My hosting style is relaxed yet considered, easygoing but layered. I like spending hours cooking and taking on projects in which each guest has a task. Last year, I made a terrine, and, the year before, my boyfriend and I collaborated on a beef Wellington. We’ve always talked about making a coulibiac; maybe this will be the year … For me, the holidays are spent in the kitchen and around the dining table, so that’s where I place my focus. Here are a bunch of the items that I love having around.
Lallier Blanc de Blancs is my all-time favorite champagne. I stock up by buying a case for the holidays. I also love to give it to friends. It goes down so easily (almost too easily!), just like water. Holiday water, basically. Serve it in my go-to coupe, which is so wide that it almost seems like a swimming pool of champagne. I also love a white burgundy for the holidays; Jérome Fornerot’s Saint-Aubin Blanc Premier Cru La Chatenière is a nice one to bring to a friend’s house or to offer when people come to mine.
