by drjulie | Nov 30, 2022 | gift guides, Entertaining, Menus
Do you have a Coastal Grandma in your life? Do you need help with a Coastal Grandma Gift Guide? I’ve got you covered with some of the most thoughtful, and since I speak from “grandma experience”, a collection of much beloved Christmas presents for...
by drjulie | Nov 10, 2022 | Food, Entertaining, Menus
The other day I posted How to Plan for Thanksgiving (Part One). In this post I will help you with more specifics with respect to the food shopping, flowers, make-ahead foods as well as foods cooked on the actual holiday. I know there are lots of steps and some may not...
by drjulie | Dec 13, 2021 | Food, Entertaining, Menus, Recipes
The other night I made this delicious Chicken Marbella recipe and I knew I HAD to post about it. It is now one of both Mr. G.Q’s and my favorite dinners due to the wonderful medley of flavors. It’s also a fave of mine because it can be assembled the night before...
by drjulie | Sep 30, 2019 | Entertaining, Food, Menus
The party was a big success! Here is a closeup of the food island. In the foreground are salami bites which were easy, delicious and successfully prepared the day before the party. In addition you can see that to add interest to the display I took several Amazon boxes...
by drjulie | Sep 16, 2019 | Entertaining, Food, Menus
This week we had good friends over for a fun fall meal with rack of lamb as the main course. Mr GQ made the lamb and we served it on this great pumpkin platter (old from William Sonoma). This is an excellent entree for a dinner party as it can be assembled way before...
by drjulie | Sep 5, 2019 | Food, Menus, Recipes
This is the chicken dish we made this weekend. It was so delicious when we had it and was even better a few minutes ago when I awoke in the middle of the night raiding the frig looking “for a little something”. For those of you following my blog you know I’ve been WAY...
