I'm not going to speak to the cooking side of things, but something you can do for entertainment is a game like Cranium (http://www.hasbro.com/games/cranium/home.cfm). I get together with a group of friends at least once a year to play the game and it always results in lots of fun. We usually pair up the guys vs the gals, which creates a great dynamic, since you are probably more likely to rag on your "better half". For added fun you can even place a bet for the winning/losing team at the end of it all. At our last gathering, the losing team had to sing karaoke, with each song chosen by the losing team's "better half".
I'm not going to speak to the cooking side of things, but something you can do for entertainment is a game like Cranium (http://www.hasbro.com/games/cranium/home.cfm). I get together with a group of friends at least once a year to play the game and it always results in lots of fun. We usually pair up the guys vs the gals, which creates a great dynamic, since you are probably more likely to rag on your "better half". For added fun you can even place a bet for the winning/losing team at the end of it all. At our last gathering, the losing team had to sing karaoke, with each song chosen by the losing team's "better half".