Despite trends away from frozen or canned foods towards more fresh, homemade options, there are still a few stand-outs that make holiday cooking easy, elegant, delicious and less time-consuming.
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living
One of my Secrets of Adulthood (cribbed from Niels Bohr) is "The opposite of a great truth is also true." So whenever I'm very convinced that something is true, I ask myself, "Is the opposite also true?"
Maria Rodale | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
By 4:50 (remember, the party was supposed to start at 5:00), everyone had arrived except my brother. By the time he and his family arrived at 5:30, all the drinks were gone and dinner was ready.
Denise Vivaldo | Posted 09.25.2009 | Style
Take a nap and be rested. A clean house and a cranky host do not a party make.
Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
You don't quite realize just how much entertaining revolves around alcohol, until you stop revolving around alcohol. Here are my top 10 tips for sober entertaining that I've figured out after 10 years of sobriety.
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 09.06.2009 | Style
The Obamas aren't coming to Newport to vacation, but one hundred or even fifty years ago they would have. An idyllic spot, it's about to become the subject of several new books.
Carolynn Carreño | Posted 09.01.2009 | Style
My friend Susan Spungen is a food stylist, but she's not just any old food stylist. It's arguable that she is responsible for the way in which the food looks in the magazines and cookbooks that we read today.
Victoria Amory | Posted 08.23.2009 | New York
If you are looking to have a few sleepless nights, invite forty swell ladies for lunch at home. The Ladies from the Garden Club came to taste my food and receive a copy of my new book.
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 06.29.2009 | Style
When the Obamas ascended to the White House earlier this year, many Washingtonians breathed a sigh of relief: after serving a grim eight-year sentence...
Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 04.30.2009 | Living
I recently sat in on a therapy workshop. We were asked to talk about our family motto's. This was meant to demonstrate how clients often bring their family baggage onto "the couch" with them.
Liz Neumark | Posted 03.16.2009 | Style
Corporations are lying low; but the smart ones recognize the value of bringing people together in effective schmoozing.
Bridget Moloney | Posted 10.17.2008 | Style
Here's the problem: Desserts can be a tough sell at social events -- or rather casual social events.
The Green Guide | Alix Clyburn | Posted 06.07.2008 | Green
Even before I became Mommy Greenest, I had serious issues about the bag of candy we call the goody bag. In America, it has become standard for guests ...
Amy Ephron | Posted 11.09.2009 | Style