Category: Entertaining Tips

Black-and-White Brownies

Black-and-White Brownies Bottom Brownie Layer ¼ lb. Butter 1 C. Sugar 2 Eggs 2 squares melted Baking Chocolate ½ C. Flour ½ tsp. Vanilla Mix together. Beat with electric mixer until smooth and shin

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Filled Swedish Sponge Cake

Filled Swedish Sponge Cake This recipe is from Maggie’s mother. When she was small, she would help her mother with this traditional recipe. Its one saving grace is that it’s made three days ahead

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Peeps — one of the joys of Spring!

Is there anything more irresistible, more compelling than a Peep? In any of its various forms or colors? Just looking at them, all snug in their tightly packed rows, makes me smile. An entire display

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I Love Setting the Table!

I love everything about throwing any sort of dinner party; planning, invitations (old-fashioned–heavy-paper-stock-come–in-the-mail kind of invitations), shopping, cooking, hosting, and even clean-

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Surprise Fresh Strawberry Pie Party!

I recently read about a beloved small-town diner in the South – now closed – that would throw up a billboard that read: “F.H.P.I.C. – You Know Where.“ People watched and waited for this bill

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