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Happy Halloween!
Hope you are enjoying this spooky Saturday! If you are hosting a vampire party or blowout Halloween bash tonight, be sure to take a bunch of pictures. Then you can share them in my Super Special Occasions group in the YumSugar Community!
10 Easy, Last-Minute Ways to Celebrate Halloween
Uninspired this Halloween? After checking out my ideas for pulling together a last-minute plan, I bet you'll be excited for this spooky Saturday. There are plenty of easy, low-key ways to celebrate the season.
Open House: Are You Throwing Any Fall Parties?
Every October, I love to invite a few friends over for a pumpkin carving party. It's a great excuse to reconnect with friends, and who can resist the fun of carving images and faces into a pumpkin?
Another friend of mine, who's an amateur mixologist, loves to throw a Halloween-themed cocktail party right around Halloween.
Cat Cora's Party Pointers
In addition to a simple recipe for barbecued beans, Iron Chef Cat Cora — who has her own barbecue joint, CCQ — also happens to have plenty of party advice. Whether you're hosting a Come Together dinner for charity or simply throwing a backyard bash, there are a number of steps you can take to make your party more festive and easier on yourself! Here are a few key pointers to keep in mind, courtesy of Cat.
Ming's Tips For Hosting — and Enjoying! — Your Own Party
Last week, I caught up with East-West cooking authority Ming Tsai. He hosted an event at Macy's to encourage home cooks to get involved in their Come Together campaign, a fundraising effort that aims to feed 10 million people suffering from hunger. The concept: host a dinner party, but in lieu of accepting gifts, ask guests to make a donation.
Let's Dish: What Are Your Party Planning Pet Peeves?
To celebrate my birthday, I invited everyone I know to join me for happy hour. I took the time to make and send a special invite. However, I was shocked by how many friends didn't read it.
Carrying Food From Kitchen to Kitchen? Label Everything
When preparing for my birthday dinner last week, I started cooking the food on Thursday, but planned to transport it to my grandfather's house (the site of the party) on Friday. To ensure that I wouldn't forget a crucial ingredient, I labeled everything I needed to take with a purple Post-it. Sure, it was a little obsessive compulsive, but when I opened my crowded fridge, it was easy for me to see what items were supposed to be packed.
Yummy Links: From Ted Allen to Heart-Shaped Watermelons
- Ted Allen chats about Chopped. — Endless Simmer
- Check out photographer Dominic Episcipo United States of Meat series. — Eat Me Daily
- What to do when a party starts to die.
Killer App: Spicy Onion and Tomato Dip
This weekend, I'll be spending Labor Day at a friend's barbecue bash. She's already got the barbecue and its essential accoutrements entirely covered, so I've been racking my brain to come up with an appropriate contribution. I had no idea what that was going to be — until I had a lightbulb moment for the perfect pièce de résistance.Since I won't be spending the holiday with family, I figure I'll bring a bit of my family to the festivities.
How to Host an Office Baby Shower
On certain occasions, say when someone is getting married or having a baby, it's fun to throw them a small sendoff celebration in the office. With a few simple decorations, you can easily transform any conference room. Recently, a baby shower was hosted for Lisa Sugar, here at Sugar headquarters.
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