Dog Days of Summer

When Julie’s boys were younger their adventures included building sandcastles, jumping off the dock, pushing trucks through the sand, collecting hermit crabs or starfish, and going on snipe hunts. Now the competition is fierce with three teenagers as they battle out new tricks while water skiing or wakeboarding.

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Fruit Smoothie

Fruit smoothies are a summer staple that keeps us cool, healthy, and is the perfect picnic drink in a thermos! This one has blueberries and cherries with orange juice and cranberry juice plus Califia Farms Vanilla Almond Milk Creamer! Yummy.

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Coffee Ice Cream

Thanks to Jeni’s incredible, eggless technique, this ice cream turned out astonishingly creamy and the rich coffee-infused flavor is almost caramel-like. The time and effort I put into this ice cream may have made it taste that much sweeter, but I’m being 100% serious when I say it’s the best coffee ice cream I’ve had in my life.

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The Art of Hosting & Decorating-Table Tips

This week Lydie J. Stassart’s book, The Art of Hosting & Decorating provides us with candles, flowers, and table decor tips that will enhance your dining experiences. Lydie reminds us that it’s fun to dress up our tables!

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Shrimp Toast

Katie’s legendary chef/restauranteur mother Leeann Chin’s incredible story inspired her to share one of the most popular dishes from her Mom’s restaurant menu, Shrimp Toast. Her eponymous restaurant chain must have served millions of this appetizer to her legion of fans. So now I’m sharing it with you too!

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How to Taste Chocolate

The team at Chocolate Bona Vita provided us with the perfect template for chocolate tasting success! Remember: Every palate is different, and there are no right or wrong answers in tasting. Discover your chocolate!

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“On Being”, a podcast series by Krista Tippitt

For it’s first-ever socially distanced event, W3 Book Club chose to visit this question and more via a Zoom meeting. For this special evening, we concentrated on Krista Tippitt’s podcast dedicated to how to deal with this historic moment in time, and how to feel like “just being” is enough.

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