Hey friends❣️ Happy Sunday! Wow, it’s the last Sunday in July. That was fast. August might technically be high summer, but it never quite feels that way. Once August 1st hits, life starts moving in a different direction, which is all the more reason to drink in these days while we can. I’m sharing a little personal summer nostalgia today. I got my love of hot butterscotch sundaes from my mom (who also introduced me to hot fudge). The memory of those warm sauces melting into a scoop of ice...

Hey friends❣️ I'm picky about tomatoes, and I feel like it takes well into the summer before they get that tomatoey goodness I expect. But the day has finally come and I'm ready! Do you have a few on your counter? Ok then, let's not waste any time ~ here's where you start. I’ve gathered up all kinds of tomato salads, from American favorites to recipes from Italy, Greece, Mexico, and the Middle East. It’s an especially beautiful collection, but these salads aren’t just pretty ~ they’re quick,...

Hey friends❣️ Baking goes on all summer, it just takes a slightly different, fruitier turn, especially for breakfast. And I'm all over it. My raspberry coffee cake, below, has been reinvented with black raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and even rhubarb, So good. Raspberry Coffee Cake "I have been using this recipe every year for the last 4 years!!! We have raspberry bushes where we can’t eat them all. So we freeze them, and this recipe is amazing all year round!!!" ~TRACY get the...