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The Fall Edit
Fall always feels like a return to real life. School starts. Dinner needs to happen at a reasonable hour again. We spend more time at home, and the routines we happily abandoned for summer suddenly matter.
This fall, I’m thinking about the things that make those ordinary days work a little better — and what makes them feel a little more worth celebrating.
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Make the Mundane Memorable
Somewhere along the way, it became easy to treat ordinary life as the space between the good parts of life – the things to speed through as quickly as possible to get to the next adventure and the next accomplishment.
I’m finally learning that the ordinary days are the good parts.
Julia, Not in Paris is about building a life you’re actually participating in — cooking something worth sitting down for, making home a place you want to be, growing things, gathering people, and occasionally making more of an occasion than the occasion requires.
First Week of School Brunch
A new back-to-school tradition: celebrate making it through the first week with a slow Saturday breakfast and pesto breakfast sandwiches.
I love how familiar flavors like cinnamon, apple, pumpkin, and maple capture an entire season — bringing a wave of nostalgia, while time spent together in the kitchen or around the table becomes a tradition of its own. This fall, we’re baking our way through old favorites and new ideas, looking for the fall treats we’ll want to return to year after year.
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