Category Archives: ENTERTAINING

SAN ANTONIO, BOILER HOUSE & S’MORES

San Antonio, the Texas city with south-of-the-border flair, offers gourmets much to love. Good restaurants cluster around town, accessorizing the River Walk like fine jewelry. But the shiniest, most-polished restaurants string around Pearl, the 22-acre food, entertainment and educational development on the site of the former Pearl Brewery. Pearl boasts a treasure trove of [...]

Crowd-Pleasing Barbecue Beef Brisket

A terrific make-ahead barbecue brisket recipe, nice to serve at backyard barbecues and other casual parties.

¶ Posted 20 June 2011 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ENTREES ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: barbecue, beef, summer party

FABULOUS SOUP RECIPES

Recipes for two great soups, Cream of Brie and Cream of Bean. Both are luxuriously rich and beautifully versatile (can be served hot or cold, summer or winter, with any number of garnishes changing the flavor).

¶ Posted 27 October 2010 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BRUNCH § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § SOUPS ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Brie, chilled soup, hot soup, Le Chef Coq, THANKSGIVING, white truffles

FOURTH OF JULY SPIRITS

RED WHITE AND BLUE TOASTING FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY FRENCH CANADIAN KISS From the bar in Panache restaurant at the Auberge Saint-Antoine, Quebec City, Canada Combine in a cocktail shaker: 1-1/2 ounce pineapple juice 1 ounce vanilla Smirnoff vodka 1/2 ounce Ricaneux Framboise or raspberry liqueur Add ice. Shake. Pour into a martini glass. Garnish [...]

¶ Posted 03 July 2010 † Susan Manlin Katzman § COCKTAILS § DRINKS § RECIPES ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: liqueur, martini, Panache restaurant, Rosewood Little Dix Bay, rum, Siam @ Siam Design Hotel, vodka

DINNER PARTY

A family celebration dinner party for 32 set at one long table..http://www.sweetleisure.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_02191-225×300.jpg

¶ Posted 24 May 2010 † Susan Manlin Katzman § RECIPES § SALADS § THANKSGIVING ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cauliflower, dinner party, family celebration dinner, favorite salad, romaine

PEAR AND ROQUEFORT QUICHE

If If real men don’t eat quiche, I want to sit next to one the next time I’m at a

¶ Posted 11 March 2010 † Susan Manlin Katzman § CHEESE § ENTREES § RECIPES ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: barge hotel, France, Horizon II, Michaël Dessimiroff, pears, quiche, Roquefort

BACON OLD FASHIONED

So guess what J. Walter Thompson’s marketing agency thinks is up and coming for 2010? Their official trend-spotting list of 100 Things to Watch in 2010 places “Bacon Everywhere” at number 7. Bacon popular?

¶ Posted 05 February 2010 † Susan Manlin Katzman § DRINKS § RESTAURANTS ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: bacon, Hyatt Regency, Old Fashioned, Red Kitchen and Bar, trendspotting

SUPER BOWL MUSTARD

CHECKLIST FOR SUPER BOWL SUNDAY Friends invited. TVs set up. Snacks bought and deli platters arranged. Beer chilling. Dill mustard made. Done! DILL MUSTARD (A sweet spicy mustard that adds wonderful kick to sandwiches.) 1 can (2 ounces) Colman’s dry mustard 1 cup cider vinegar 4 eggs 1 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons dried dill [...]

¶ Posted 01 February 2010 † Susan Manlin Katzman § CONDIMENTS § RECIPES ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: dill, ham and cheese, mustard, SANDWICHES, Super Bowl

LEMON CHESS PIE

Today is National Pie Day. Schools should be out, banks should be closed and mail delivery stopped, but I’m afraid that all the attention this holiday is going to get will come from dedicated cooks baking pies. That being the case let me tell you about a knockout pie worthy of the holiday. The recipe [...]

¶ Posted 23 January 2010 † Susan Manlin Katzman § DESSERTS § PIES § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § THANKSGIVING § TRAVEL ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: chess pie, lemon, National Pie Day, pie, Smithfield Inn

PARTY CHEESE SPREAD

How do you improve perfection? Butter does it. This is not an ad (unfortunately no dairy pays me), but rather a cook’s mantra: butter makes everything better. For example, take two of the world’s best cheeses—a soft, sweet-silky Brie and an aristocratic, richly robust Gorgonzola, add as much butter as each cheese will hold (and [...]