Comments on: faking it for christmas – 6 tips for stress free entertaining

By: batgirl

batgirl — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:34:24 +0000

Ahhh – fake christmas – the itinerant workers holiday of choice! Thanks for doing the cooking.

By: jules

jules — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:55:43 +0000

couldn’t agree more about tailoring traditions to ensure the best for family time juggling motherhood

By: Juggling Motherhood

Juggling Motherhood — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:21:12 +0000

Love your ideas. If we free ourselves to break from traditions that may not be working for us in favour of better traditions, we will ensure that Christmas is a time of family and togetherness rather than stress and anxiety.

Thanks for sharing!

By: jules

jules — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:37:15 +0000

hey jennifer
great minds think alike – your husband sounds like a very resourceful man
the fish was even better than it looks.

By: jennifer

jennifer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:25:20 +0000

Enjoyed reading your “fake Christmas”, and laughed when I clicked on the recipe for Sean Moran’s chocolate mousse cake. My husband made a chocolate chestnut cake as dessert for guests this weekend, and it flopped, looking pretty much the same as your cake photo. His brilliant idea was to push down on the cake with a saucer in an effort to bring the “Grand Canyon” cracks closer together, and then made a ganache for the top to disguise what had happened. The result also mirrored your finished cake, minus the fancy touch praline.
Love your photos, by the way – the whole poached ocean trout looks scrumptious!