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Spark your creativity with these classic food musings and take your taste buds on a flavor adventure.
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Hosting the Perfect Brunch
Hosting a lovely weekend brunch can be far simpler than you might think – a menu that works with you and your schedule is key. Recipes that can be prepared in advance mean they’re ready when your guests are. For brunch buffets we love a blend of dishes, from those that can be...
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Date Night In
Valentine’s Day was so simple when we were kids. Mom would buy one of those small packs of cards you’d write on the back of and those tiny, little boxes of conversation heart candies. There’d be butterflies in your stomach when you thought about whether or not to give one t...
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Surviving the Shortest Longest Month
February may be the shortest month of the year, but when much of the country is fully entrenched in dark days and cold weather and all the good holidays off from work are behind us, it can be the longest 28 (or 29!) days of the year. If an exotic getaway to Belize isn’t in y...
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Packing an Enviable Lunch
We’ve all been there. Staring at that pound of sliced deli meat we bought for a week’s worth of lunches and coming up with little more to accompany it than a couple slices of sandwich bread and maybe a lettuce leaf. Instead of gazing longingly at someone else’s noontime ...
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Loving Winter with a Little Thing Called Hygge
There’s this concept of warmth and comfort that comes from our friends in Denmark, a country where winter can last well into spring under a cold blanket of snow and ice. It’s called Hygge. (pronounced ‘hooga’) The closest translation we can find is coziness. Not jus...
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Grown-Up Snow Day
If you’re lucky enough to have grown up in a climate with four seasons, chances are you remember the unexpected joy and exhilaration inspired by those two simple words from the weatherman. The usual school day was quickly replaced by sledding, soap operas and snacks. Pure joy. ...
