Panzanella Salad

There is nothing as simple, colorful and happy as the classic Italian Panzanella salad. This rustic tomato and bread salad is always a crowd-pleaser, especially when your garden is plentiful with tomatoes at the end of summer! Visit a Tuscan trattoria and you might spy

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Faith Gazing

"The sky will spill with stars." NASA's prediction for this year's much-anticipated Perseid Meteor shower (August 10-12, 2016). The Perseid Meteor Shower occurs every year when the 16-mile long, 11th century Comet Swift Tuttle passes by Earth on its orbit around the sun leaving a trail

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The Gold Within

The Olympics in Rio was a highlight of the summer. Who could choose a favorite Olympian: Usain Bolt, the fastest man on earth, Simone Biles, the mythic gymnast, or the indomitable Michael Phelps in the pool? Every night we watched in awe as these athletes

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Bread and Honey is Back!

I am so excited to unveil the new Bread and Honey! It has been a true labor of love to create a living place where you can come to breathe, be inspired, grow spiritually and nourish your soul! We live in a frenetic world with

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PLAT DU JOUR: TARTINES!

Visit any quaint neighborhood bistro or cafe in France in the summer, and you are sure to find "tartine du jour" in a cursive scrawl on the chalkboard menu passed from table to table. The popular open-faced sandwich is the French take on "fast food."

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Summer Bookstack

Nothing says Summer more to me than savoring a peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream, enjoying a tall iced tea with lemon, catching lightening bugs with the kids and losing myself in a novel! I am headed out West with the six kids, two dogs

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