party for 30: menu, version 1

I hosted a party for the teachers I work with on Wednesday night. I wasn’t sure what, or how much to make, so I just took my best guess, which is listed below:
Appetizers
Chips, salsa, and cheesy artichoke dip (two batches)
Main course – meat and veggie
3 pork shoulder, bone in roasts, each weighing about 4.5 lbs, [...]

roasted cut-up chicken with kale

After both of us being gone for a week (and me being gone for a total of two weeks, since I was in Amsterdam for the week before the New England trip), we really needed to go to the grocery store to restock our shelves. Seriously, it was bad… the only stuff we had left [...]

Northern New England Road Trip

So it’s been a while since I’ve posted – thanks Alice for keeping us afloat! I just wanted to share two great restaurants that my husband Mike and I discovered during our trip to northern New England last week. First up is the Lobster Dock, located in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. WOW – such incredible lobster! [...]