Cranberry Jello
Cranberry sauce with turkey is great. The red berries add a festive splash of colour to a plate of turkey at any time. But you can dress up even your…
Waifs and Strays Christmas
My partner and I were alone one Christmas. We realized a few of our friends would be too so we invited them for Christmas dinner. As you do especially at…
Coleman Stove Stir Fry
This is a success story, a risky entertaining move that worked. Years ago when I knew something about cooking but not a lot about having dinner parties, I wanted to…
Meal plans
When you're making a meal, buy the right parts and remember all of it. I learned this one New Year's Eve. I cooked dinner for three friends. I’d decided to make…
If you don’t eat it, don’t cook it
This was the stupidest meal I ever made, even though it worked out fine. When I was young and foolish, I invited a young man I was trying to impress…
Entertaining with ease – or not
Entertaining at Home With Ease is a book co-written by my late mother-in-law, Dr. Marjorie Stewart. Her main point about dinner parties is make it easy for yourself and that,…