Kristin Schell
Cool as a Cucumber Bread and Butter pickles are my favorite summer flavor. I’m addicted. If you’re lucky enough to have cucumbers growing in your garden you probably share the feeling. I don’t have a garden, but we are regular members of Johnson’s Backyard Garden CSA. On Tuesdays a big box of fresh picked produce arrives on our doorstep. Right…
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Two things I love — simple and yummy. This mushroom and gruyere tart recipe is easy-peasy to make, serves an army, and re-heats well for leftovers. Mostly importantly? My people love them. I feel like I’m always looking for a new, but doable recipe, to make when people come over. If I had a dime for every Google and Pinterest…
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Sometimes all it takes is a delicious recipe to spark the hospitality flame. Honey and garlic baked brie will get you out of any party slump you might have fallen into. If you’re in a hosting rut, you’re not alone. Biggest Challenges for Hosting A Party Recently I was speaking to a group of women about hospitality. Specifically, we were…
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I have the coolest neighbors. Like Nicole and Jesse. Family meals have always been important to the Vickey’s, but as their family grew, so did the demands on their time. Like most families, they found it harder and harder to gather for that sacred hour called Family Dinner. They noticed it wasn’t just them — their friends and neighbors were…
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“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese” ~ G.K. Chesterton I’m always on the look out for yummy ‘tizers. Especially this time of year when friends are stopping by or I need a quick little something to take to a party. I have no idea where this recipe came from, but it’s scribbled on one of my…
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Just a little nibble. I need a little something for my mouth. My mother and I can justify almost anything… especially late afternoon. Or with a glass of wine. One day, many moons ago, we were sight-seeing in Paris. We weaved in and out winding, narrow streets in Montmartre and up the funicular to Sacré-Cœur. Across from the famous basilica…
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