Recipes for hosting well

Something to sip, something to pass around.

Drinks with and without the alcohol, finger foods with a little polish, and weeknight dinners that pull their weight.

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Choose your occasion.

Start with a glass, a passed plate, or a weeknight dinner that pulls its weight.

Drinks 6 recipes
Finger Foods 6 recipes
Dinner Ideas 5 recipes
Upscale 7 recipes
Fresh this week

Small pleasures, well timed.

spirited 5 min

Midnight Negroni

Equal parts, stirred slow, one fat orange coin.
main 50 min

Slow Salmon, Green Goddess

Low oven, silky finish, zero stress window.
no-cook 15 min

Soft Egg & Radish Toasts

Jammy eggs, good butter, flaky salt.
From the Journal

Notes between recipes.

Dinner Ideas · Jun 12

House Ginger Ale, Third Batch

A brighter fizz with more bite and less sugar.
Upscale · Jun 12

A Tasting Menu for Eight, Without Panic

A calm prep map for three courses, two drinks, and one very clean kitchen.
Fermentation · Jun 24

A Spiced Apple Cider, Twelve Percent by Faith

Trader Joe's pressed cider, 500 grams of sugar, and a quarter teaspoon of yeast that has no business being this optimistic.