When hosting a winter dinner party, it's all about adding comfort foods to your menu. You want your friends' trek out into the cold to be rewarded with something warm and inviting. Ina Garten has ...

In her latest Instagram post, the Barefoot Contessa suggests that a dinner party might just be the thing to prevent those winter blues! We agree, especially after reading her menu, which includes ...

In the case of this menu, I chose our Winter Salad with Fennel and Oranges ... Hosting a fantastic dinner party is rocket science; it just takes a little planning, a little smart self-care ...

We also deserve a big old slice of that here in New Zealand – so we are using our winter as a great excuse to indulge in this type of sumptuous dining in the season that calls for it.