My Favorite Pizza Dough Recipe
We added a Fontana Forni Italian pizza oven when we renovated our backyard to include an outdoor kitchen. It was the best move because we use the oven all the time. Now that I’m retired, I want to learn to use it to cook other food. Fontana’s website has...
Let’s Bake Nostalgia – Best Lemon Bars
I love pulling vintage recipes out of my recipe box. We recently bought a bag of lemons from Costco to squeeze for juice, so we’d have it on hand for recipes and cocktails. Lemon bars are one of my favorite treats, and this recipe is a winner! The recipe is my...
Let’s Bake Nostalgia – Sock it to Me Cake! Free Virtual Baking Class
In the 1960s-70s, my mother’s favorite cake to bake was the Sock it to Me cake. I honestly think she made it once a week. She served it to her girlfriends who came over for coffee and took it to church and ladies’ meetings. I recently came across her...
Lemony Bean Salad
My mother made the best bean salad. I haven’t found her written recipe, and this is one of many times I wish that I’d stopped long enough to watch her make it. I do remember it had kidney beans, white shoe peg corn, and French-style green beans mixed with...
Old Fashioned Yellow Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
I wish more people knew how easy it is to bake a delicious and beautiful bakery-style from scratch! We celebrated our little 10-year-old niece’s birthday recently and enjoyed big slices of this yellow cake with milk chocolate frosting with icy-cold milk! Does...
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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Comment FAMILY and I`ll send you the link to submit your recipe.
Some of the most treasured recipes aren`t found in cookbooks—they`re tucked inside handwritten recipe cards, passed from one generation to the next, and seasoned with stories.
Today, I`m inviting you to share one of yours.
I`m creating a new series where I`ll step into my kitchen and prepare family recipes submitted by this wonderful community. But I don`t just want the recipe...I want the story behind it.
✨ Who shared it with you? ✨ When do you make it? ✨ Why does it still have a place at your table?
I`ll choose recipes to recreate, share your family`s story, and give you full credit when I feature it on my Instagram and Home with a Twist.
If you have a recipe that`s become part of your family`s legacy, I`d be honored to help preserve it.
I can`t wait to read your stories and bring them to life—one treasured recipe at a time.
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Hi, I`m Melissa 👋
I`ve spent 40+ years gathering people around tables, and somewhere along the way I learned the secret: it was never about the china pattern or the perfect recipe. It was about making someone feel like they belonged at your table.
I mix Dollar Tree finds with my grandmother`s dishes. I use grocery store flowers and light a candle and call it done. I created a whole room in my house just for puzzles and cocktails and long phone calls with girlfriends.
If you`re the person who WANTS to host but keeps waiting until everything is perfect… pull up a chair. That`s exactly why I`m here.
I`m here to help you host with ease and confidence. Follow along for heirloom recipes, real hosting tips, and the occasional cocktail before dinner because… why not?
Comment HOST and I`ll send you my free Dinner Party Planner to get you started 🥂
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I`ve hosted gatherings for 40 years and I have come up with a Dinner Party planner that works! It takes everything spinning around in your head and puts it on paper.
💫 menu planner
💫 who to invite
💫 grocery list
💫 what you`re going to wear
💫 my Porch Party playlist
💫 my how-to video on a floral centerpiece
💫 my top ten tips on how to host with intention, not perfection
Let me help you host with ease and confidence.
Comment HOST and it`s yours!
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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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