HeyJaredThe NeighborFood Newsletter
Everything you love about gathering at the table in newsletter format. Recipes, recommendations, and deep thoughts about motherhood, faith, politics, and building networks of care, one casserole at a time.
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When Your Friend Is Hurting and You're Miles Away (opens the original)
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When a friend we love is struggling, most of us want nothing more than to show up at their door with a big hug and a casserole. But what do we do when that friend lives 1000 miles away?Several of you asked this exact question after reading my post about offering practical, specific help to friends who are going through it. It was a great question (you’re very thoughtful people!), and one that I’ve enjoyed deep diving and puzzlin
We Should All Watch More Football Together (opens the original)
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When my family and I were traveling in Costa Rica this summer, my sons often wore their Ohio State Buckeyes t-shirts. Hiking to waterfalls and ziplining through jungles, they wore their fandom on their chests, and wouldn’t you know it, two thousand miles from home, strangers would spot them and shout an “O-H!” or stop us to ask where we were from.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oHyJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2F
So You Wanna Build a Village: A Practical Guide to Turning Neighbors into Friends (opens the original)
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A few weeks ago, my husband and I had big date night plans: a kid-free, nostalgia packed outdoor showing of the 2006 movie masterpiece, “She’s the Man.”We had just finished loading the picnic blanket and cooler when we found out our babysitter couldn’t make it. Five years ago, this would’ve been the end of the story. We would’ve retreated inside, resigned ourselves to frozen pizza and a grumpy bedtime, and called it a day.Instead, I called up a neighbor and she told me to send the kids over, no
Hey There, Kindred Spirits! Welcome to NeighborFood! (opens the original)
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Hello there, and welcome to the NeighborFood newsletter, a place filled with great food and the ordinary and profound conversations that happen around the kitchen island.Please, grab a cup of tea and pull up a chair! If you’re craving more connection, but aren’t sure how to make it happen in the midst of *waves hand around* everything else, you’ve come to the right place!We’re here to talk about neighboring, an everyday practice of showing up for the people in your real life, with all your grief
Snack Chats #7: One Last Summer Read, New Music, and I Think I Finally Found a Rosacea Routine That Works for Me (opens the original)
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Welcome to another round of Snack Chats, where we gather ‘round the virtual kitchen island and dish about all the great stuff we’ve been into lately.I’ve been making my way back to the kitchen after taking most of August off, and it’s felt really good. I revisited these Amish Apple Fry Pies that have been popular on the site for years, and dang, they’ve still got it. I made a few tweaks to make them even better, and I got my husband to give me the full eyes-roll-back-in-head reaction, which is a
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