Recipe: Hawaiian Rice Bowls
Our first dinner in Hawaii was a make-your-own rice bowl feast featuring flavors of the island. Inspired by one of my favorite dishes at Pacific…
Aloha Maui!
Our 20-day adventure in Hawaii started with a 5:00am wake-up call this morning. Relatively stress-free process of getting through airport security with my parents and…
Holiday Housewarming Party without a Hitch
We started this series on holiday entertaining a few weeks ago with the outline for Holiday Party No. 1: A Housewarming for a Small Apartment. Over…
Holiday Party No. 9: Casual Cioppino Sunday Lunch
There comes a moment, on these busy holiday party weekends, where you realize you haven't eaten anything but spinach dip and fudge in about 36…
Holiday Party No. 8: Ladies High Tea at the Palace Hotel
My office has a tradition of a ladies tea to celebrate the holidays. Each December, a small group of the top women in the company…
New Adventures
Today is big. After four and a half years, this is my last day at my job. Back in 2009, I started with Practice Fusion…
Holiday Party No. 7: Cookie Exchange
My friend Nicole invited me to a cookie swap party last week, hosted at 18 Reasons. This community food space is the non-profit division of…
Weekends: Holiday Parties!
It really is Christmas with a weekend this packed with fun entertaining and events. Even San Francisco's classic crisp, clear winter weather showed up to…
Holiday Party No. 6: Christmas Brunch for 35 Guests
I've barely started working on our annual holiday brunch party that's coming up this Saturday. But the great thing about a party you host every…
Holiday Party No. 5: Couples Christmas Potluck
Patience wrote in with a request for a party this weekend: To the ever chic EmilyStyle! I somehow managed to say yes to hosting a…