It's Thanksgiving week! I am so excited to welcome my kids home from college, my parents, and sister Harrison and her family for the marathon week of food, fun, fellowship, and football. I am making a big pot of turkey chili for the Wednesday night welcome home. To make the ..read more

This is a special, "soulfull" week with many opportunities to nourish our souls! Inside you will find a fun recipe for Shrove Tuesday, a special invite for Valentine's Day, and an introduction to Lent. I have created a six-week Lent Love Series that focuses on closing the distance between our ..read more

Most Sundays after church I make a big pot of chicken soup to start off the week. All the chopping of celery, onions, carrots, leeks and fresh herbs is a labor of love that means a lot to my family. My oldest son Charlie will ask me to make my ..read more

Last week, a friend inquired how the Mason clan was doing during Corona. She said, "I cannot imagine what it would be like in a house full with six children, husband and four dogs, cooking three meals a day, managing all the laundry, and home-schooling to boot! I giggled. It's ..read more

Humor me as I'm on the hunt for creative ways to entertain my household of 8 during quarantine! We have made homemade whipped cream almost everyday for the last week for dessert. My seven-year old son Percy has become enchanted with cooking during Corona so we decided to host our ..read more

When we moved to Paris as newlyweds in 1999, I could barely boil an egg. I received a French Cordon Bleu "Quick Classics" cookbook as a housewarming gift from my Parisian neighbor. Looking back, Madame Bruousell's gift was the harbinger for my passion for cooking! Spring pea and prosciutto risotto ..read more