The Comeback of a Classic: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
There are recipes that whisper nostalgia… and then there are recipes that practically announce themselves when they enter a room. Pineapple Upside-Down Cake is the latter. I made this beauty today, and with one flip of the pan, I was transported straight back to a...
Let’s Make Chocolate Chip Cookies – Free Virtual Baking Class
Why Take a Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Class? I know what you’re thinking. Chocolate chip cookies? Really? Aren’t those the very first things we all learned to bake? Yes. And also… no. Because what I’ve learned after years of baking — and years of welcoming...
Spring with Intention – Refresh Your Home for the Season Ahead
I’m a cold-weather gal. Give me sweaters, boots, S’mores by the fire, snowy days inside reading cookbooks. But there’s something about early spring that gets me every season. I love seeing all the sleepy flowers budding, getting into the garden and...
Engagement Chicken and the Myth of Complicated Hospitality
There are certain dishes that look far more intimidating than they actually are. Roast chicken is one of them. It arrives at the table golden and glistening, perfumed with lemon and herbs, crisp-skinned and deeply comforting. It feels like something a French...
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.