March is the ideal time to pack-up shop and get away. Winter is supposed to be over, but somehow it feels like it's just getting worse. Unfortunately, some of us are no longer in a stage of life where taking a week off to drink tequila is acceptable or mandated by university scheduling.

Appetizers are key to throwing a successful party -- we've got three reasons why. First, they give your guests something to eat while you're getting t...

We're skipping the uncertainty of cooking for mere nominees and creating a "best of" buffet that features finger food from movies that have taken home the golden statuette in the past.

There's a reason why we dedicate an entire chapter to dips in our book: they're fun, they're filling and they're easy to make in Super Bowl-sized proportions.

For new year's, we like to host. We drink, we dance and sometimes we go out into the city night. But the party at home with friends is usually the best part.

These awesome appetizers require almost no moment-of work or attention. Some need to be pulled out of the oven or gently reheated, but other than that, they're purely make-ahead.

Empanadas, the Spanish name for filling encased by dough or pastry, sounds lovely to me and conjures up visions of delicious morsels hot out of the oven.