Posted in Decor, Entertaining, Home, Shop, tagged bar, barware, cocktails, entertaining, One Kings Lane, Restoration Hardware on August 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »
(a very handsome bar)
1. Tray
2. High Ball Glasses
3. Ice Bucket
4. Cocktail Glasses
5. Goblets
6. Bar Items
7. Dish for Lemons/Limes
8. A Lamp
9. Cocktail Napkins
10. & just add your favorite bottles
Posted in Entertaining, Food, tagged entertaining, Outdoor dining, summer on July 19, 2013| 1 Comment »
I’ve had this picture at my desk for years! I tore it out of W Magazine in ’03. It’s not a fancy or staged photograph – just family and friends around a table for an afternoon lunch. A good reminder to me to take time out and enjoy the small things in life — a long meal with family & friends.
Cheers!
Posted in Decor, Entertaining, Home, tagged Outdoor dining, Outdoor patio, Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, Summer Classics, West Elm, World Market on May 20, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This past Saturday, I posted this picture of a lovely outdoor dining area. I love the color palette, the feel, just about every inch of this picture. I was so inspired by this photo that I thought I would hunt down some of the items (minus the beautiful Spanish style home).
The table below is from Restoration Hardware but World Market, Pottery Barn, West Elm and Summer Classics all have similar ones.
The Chair, Pottery Barn
The Light Fixture, Pottery Barn
Posted in Cooking, Entertaining, Food, tagged Jamie Oliver, Pasta, Rotolo on July 27, 2011| 1 Comment »
The other night I decided to have a go at making “Rotolo” — a rolled up pasta dish. This pasta is stuffed with butternut squash, spinach and ricotta. With the Texas heat reaching over 100 degrees everyday, I am trying to think of different ways to get through the hottest part of the day. One solution has been getting together with friends and cooking long meals (with a chilled glass of wine). So, my friend, Karla ( a food stylist here in San Antonio), and I took a recipe from Jamie Oliver’s Jamie’s Italy cookbook and gave Rotolo a shot.
Karla was in charge of the dough, which I am still a bit intimated by
The spinach waiting for its turn in the saute pan
The roasted butternut squash with coriander and fennel seeds
The rolled out dough ready to be stuffed
Iris rolling out her dough
rolling…
…rolling
rolled
into the boiling water
weights so it doesn’t float to the top
unrolling the pasta
Sliced and ready for the table with fresh grated Parmesan cheese and fried sage leaves. A great vegetarian dish, however, we did decide to serve it with steak and a beet salad. Very fun and super tasty!
Click here for Jamie Oliver’s website
The Long Table 