Clinging Rain Kale Salad Marinating for Dinner Later? A Game of Jacks What about you? How are you spending your time between Christmas and New Year’s?

I never claimed to enjoy cooking – too much baggage. But recently, I’ve been inspired by Joy, the main character in Dining With Joy by my friend Rachel Hauck. It’s a great summer read set in the lovely town of Beaufort, South Carolina. Joy finds herself in a precarious situation. Her father, a cooking show [...]

It’s already after 11 and I just finished breakfast. But I have good reasons. First, I woke up early and refreshed this morning because last night, I was totally wiped out and in bed by 9:30PM. After Peter and I had coffee and he left to go to work, I popped into a friend’s yard [...]

When my children were younger, I came across a recipe in Home Life magazine for Easter Story cookies. The ingredients, the baking and the cookies help us remember the story of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. Even though the children are tweens and teens now, they still look forward to making Easter Story cookies on [...]

I’m spending the first snowfall trying not to eat the entire plate of Laity Lodge Christmas Cookies I made last night. When we had The High Calling team retreat at Laity Lodge this fall, I couldn’t get enough of those cookies. Once I returned to the hectic chaos of the real world, the cookies faded [...]

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought you might like to have this recipe, just in case you’d like to serve it for your family and friends. Nearly 20 years ago when I worked in the Leggett Sales Promotion Office, I had the pleasure to work with Chris Ketchu. This is his recipe for [...]