How to Plant a Cocktail Garden

How to Plant a Cocktail Garden

Let me paint you a picture. It's a Saturday afternoon. Guests are arriving in an hour. Instead of rushing around a grocery store looking at sad, plastic-wrapped herb bunches, I'm barefoot in my garden, scissors in hand, snipping a sprig of mint here, a handful of...

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Porch Swing Banana Pudding

Porch Swing Banana Pudding

Mr. Twist had a craving for banana pudding, and I remembered I had a great recipe. Years ago, my mother's best friend, Margaret, gifted me a tiny little spiral A Little Taste of Texas cookbook. It still has the label from Sample House on it. On the back it says......

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The Best BBQ Baked Beans

The Best BBQ Baked Beans

I've been making these beans since Mr. Twist and I first married, and they're his favorite, especially when summer cookout season arrives. They pair perfectly with BBQ and hamburgers. The recipe originally came from Southern Living magazine, but I've added a few...

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Hospitality is in my DNA. I founded Home with a Twist, a daughter’s twist on her mother’s traditions, in memory of my mother to celebrate her life and the gifts she shared with me. Mother loved to celebrate life’s occasions – big and small.

She taught me how to prepare fabulous food, entertain guests with style and design a traditional home with a pop of color and a splash of animal print. Share my fondness of blending Mother’s mid-century style with a modern spin.

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My job here is to HELP YOU host with ease and confidence. I have so many tips and tools to coach you including my Hurry Up and Host box.

Keep it stocked with non perishable snacks, sips and cheeses for the fridge. At a moments notice YOU can be the host who's ready to greet guests and not feel frazzled. 

Comment HOST and I'll send you my FREE Summer Entertaining Guide with a shopping list and easy appetizer recipes. Plus my Porch Party Playlist!
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Part two - if Netflix calls and wants me back I can show you ALL the dishes, and confessions, inside my hosting closet. 

True story about the wedding shower. I haven't stopped looking at China patterns since 1972. I finally did get the Lenox Autumn but not until recently when my bestie @catherinewhite.art and I found a set at @ltolestatesales and split it up so we could both enjoy it.

Stay with me for more dish obsession confessions! 🌟🌟🌟
Some people collect memories. I collect dishes. 🍽️

It started at seven years old. I went to my first bridal shower and knew right then the china pattern I would own one day - Lenox Autumn. I sat there watching women unwrap gravy boats and butter dishes and thought, "This is it. This is what I want my life to be."

It's been downhill ever since. 40 years and the truth finally comes out.

Hidden boxes in the trunk sneaking them inside under darkness. My husband has stopped asking, "what's in the box?" There’s no problem here.🤣

What would your Netflix documentary be about?👇👇

Disclaimer: No antique dealers were harmed in the making of this reel. The restraining order is fictional. The obsession is very real. ☺️🤔🤫

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