Al Fresco Dining

A picnic table set with serve ware, wine, and mussels

This Guide to Al Fresco Dining offers menus and tips to create the perfect outdoor spread! Al Fresco Dining Picture this: a steamy summer day gives way to a crisp evening. Still warm, but with enough chill to warrant a light sweater, perhaps. A beautiful table is set and lit only by twinkle lights and the setting sun. The wine is chilled. The plates areRead more ->

National Picnic Day Recipe Roundup

Happy National Picnic Day! Picture this: a blanket strewn across freshly cut grass. Chilled wine poured and in hand. Perfectly placed platters of delicious nibbles and snacks, well within reach. Shoes off. Shades on. That’s right, folks. Al fresco dining season is HERE! There is nothing I love more than dining outdoors! Especially when “dining” can mean varying degrees of effort. I’ve rounded up aRead more ->

Shrimp Boil

A table covered with shrimp boil

Arguably the most entertaining, messy, and FUN meal to enjoy with friends, this Shrimp Boil is perfect for summertime! Perfectly cooked shrimp, briny clams, fresh corn, and spicy andouille sausage are boiled in a beer-spiked garlicky lemon broth. Summer perfection! Next On Your Summer To-Do List.. Summer (sigh). Dear Summer. Is your proverbial sun already starting to set? How did we get here?! I NEED ANSWERS! OnRead more ->