Serves: Makes 16 cupcakes Prep time: 1 hour
Former White House Social Secretary and co-author of Treating People Well with Jeremy Bernard.
Summer Hostess Gifts
Good guests bring good gifts – especially if you’re invited for a summer weekend and will be enjoying the hospitality of friends for several days. You want to be invited back, don’t you? So here is a list of hostess gifts in varying price ranges to put a smile on the face of even the most beleaguered we’ve-had-guests-every-weekend-this-summer hosts. Everyone loves a good beach candle. Shop now If you don’t have room to pack a gift, send something wonderful ahead […]
Luncheon for Deesha
We social secretaries stick together, and whenever there’s a new White House Social Secretary, we all want to meet her, give lots of unasked-for advice, and offer our support. The newest White House Social Secretary, Deesha Dyer, is an extraordinary woman who won’t need help because she’s already accomplished so much in her young life. I recently threw a small luncheon in her honor to introduce her to other Washingtonians whose paths she is likely to cross in her work, […]
Fruits of the Forest Cake
Serves: 6 Prep time: 1 hour and a half Note: if you don’t have much time, a white cake mix is a pretty good substitute for making a Victoria sponge from scratch Pastry Cream Makes 2-3 tablespoons of pastry cream
Fruits of the Forest Cake
This is summertime in a cake, a cornucopia of fresh berries (and sugar plums) from the farmer’s market: blueberries, strawberries, gooseberries, currants, cherries, sour cherries, sugar plums, and black raspberries. Black raspberries! I was so excited to find them at the market. They’re my favorite berry and very different from a blackberry. If you have the chance to try some, don’t hesitate because they have a short growing season. I used these fruits on a Victoria sponge, with some strawberry […]
Meet Lea
