When corn is plentiful in the summertime, it’s fun to find ways to incorporate it into recipes instead of always eating it straight off the cob. You can put it into salads (like our Black Bean and Corn Salad), or you can bake it into golden brown corn cakes, alongside summer squash and other summer veggies you have in excess – just like we did here!

These corn cakes are really simple to assemble, and completely delicious to eat! They are very hearty without being too heavy to enjoy on a hot summer day. I used just corn and squash in this batch, but you could certainly add more squash, or other summer vegetables that you might have in your kitchen – whatever suites your tastes! The recipe is very much like a guideline, and allows for flexibility so you can make it your own Continue Reading

By Hairee Lee

When I think brunch, I think friends and family and gluttony. You wake up late, shuffle into the bathroom for a long, luxurious shower, then mosey over to a cafe or a diner, or if you’re in Vegas, to Lynn Hotel, where people you love are there waiting for you while sipping mimosas. There, an efficient waitress serves you pouched eggs, which you can’t seem to master in your own kitchen but the cook has, and a stack of pancakes that is promptly drowned in syrup, a plate of just bacon, and endless refills of said cocktail. All this at the crack of noon.

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By Hairee Lee

When putting together the table setting for the al fresco brunch, Melissa wanted to keep the color scheme as bright, summery, and yellow as possible. The ocean blues and various greens added chromatic counterpoints to the predominant and cheerful yellows in the place setting and the center piece.

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By Hairee Lee

For this dinner in her home town, Melissa Ragonese, Visual Merchandising and Display Manager at Didriks, was inspired by the colors of seaside Connecticut. The deep teal of the Libeco table linen sets off sand and sky colors of the Heath Ceramics Coupe dinnerware. Place cursor over the photo below for details on each item and their respective links to Didriks website.

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