Everyday Entertaining: Sunday Morning Coffee

Everyone loves waking up to the smell of coffee. We like to think it's the perfect way to greet overnight guests. But...sometimes your guests may wake before you, so it's a good idea to set up the coffee spread the night before. No one wants to fumble through the kitchen looking for mugs or forgo sugar because they couldn't find it. Here is one of our favorite early morning coffee spreads.

Mugs | Dish Towel | Creamer | Wooden Platter | Fish Dish for Sugar (on sale)

It looks pretty inviting, right? Just make sure your coffee maker is set to brew or leave out a few pods for the Keurig. What other tricks do you have for entertaining overnight guests?

Marion + Leslie

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Everyday Recipe: Marion's Go To Salad

In a last ditch attempt to squeeze in a few more "summer meals," I made this Lemony Shaved Summer Squash and Pecorino Salad from one of my favorite cookbooks, Home Cooking with Jean-Georges. This is one of those easy salads that looks much more complex then it actually is. I threw it all together in our Montes Doggett Bowl and used the Rustic Salad Servers to serve it up.

Lemony Shaved Summer Squash and Pecorino on Arugula:

2 large lemons
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 cup EVO
2 cups packed arugula
2 small or 1 medium yellow squash (sliced paper thin)
2 small or 1 medium zucchini (sliced paper thin)
2 ounces aged pecorino cheese
Freshly ground black pepper

Grate the zest of one of the lemons directly into a jar or bowl with tight-fitting lid. Squeeze a 1/2 cup of juice from the lemons and add the zest. Add the salt and oil, cover tightly, and shake vigorously.

Spread the arugula in a single layer in a serving dish. Scatter the squash and zucchini on top. Using a vegetable peeler, shave the cheese all over. Grind the pepper over everything and serve immediately.