Cocktails

Let’s Feast!

Let’s Feast!

This is not an original idea since The New Yorker and CBS Sunday Morning do it, but I thought it would be appropriate to dedicate the entire week of posts to food in honor of Thanksgiving. So, here you have it, one cocktail and one side dish from both Liza and myself that we are serving this Thanksgiving day.

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Her Q’s: Quick & Easy Labor Day Recipes

Her Q’s: Quick & Easy Labor Day Recipes

Dear StyleBlueprint, My husband and I have been invited to join friends at their mountain cabin over Labor Day weekend. I am so appreciative of the invitation and want to bring a nice hostess gift and some goodies for the group. Since we will be hiking all day, I want to be able to quickly reheat or even microwave it. Do you have a good recipe that uses fresh ingredients? I love soups! Thanks so much. Becky, Belmont neighborhood

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Enjoy the Last Bit of Summer on Your Porch

Enjoy the Last Bit of Summer on Your Porch

I can’t recall a better Summer to enjoy my front porch.  For our non-Nashville readers, I hope you, too, have been delighting in a similarly glorious summer.  The amount of time I have spent on my porch has given me the opportunity to have a critical eye and re-evaluate my decorating choices. I hope this post inspires you to bring a critical eye to your porch and then enjoy a St-Germain...

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