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When Life Gets in the Way!!!

The cafe suffered minor water damage earlier this week so my hope of making fish stock today is temporarily delayed! Stay tuned….I have a yummy bouillabaisse planned. While we’re waiting, scroll down to tell me your favorite restaurants!!! Or one you are dying to try.  I need the distraction today!!!

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Home Sweet Home

Four movers, three days, 2 million boxes and a couple bottles of red wine later and we are home.  Never mind that we still don’t know up from down, we are home.  And it feels so good. Anybody wanna guess the first thing I made on my new cooktop?

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Yogi Tea & Some Seriously Expired Spices

When was the last time you cleaned out your spices? Seriously. Here’s the thing. I thought my spices were organized.  I really did. I keep my spices in mesh baskets and have them organized by categories like baking spices, savory spices, Italian herbs, Mexican spices, etc.  And I thought they were all well within the ‘best if used by’ dates….
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The Schell Cafe: Before & After

This week we will be moving home!  If you’ve been around a while, you know my life has been under construction.  We tore our house down to the studs at the beginning of the year and have been putting her back together for the last nine months.  A year ago, the real life Schell Cafe looked something like this: About…
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My life is Under Construction. Seriously.

I’ve been feeling a bit out of sort lately.  Just off.  Like my mis en place is just not happening. We moved out of our home last February to begin a complete home renovation project.  Part of my unsettledness (is that a word?) is that we’ve been in a rent house for nearly 9 months.  All our stuff is in…
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I'm on a mission to love my neighbors. I put an ordinary picnic table in my front yard, painted it turquoise and invited neighbors, friends, and even strangers to hang out and do life together at the Turquoise Table®.

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