Category Archives: Great Fun/Parties

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Winter Solstice Party Menu Planning

Winter Solstice Party Menu Planning

“Are you having the Winter Solstice Party this year?” Yes, and I’m at the end of the three-month party preparation marathon! Ack!! In September of 1994 I became the proud owner of a house that predates the Great Chicago Fire.

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Cookies of Good Fortune

Cookies of Good Fortune

China Moon Cookbook's recipes recreate the vibrant East-meets-West cuisine served at Barbara Tropp's innovative China Moon Cafe in San Francisco in the 1990s. Baking China Moon's "Cookies of Good Fortune" is an annual tradition—so easy, so delicious, they've been

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Entertaining with Sarah Leah Chase

Entertaining with Sarah Leah Chase

I had no idea who Sarah Leah Chase was until 1989 when a sailing friend gave me a copy of the Nantucket Open-House Cookbook in a beautiful birthday gift basket. The seashore colors of the cover appealed to me that summer,