We don’t have a Whole Foods near our house, so it’s no surprise that I had my recent trip to their Austin store during my visit to the bestie’s house.
There were tons of things to feature and write about, but for me, I zeroed in on the “Artisan Cookie Bar.”
As an event planner, I am always looking for ideas for parties. This cookie bar is an original, fresh way to not only serve guests something they love — cookies — but it’s visually appealing as well.
You can make your own mini chalk boards with wood scrap or print on place cards the names for each cookie.
If you’re the host for the next book club gathering, maybe try recipes pertinent to your book. It goes without saying that this could be a great idea for a holiday open house. Make a percolator of hot cocoa with “adult” splashes of Bailey’s and Kahlua for the grownups. You could put tags on small shot glasses that say “just add milk” and have a big carafe of eggnog.
If you don’t bake, then make a trip to your favorite bakery and get a dozen of several different kinds of cookies. The food is your centerpiece.
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.
