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Mary Mack's Southern Cornbread Dressing
Every year for 52 years, my mother has orchestrated the most delicious Thanksgiving meal for...
Favorite Fall Recipes: Ginger Snaps & Lemon Curd
My friend Claire Reishman is a true Renaissance woman. When she's not throwing beautiful clay...
Mary Mack's Squash Casserole
To me, one version of culinary heaven is a summer supper made entirely from the...
Valentine's Day Strawberry Cake
Don’t let the down-market ingredients fool you. This cake is the height of refinement when...
Easter Brunch Perfection: Mock Cheese Soufflé
Easter lunch is always one of my favorite meals of the year. There’s nothing more...
Seven Tips & Tricks for Forcing Bulbs Indoors
Spring is a notorious tease. As February gives way to March, the daffodils in the...
Boxing Day Boeuf Bourguignon by the Fire
Every Christmas Eve, as I'm tying the last ribbon around the last present and setting...
Cheese Dreams, Sauteed Oysters on Toast and Other Preludes to Thanksgiving
Jon and I were lucky enough to celebrate dozens of holidays at Julia Reed's loving...
Red, White & Blueberry Crisp
My mother is a master cobbler-maker and can turn just about any summer fruit into...
Autumn Sunday Lunch at Brookside
There's no better way to spend a blustery autumn Sunday than driving the country backroads...
Julia & Keith on Father's Day Gift Giving
Father's Day is coming up, and there's still time to shop our uncommon collection of...
Honoring Graduates Without a Graduation Ceremony
The ingenuity of schools and parents and kids in the time of Coronavirus has been...
Julia's Cocktail Concoctions
During these past several weeks, we've had Zoom cocktails, solo cocktails, socially distant cocktails. Below,...
Julia & Keith Share Their Mother's Day Gift Ideas
In times like these mothers are more important than ever. So many are schooling their...
The Art of Sheltering in Place
In this time of social distancing, I’ve been thinking a lot about my grandmother, who...
