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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Salmon and zucchini in lemon herb butter
There are cold rainy March days when you might find yourself without any particular plan, wandering around Anthropologie looking at the spring dresses, wondering where the sunshine has gone, then spending a lot more money than you intended on a … Continue reading
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Tagged basil, capers, en papillote, lemon, marabou slippers, parsley, salmon, zucchini
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This dinner will get you laid (if you actually get to eat it) – Risotto and the weekend that never was.
It was my friend John’s birthday and the plan was that 10 of us would drive to Woodstock and hang out in a house on Friday night, Saturday, have breakfast on Sunday and get back to the city in time … Continue reading
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – A Full On Cocktail Party
There can be few occasions sexier than a cocktail party; little black dresses, sparkly earrings, high heels safe in the knowledge that not a lot of walking will be required, too much champagne …
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Garden of Eden Aphrodisiac Pizza
Valentines Day, it seems, dropped like a stone into the lives of many of my friends with the ripples resonating into the week.
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Tagged aphrodisiac, arugula, fig, flatbread, goat cheese, Grace, honey, parma ham, pizza, rocket, Sara, truffle oil
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This dinner will get you laid – 6 Menus for Valentines
Jonathan and I officially “don’t do†Valentines Day. We will not be taken in by cards with kittens on them, or by Snoopy-themed chocolates. No set price menus including duck, a chocolate dipped strawberry and a swirl of raspberry coulis … Continue reading
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Tagged antipasti, bacon, candle lit, carbonara, champagne, chick peas, chocolate, chocolate pots, cocktail, cous cous, fennel, orange, pasta, picnic, pomegranate, prosecco, ragu, red snapper, romance, strawberries, tagine, tiramisu, valentine's
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This dinner will get you laid – roast duck and pancakes for Chinese New Year
It’s the Chinese New Year of the rabbit, and I won’t lie to you; I was tempted to put bunny on the menu. But two things held me back; memories of my sisters’ pet rabbit who once, heroically, peed on … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese New Year, cucumber, duck, pancakes, plum sauce, scallion, spring onion, year of the rabbit
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Mac n Cheese in preparation for Super Bowl
Of all the dinners I’ve hosted for my close friends Sasha and Matt over the years the best one, the no-doubt-about-it favorite, was actually not cooked by me at all, but by my husband Jon.
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Tagged cheddar, cheese, gruyere, macaroni, pasta, penne, Sara
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Penne with truffled mushroom sauce
On the way home from husband Jon’s fantastic gallery show opening (Mapping the Big Apple – an example of which you can see above) friends Ingyin and Yosi pointed to a small nondescript village park – in any other city, … Continue reading
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Tagged date, mapping the big apple, mushroom, penne
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Coq au Vin, for when it’s really time to impress
A combination of snow, work and being high as an escaped helium balloon on love has meant that Amazing Grace has been rather busy of late, so it was good to meet her for a 2 fingers up to the … Continue reading
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Tagged bay leaves, chicken, comfort food, coq au vin, date food, French, Grace, mushrooms, pancetta, red wine, sexy, star trek vs star wars, stew, thyme, wine
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This Dinner Will Get you Laid – Sailing into Manhattan
I left Manhattan in the cold – the kind of cold where the wind is gritted with ice as it roars down the avenues. But I’ve returned to New York in the snow, smothered under drifts of white, so I … Continue reading
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Tagged bitters, Bob, cocktail, Manhattan, Maraschino cherry, sailor, vermouth, whiskey
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