn a simple sweet into an event. From your grocery store to online party venues like…

  • Make the Best Salad – Ever

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    When you come home to find freshly picked vegetables delivered on your doorstep from a neighbor, the challenges of suburbia become tolerable. The bundle of arugula and herbs carry their fragrance inside. The squash looks more saturated against the bed of greens—model shades for a color wheel. The garden pickings make appearances in sauces, layered aside tomatoes and…