It’s Thanksgiving Day and if you’re a true last-minute person, you’re probably scrambling for the perfect appetizer or dessert. 

Here are a couple of easy, delicious recipe recommendations, straight from Rich’s for the Home blog (one of our clients):

• Louise Mandrell’s White Chocolate Strawberry Cake
• Dave Lieberman’s Lemon-Poached Shrimp with Spicy Gazpacho

Chocolate, strawberries, lemons, shrimp, and gazpacho. Sounds like an irresistible sweet & savory combo!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Football season is in full swing, and for fanatical fans, that means one thing: parking lot parties!

Professional tailgater, Joe Cahn, shares his list of ten must-haves for successful tailgating over at our client’s blog: Rich’s for the Home.

I knew that barbecue sauce is a required ingredient at a tailgate party, but toilet paper? A waterproof oven mitt? Check out Joe’s handy checklist — in fact, print it out and use it for reference before heading off to the next game!

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Rich’s for the Home is at it again! Julie (our Rich’s blogger), visited with Rick Browne, prolific cookbook author and host of PBS’s Barbecue America.

Rick shared his recipe for Cedar Plank Swordfish with Pineapple Salsa. Next week on Rich’s blog, he’s going to share a recipe for Sweet Potato Biscuits. Yum!

Be sure to sign up to receive e-mail updates from Rich’s for the Home, so you won’t miss a single one of Julie’s delicious weekly recipes.

And if you’re in the market for a wood-burning or pellet stove (and who isn’t, with the price of propane sky-high), Julie’s kicking off an in-depth series on how to shop for the perfect stove.

Related article:

• Food Network’s Sandra Lee Shares Recipe for Saucy White Hots

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Today on Rich’s for the Home blog (one of our blogging clients), Food Network host, Sandra Lee, shares a recipe for Saucy White Hots, from her new cookbook, Semi-Homemade Grilling 2 (Semi-Homemade Series).

The recipe, which includes bratwurst, French rolls, and ground beef, looks delicious–and easy!

Tags: Food Network, recipes, Rich's for the Home, Sandra Lee, Semi-Homemade Grillilng 2

Northwest Flower & Garden Show – Flora’s blog
www.mygardenspaces.com/NWblog/

Flora keeps Pacific Northwest gardeners up-to-date on the latest happenings in the local gardening community . She covers everything from wildflowers to rhodies to how to pair wine with food (for your garden parties)

Check out Flora’s tips on Simple Ways to Live Green, Part 1 and Part 2

San Francisco Flower & Garden Show – Jasmine’s blog
http://mygardenspaces.com/SFblog/

Flora’s Bay Area counterpart, Jasmine, has gone absolutely ‘green’ lately! She wrote about The Big Green Bus, powered with waste vegetable oil, ‘Green’ business practices, and how to create a sustainable garden design.

She’s also got a whole series on wine tasting, for you wine aficionados who are heading to the Napa Valley this summer:

• Tasting the Fruit of the Vine
• The Nature of Wine Tasting
• Tasting Tips
• You Can’t Judge a Wine by Its Label

Rich’s for the Home
http://richshome.typepad.com/blog/

Rich’s blog has a gardening theme going, too. You’ll get tips from an expert gardener about how to successfully grow an orchid, learn how to accent your backyard retreat with bamboo–or, perhaps, a tiki thatch canopy.

You’ll also pick up some delicious grilling recipes:

• Sweet and Sour Fruit Salad
• Perfect Pasta Salad
• Grilled Pizza Tortillas
• Cherry Teriyaki Pork Chops
• Grill Goulash
• Summer entertaining menus

Alderbrook Properties
www.alderbrookproperties.com/blog/

Speaking of food, have you tried Geoducks lately? (in Washington state, we pronounce these monster clams “gooey-ducks”). You’ll find ‘em aplenty on the Hood Canal, at Dosewallips State Park (that’s “doe-see-wallups” for you non-natives).

What, exactly, is the Hood Canal? Is it a stinky, waste-infested swamp? No, not at all! In fact, the Hood Canal is a beautiful fjord. Read all about it.

If you’re planning to visit—or move to—the beautiful Pacific Northwest, be sure to read up on all the latest happenings along the Olympic Peninsula, brought to you by Alderbrook Properties.

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Here’s what’s been happening on our clients’ blogs lately:

San Francisco Flower & Garden Show

• Flower & Garden Show makes big move to San Mateo in ‘09
• May gardening classes, tours, and events in Northern California

Rich’s for the Home

• Hot tub maintenance tips
• The role of music in outdoor entertaining

Alderbrook Properties

• Recycling program for compact fluorescent bulbs
• Farmers’ markets on the Olympic Peninsula

Northwest Flower & Garden Show

• Did you know that your garden furniture talks?
• Benefits of using seaweed in your garden, and other tidbits

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Every week on our blog, we highlight posts from our clients’ blogs, to give you a taste of the compelling content available on today’s business blogs.

Alderbrook Properties - This beautiful golf course community on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state sponsors a blog that keeps the entire Olympic Peninsula informed of the latest happenings in their area. This week, we learned about The Page Turners Book Club, sponsored by the North Mason Timberland Library in Belfair, WA.

Northwest Flower & Garden Show - Gardening’s going to the birds on Flora’s blog, as she discusses the fine feathered friends with whom she shares her garden.

Rich’s for the Home - If you’ve got a small balcony or patio, you’ll find plenty of tips for how to dress up your balcony and how to create mood lighting for your patio. And don’t forget to try out the delicious pasta salad recipe!

San Francisco Flower & Garden Show - Jasmine tackled a variety of gardening projects this week: How to create a sunflower hideaway with your kids, How to solve squirrel problems, and how to interplant your vegetable garden.

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