Last Tasty Tuesday

Tomorrow is a very big day here at life+style. While the Farmer's Market continues through October, tomorrow will be our last Tasty Tuesday of the season. October 19th is the Friends of Fort Scott fundraising dinner and October 26th is The Taste of Home-we hope you'll join us for both of these exciting events! We've really enjoyed our Tuesday evening get-togethers; and tomorrow promises to be exceptional! Michael Richardson, chef at Cottey College and cookbook author will be joining us to sign copies of his book and chat about food, entertaining, cooking, etc. We'll have some of his pumpkin swirl loaf to sample and of course some great Spice Merchant coffee to go with it. So join us tomorrow from 4 to 7 pm and celebrate good cooking and good friends with us!

Happy Birthday Lil!

What a blast! Lil and nine of her best friends stopped by Fort Scott today to celebrate her 80th birthday-Fort Scott will never be the same! It was an honor to play host to this wonderful group of women with a serious mission-to have fun! By the time we saw the group, they had already brunched at Lyons and taken the Trolley tour. They had already started shopping Main Street when they stopped to take a coffee break here at life+style. Iced tea and cookies all around while Lil opened more than twenty gifts! She had a total of 80 to open during the day and she had already gone through 30. I think she was saving the last 30 for the Buffalo Grill-look out Jeh and Logan!

Taste of Fort Scott

It was just two short years ago that Jim and I spent a frantic week looking for a new home here in Fort Scott. We didn't find one on that trip and ended up choosing our home on line, but the weather was so beautiful and we were welcomed by everyone, so we knew we had made the right decision to move here. Toward the end of our busy week we attended"A Taste of Fort Scott" and were very impressed with this wonderful event. We spent time chatting with Alan and Jackie Warren that night and of course Martha and Jim Scott made us feel right at home.

We will be attending "Forks and Corks-A Taste of Fort Scott" tomorrow night; but this time as exhibitors. We're looking forward to seeing good friends and offering up our delicious chocolate-chip pecan and snickerdoodle cookies. And I'll bet we'll get an opportunity to try some yummy items from other exhibitors. We do eat well in Southeastern Kansas!

Come join us for this great event-for info go to www.fortscott.com

Holy Cow! (and goat!)

The first meeting of the life+style Cheese Club came to order yesterday afternoon. Three beautiful cheeses, Jim Scott running the show and lots of fun! Thanks to everyone for helping us inauguate this new service. It sounds like we will need two deliveries before the end of the year; so email your suggestions for cheeses. We'll let you know when your next chance to "get cheesy" comes up!

Run, don't Walk...

...to the new breakfast/lunch spot at Lyons Twin Mansions! The south mansion is now open from 6am to 2 pm for breakfast and lunch. Our sneak preview was DELICIOUS! Smoked trout, Big Roosters, French press coffee; Tod has created a fabulous menu-woo-hoo! What a great place for a quiet meal, a business meeting or even a romantic, anniversary breakfast (Jim-did you get the hint?). I'm so happy to have another great locally owned business to send visitors to. Thanks, Lyons family!

Oops!

I didn't realize how the headline on the post below would sound. Tasty Tuesdays will continue through October, but I guess I consider September as fall, so I should have said something more appropriate!
Cindy from Sweet Repeats just brought me a yummy sounding recipe for Zucchini Chocolate Cake that we'll be trying this coming Tuesday, and of course Michael Richardson will be here October 12 to cook and sign his cookbook The Best of Cottey Cooking. We will not be having Tasty Tuesday on October 19 due to the Friends of the Fort event at the Liberty Theatre-we hope you'll join us there and support our National Historic Site!

Last Tasty Tuesday of the Summer

What a great party last night! We made some Roasted Potato and Tomato salad with fresh produce from the Farmer's Market. It was enjoyed by our wonderful group of regulars, some new folks and also special guest Michael Richardson, author of The Best of Cottey Cooking. This was Michael's first experience with Tasty Tuesday and our Farmer's Market. He called this morning to tell me how much he enjoyed his visit, and to set October 12 as the date for his book signing and stint as guest chef for Tasty Tuesday. So mark your calendar to stop by on your way to or from the Farmer's Market for a taste of one of Michael's recipes, and to get your cookbook signed!