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Luci, Michele, and Billa
Oct 278 min read
A Halloween Dinner
By Luci Isn’t Halloween wonderful? Funky-scary decorations; costumes that release inhibitions, the spirits and spirituality that...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Sep 1510 min read
Tutti Fruiti
By Luci As Autumn approaches, the ever-so-tasty fresh fruits and vegetables of summer begin to disappear from markets to be replaced by...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Jun 95 min read
April Showers Bring May Flowers
By Billa It was my turn to host a dazzling dinner. So, on a rainy day in April I invited the gang over for a May date. Aptly, the theme...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Dec 3, 20234 min read
A Grateful Thanksgiving
By Michele For me, Thanksgiving launches the festivities for the remainder of the year. It’s a time when I look forward to gathering with...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Nov 26, 20238 min read
For Fall: An Elegant and Easy Dinner
By Luci This Fall has been a beauty with splendid color - deep reds, glowing golds and incandescent oranges. A special dinner needed to...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Sep 3, 20237 min read
A Do-Ahead, Late Summer Dinner
By Luci The sizzling summer is subsiding, farm markets are bulging and you are SO into relaxing. So invite your friends over for a...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Aug 13, 20236 min read
The Diner Dinner
By Luci You are on a road trip traveling on the Pan American Highway from Alaska to Argentina. Where will you eat? Diners, diners and...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Jul 16, 202310 min read
An African Dinner
By Luci The back story: Last December one guest gifted me with a set of African spice mixtures and another guest left a set of napkin...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
May 28, 20236 min read
An Egyptian Dinner
By Billa A short while ago, I received a bunch of Middle Eastern spices and spice blends. After experimenting with some of these exotic...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
May 21, 20233 min read
Michele's Musical Feast
Calling all music lovers, this is a fun melodic undertaking. I asked my friends to provide me with their favorite song. Once I received...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Jan 22, 20235 min read
Hosting a Dazzling New Year's Eve Dinner - The Easy Way
By Billa This year, I hosted a New Year’s Eve dinner for 8. Nothing unusual about that. But, on the day of the dinner, I relaxed, took a...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Jan 8, 20233 min read
A Christmas Eve Feast in Polish Tradition
By Luci My friend Janice, a wonderful human being, for some years has been inviting me to her family’s Christmas Eve dinner. Janice’s...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Dec 18, 20228 min read
An Elegant and Easy Winter Dinner
All dishes 3 - 5 ingredients, exclusive of salt and pepper By Luci Appetizers Prince La Fontaine Triple Cream and Grand Noir Cheeses...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Dec 4, 20224 min read
Thanksgiving with Family and Friends
By Michele When you think of Thanksgiving, what images come to mind? Roast turkey? Pumpkin pie? Watching football? Perhaps the Macy’s...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Nov 27, 20223 min read
A Last Minute Dinner
By Luci Michele called. An old friend would be in town for a few days on business and staying with her and her husband, Dave. How nice, I...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Oct 16, 20224 min read
A Rib Roast Dinner, Totally Prime
By Luci They say you always remember your first time. I’ll certainly remember this dinner, the first time I made a prime rib roast. The...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Sep 18, 20223 min read
How a California Trip Became a Theme Dinner
By Billa After a recent trip to California (see June 26, 2022 blog post “Twenty-Six Miles Across the Sea”), I decided a California road...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
May 22, 20228 min read
IT'S SPRING
By Luci Spring is young, fresh, vibrant, beautiful and entirely delightful. As should be a dinner at this time of year. That means making...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Jan 16, 20225 min read
A TASTE OF LOVE by Luci Paul
Soon we will welcome Valentine’s Day. We love this holiday because it, singularly, celebrates romantic love. As food is love, convene...
Luci, Michele, and Billa
Nov 28, 20213 min read
Thanksgiving
By Michele Thanksgiving is the best! Family. Fun. Food! It goes way back to my childhood memories of Thanksgiving gatherings with my...
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