Episode 111: Hosting this fall? Four inviting menus for cooking at home with ease
Episode 111: Hosting this fall? Four inviting menus for cooking at home with ease  
Podcast: Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy
Published On: Tue Sep 24 2024
Description: Are you ready to simplify your fall hosting while still impressing your guests, whether for holidays, potlucks, or casual dinners with friends?Fall gatherings can be overwhelming, from multi-course holiday dinners to last-minute potlucks. This episode provides you with 4 easy yet sophisticated menus with recipes and hosting tips, so you can delight your guests without stress. Whether you're hosting for Rosh Hashanah, going to a tailgate, or just cooking a casual dinner at home, this episode helps you create a relaxed, festive vibe in your kitchen. By the end of this episode, you will learn how to:1. Create stunning, low-effort appetizers that can be assembled in advance, and made almost entirely with store-bought ingredients. 2. Choose a main course that will impress guests, like a seasonal salad that’s hearty enough to be a main, studded with fresh herbs and jewel-toned pomegranate seeds, or a delicious one-pot braised beef and aromatic rice dish 3. Enjoy the comfort of make-ahead desserts, like Kari’s crowd-pleasing chocolate sheet cake that travels well, or the spiced cookies that Sonya makes that taste better the next day Don’t miss out on this essential fall hosting episode — press play now to make your next gathering unforgettable! ***Links to from this week’s show:Menu #1Yotam Ottolenghi’s fig, radicchio, and hazelnut salad for the GuardianSonya’s beef plov and plum frangipane babka Sonya’s honey sesame cake and one-bowl tzimmes cakeMenu #2Baked brie by Ina Garten  Ottolenghi’s quinoa and fennel salad for Bon AppetitPear slab pie with sour dried cherries from Martha Stewart LivingMenu #3Sonya’s smoked fish platterColu Henry’s sheet pan roasted chicken with shallot and roasted grape for NYT CookingSonya’s apple + walnut spiced cookies in her recent SubstackMenu #4Classic cheese ball recipe from It Tastes Better From ScratchFried chicken from your favorite placeTexas Chocolate Cake from All Recipes***We love hearing from you — follow us on Instagram @foodfriendspod, or drop us a line at foodfriendspod@gmail.com! Or give us a CALL on our kitchen phone! 323-452-9084Sign up for Sonya’s free Substack, or order her debut cookbook Braids for more Food Friends recipes!