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A Lesson in Geography and Modesty

There’s nothing like a worldly person to remind you you’re not.

When I meet Merveille Kasongo, her body language reads like one of those signs on the back of a semitruck that warn: “Stay back 200 feet.” Her arms remains locked at her sides and without smiling she looks directly at me with big dark eyes lined with lashes so thick I wonder how they could be real. My brassy American sensibilities are, of course, injured.

Celebrate the Finalist

We are so proud of our friends Lisa and Franco Marra of Frali Gourmet! They have been named a 2014 Martha Stewart American Made Awards finalist!! We visited with them a while […]

Dying Eggs with Onion Skins

Recipe and Styling by Libbie Summers Photography by Chia Chong  A simple hard-boiled egg just got posh….in a sort of homesteading way. Onion Skin Dyed Eggs makes 6 Ingredients (supplies): […]