Quinoa Tabbouleh – 2021 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2021 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Minari, it’s Mintari! It’s a Spring Garden Party kind of year! Our menu theme this year is perfect for these late April Academy Awards. I’m going for a “set it and forget it” table. This salad couldn’t be better for this. Minari is so hopeful… and then not… […]
Orange & Fennel Chopped Salad – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Licorice Pizza, it’s Licodiced Pieces! It’s salad time at our Mid-Century Dinner Party! Paul Thomas Anderson gave us this gift of a nutty movie. Licorice Pizza is actually the name of a video store chain in Southern California around the 1970’s/’80’s. The vibe of the film was right […]
Bourbon Marinated Flank Steak – 2021 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2021 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Mank, it’s Flank! This year’s theme is my version of a Spring Garden Party in honor of the Academy Awards being held so late in April. “Set it and forget it” dishes makes Oscar night so much more fun. Let me introduce you to this year’s main course! […]
Roasted Chicken Breast with Spicy Passion Fruit Sauce – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For West Side Story, it’s Breast Side Story! We are LOVING the main course for our Mid-Century Dinner Party! Passion is the fashion when we are focusing on the modern and post-modern take on Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story. Steven Spielberg took on the classic (mid-century – ahem) […]
Cherry “Pop-Tart” Pastries – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For King Richard, it’s Bing Richtart! We continue along the desserts for our Mid-Century Dinner Party! Tennis. It was a big part of my childhood but not for reasons you’d guess. Ya see, back in the housewife days of the 1970’s Bronx, ladies looked for hobbies or activities outside […]
Donuts with Spiced Chocolate Filling – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Dune, it’s Dunuts! We complete our Mid-Century Dinner Party with these wonderful treats! DUNE! I watched it because it was a Best Picture Nomination and I liked the cast. It didn’t strike me as my kind of movie. But boy, was I wrong. It was so rich and […]
Welcome Pumpkin Season! Pumpkin Waffles!
Pumpkin has become like Christmas… the marketing push starts in August… and it’s just not time yet. No… a thousand times NO! I like certain flavors and foods to herald seasons and holidays or else they lose an element of magic. Now that we are officially in Pumpkin Season, I rejoice in it! It sings […]
Let’s Get Corny! Skillet Cornbread!
When I was a kid, I loved having a corn muffin. I’d toast it and add sweet butter. I considered it an indulgent breakfast. When I got to the age where it was all about going out with friends dancing until all hours, there was always a late night (or early morning) diner stop before […]