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Join us for our FIRST ANNUAL Chocolate Chip Cookie Taste Test where we try out seven recipes from our favorite home magazines, all promising to be the ULTIMATE chocolate chip cookie, and land on a clear winner-even through the fog of a sugar high.Every magazine promises that THEY have done the remarkable, the impossible! They have landed on the end-all, be-all, very best of all time, ooey-gooey chocolate chip cookie recipe. And every single time, being the chocolate chip cookie lovers that we are (no other dessert needs to exist, if you ask Emily!), our eyes widen, and we get extremely excited by the prospect. Be it in the name of civic duty (someone's gotta do it!) or our sweet teeth, declaring a winner in a sea of deliciousness is  an experiment that we take on happily and willingly in today's episode. And YOU get to decide which is your favorite, right along with us. We are happy to share a curated, comprehensive collection of THE BEST chocolate chip cookie recipes from our favorite mags over the years. Which one is your favorite? Follow us on instagram, and let us know by sliding into our dms: @mypageliving. Join us as we experience a sugar high like none other and declare a winner!

It's a cozy snow day! Let's make Tuscan Bean and Italian Chicken Sausage Soup, talk gallery walls, and bake cookies for next week's Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Taste Test.In today's episode, we embrace all that is a sweet and cozy snow day. And what do we want to do on our snow day? We want to bake, cook a warm dinner, and do a little something around the house to make the space feel and look a little bit more put together. We answer the question: What's for Dinner? With a Tuscan Bean and Italian Chicken Sausage Soup from the February issue of All Recipes.We deep dive into the makings of a gallery wall -  inspired by an article called Portal to the Past in the February 2023 issue of Country Living magazine. And, we set you all up for a brand new, collective experience here at Page Living: our first annual Chocolate Chip Cookie Taste Test! We are all snowed in, and we have nowhere to be but right here with all of you and all of our magazines. So, let's cozy in. This is the Page living Podcast, and YOU are welcome here. Visit our website at MyPageLiving.comFollow us on InstagramCheck us out on TikTokEmail us: mypageliving@gmail.com

In today's episode, we are serving up ideas to make your Valentine's Day cozy and connected - - inspired from the pages of our favorite home magazines.  We have taken the recipe for the Red Velvet Brownie Torte (hello!) from the February 2023 issue of Real Simple Magazine into our home test kitchens, and we are excited to share that recipe, as well as our thoughts and what we learned along the way about how to pull it off without a hitch. And that's a good thing because with Valentine's Day just around the corner, there's no room for error. And while flowers are lovely on Valentine's Day, our magazines know us so well to know that a house plant is a much appreciated and adored exchange for the traditional bouquet. Both All Recipes and Sunset magazines in their February 2023 issues had articles on house plants, so we will dig into their appeal, their healing powers, and of course, how to keep them alive as we speak to plant shop owner, Jude Stevens of Green Space Design by Jude in Salem, Oregon. And we fill in the gap with a topic that we felt was lacking in allllll of our magazines. Something that I personally was searching for and needing but could not find- and that is creative ways to celebrate Valentine's Day with the family - alongside the usual chocolate indulgence and expressions of love. So, I'll share an idea I have for everyone - and that is a Valentine's Day Heart Hunt Hike. It's a tradition we have done in our family since Milo was able to walk, and we look forward to it every year. So, if you're needing an activity to do with the family on love day, this could be it. Welcome to our Valentine's Day celebration. Everyone put out your handmade kleenex box. It's time to deliver tiny Valentines to each other. This is the Page Living Podcast. You are so loved. And you are more than welcome here. Follow us on InstagramCheck us out on TikTokEmail us: mypageliving@gmail.com

In today's episode, we will let Real Simple guide us through 30 days to a better everything. How could you argue with that? We will tap into their daily suggestions that will help us eliminate the junk in our trunks (their words, not mine), the clutter in our kitchen cabinets, the stress in our schedules, and all the other stuff adding chaos to our days. And we will play a dreamy round of Would You Rather - where we pick a pretty stone house that is currently for sale, brought to us by Country Living Magazine. Welcome back. Happy 2023. A new year is upon us. Let's get to it. This is the Page Living Podcast, and YOU are welcome here.Follow us on InstagramCheck us out on TikTokEmail us: mypageliving@gmail.com

If we were all together, we'd be having you over for a holiday cookie exchange. Likely we'd be wearing festive pajamas or holiday sweaters - or both. We'd all show up with a giant platter of our favorite cookies. And because the cookies are so delicious, we'd share the recipes and the stories behind why we love them so much. So let's relish the joy of this shared experience together - brought together by sugar, held together by our hopeless sense of nostalgia and deep feels. This is our first annual holiday cookie exchange! Friends of Page Living are stopping by with their favorite cookies! Come for the recipes, stay for the stories. Happy holidays!

Today's episode is all about gifting - from wrapping to wish lists and the advice in between.We will take a look at how to craft the perfect snow-white clay gift tags. Spoiler alert: They make great ornaments, too. These tags were inspired by Annie Diamond's Better Homes and Gardens article that we went on and on about last week. We will practice using natural elements, like twigs and sprigs, for adorning wrapped packages - inspired by Magnolia. Greenery and dried oranges will make another appearance as we craft gift tags, inspired by Real Simple. Real Simple magazine throws down some gift-buying advice. And as someone who promises every December 26th that I will be better, do better, be more organized, be more on top of it NEXT Christmas, I am totally open to taking in all the tips they want to dish out. And we will dig our way out of the pile of wish lists each magazine has generously curated for us, as we curate our very own wish lists from those lists. The time to give is now. The time to start wrapping in creative ways is now. The time to delight the ones you love is now. And we are right here with you.This is the Page Living Podcast. And YOU are welcome here. 

In today's episode, we turn our focus to decking the halls! If there's one way to be sure to feel the holiday spirit, it may just be by transforming our homes into winter wonderlands with seasonal touches that proclaim something special is happening here, in this moment.  Whether it be adorning mantels, stairways and table tops with greenery, like Good Housekeeping, Magnolia, and Country Living encourage.Or by handcrafting new garlands, paper snowflakes, or stars made of twigs- that will someday become family heirlooms- by way of Better Homes and Gardens. Or maybe it's rolling out the plaid rug and tossing a few plaid throw pillows that make their appearance only for a season, which Country Living magazine celebrates. This is the time we prepare our homes to lovingly hold the merriment that is about to ensue. It's the time to curate the backdrop to the unabashed excitement, belly laughter, incomparable anticipation, and deep feels that are so alive this time of year. This is the Page Living Podcast, and YOU, and all your seasonal enthusiasm, are welcome here! 

In today's episode, we are focusing on one thing and one thing only: PIES! More specifically, how to make the ultimate pie crust. Because,  if you're anything like me, pie making seems to have a  magical quality, like it's a special talent doled out to a select few in the family who have mastered the art of pie making.I, admittedly, would LOVE to be one of those people. In the spirit of fully exploring our pie crust recipe options, I could not take one magazine's promise of perfection alone.  Referencing the pages of Food and Wine, Sunset Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Cooks Illustrated, Bon Appetit, Taste of Home, Epicurious, and the Pioneer Woman, today's episode is the ultimate education in making perfect, flaky pie crust. So today, friends, we become pie bakers together by exploring time-tested pie crusts curated from the pages of our beloved magazines. In the end, the goal is to land on the pie dough for the pie that we will proudly and triumphantly lay on the Thanksgiving buffet -just right of the green bean casserole and just below the cranberry relish. Friends and family may swoon. And we may even have an entry for the State Fair. Goals! Joining me today is the one, the only, the pie champion of all time for our family … my mom!This is the Page Living Podcast. We are grateful for YOU. And YOU are welcome here. 

Hello, friends! Welcome to the Page Living Podcast, the podcast for holiday-loving homebodies who love to pull inspiration from their favorite home magazines.Each of our podcasts for the month of November will focus on preparing for the Thanksgiving season and meal - full of flavor, connection, and style. And today, we are focusing on cocktails fit to add seasonal liquid joviality to your meal. Edward Gali, an at-home cocktail enthusiast and talented mixologist joins us, as he has tested, tasted, and approved a few cocktails sure to please - pulled from an oldie but goodie issue of Martha Stewart Living. And, because family gatherings can sometimes be the breeding ground for awkward moments, we take a look at a Better Homes and Gardens article about Modern Etiquette to prepare us for the unexpected this hosting season. My brother Andy, who is always simultaneously the life of the party and somehow at the heart of the awkward moments, will be joining us as we laugh our way through a discussion on how to navigate the social scene this Thanksgiving.  This is the Page Living Podcast. We are grateful for YOU. And YOU are welcome here. 

In today's episode, we turn our focus on the most important element of the Thanksgiving feast. No, it's not the turkey. No, it's not the Tofurkey.  It's the sides! The sides, in our world, are really the stars of the show. And because every one of our magazines has delivered roughly 100 recipes per issue for sides, we are going to switch up our approach and share an overview, if you will, as we all work to craft our own menus for the family feast. We will talk  Pro Tips thanks to Real Simple Magazine. Our magazines are so kind to share answers to the most commonly asked questions. I can just see year after year content editors being like, “ Y'all! They still don't know when to thaw that turkey. Let's tell ‘em again. Write the article.” Inspired by an article in Real Simple Magazine, called “What Makes My Turkey Day,” we will hear from friends and family about what makes THEIR Thanksgiving Day special. Special offer for our listeners! Get a free surprise with a code mentioned in this episode. Redeem on the Life Lovely Co. Etsy shop.

Welcome to the Page Living Podcast. The podcast for home-loving, holiday-loving, seasonal-living, magazine lovers. It would not be an October issue of our favorite magazines without crafty suggestions on how to make any old pumpkin a shining star. And with so many options to choose from, Katie and I split up the ideas and each put our best crafting foot forward. We will pass those ideas on to you - and let you know how it went for us. For better or for worse. We are baking up a seasonal delight, thanks to Real Simple magazine, trying out their recipe for Apple Pie Skillet Cake - topped with vanilla ice cream. Chicken and Vegetable Wild Rice Chowder, compliments of the October 2022 issue of Better Homes and Gardens, is What's For Dinner.And because these are the final moments to decide on what you'll be donning this October 31st,  we talk Halloween Costumes - inspired by the handmade designs in the October 2022 issue of Good Housekeeping. This is the Page Living Podcast, and You are welcome here!

Mid-October is the ultimate time to host fall gatherings. Our fave October magazines dole out copious amounts of fall entertaining ideas, so we had to try them out. This week, we delight in taking a stab at crafting monogrammed apples as seasonal place cards and caramel apples for a fall sweet treat (which went horribly wrong), all from Country Living Magazine.Country Living's Brussel Sprouts with Warm Apple Cider Dressing and from-scratch Focaccia from our friends at Good Housekeeping is what's for dinner this week. De-lish!We take a look at where to find the best fall foliage across the country. We also keep it light and real as we give our take on the practical, and not-so-practical, nature of the most beautiful fall entertaining ideas.  

Celebrating the kickoff of Halloween season, we decorate our homes for Halloween, taking not-so-spooky DIY cues from Better Homes and Gardens. While apple cider donuts are popping up everywhere -from donut shops to pumpkin patches- we bake an Apple Cider Donut Bundt Cake to delight our October cravings. We dream of Cozy Cabin Retreats and play a jovial game of “Would You Rather” as we pretend to make them our own, thanks to Country Living Magazine. Chili Stuffed Sweet Potatoes are what's for dinner, ala Better Homes and Gardens and Real Simple. It's a chili cookoff, if you will, with a sweet potato bowl. Perfect for a fall evening together. It's October, friends. What a great time to be alive. This is the Page Living Podcast, and YOU are welcome here.

Today, we will be inspired by Floral Designer, Nicky Andrag. Magnolia Journal kindly introduced us to her and her kernels of wisdom around intentionally taking in the world around us so that we may be amazed by the beauty that surrounds us. While this is normally a way of life Katie and I commit to, we paid special attention to the notion this week, and we will share our experiences, as well as ways to express this practice creatively. We send September off with a bang, not missing the chance to marinate in the splendor of apple season before we make the obvious pivot to pumpkins in a week's time by educating ourselves on apple varieties and baking up Oat Streusel Apple Muffins from Southern Living Magazine.In the words of Oprah, we will share our Favorite Things list, or if you're a Martha follower, Good Things, for the month, all curated from the plethora of suggestions in all of our September magazines. We will call out the items that caught our eyes and may have made it into our online shopping carts. As always, we will answer the question, What's for Dinner? And in answering the question, we will indeed expose our midwestern roots with our enthusiastic pick of a Chicken and Broccoli casserole from Southern Living magazine. Grab your tea. Get under that knitted blanket. Throw open the windows for a cool breeze.This is the Page Living Podcast. And YOU are welcome here.

In today's podcast, we take inspiration from the September issue of Real Simple Magazine from an article about the power fragrance has on our mood. But because Katie and I are too sensitive for 99% of what they suggest, we will share our favorite fall candle hack as we explore the art of Simmer Pots.  Good Housekeeping is giving us the answer to the ever-so-important question, “What's for Dinner?” with a chicken pot pie soup, which we have tasted, tested, and gathered all our little notes on to pass on to you. And if you're feeling fall road trip vibes like we are, we are all in good company as both Coastal Living Magazine and Real Simple give us tips and tricks for getting back out on the road after what may have been a couple past falls of sticking close to home. And because Katie's family and mine are both fresh off a cross-country road trip from Oregon to the Midwest this past summer, we will definitely be able to add to the list. As we mentioned last week, the fall issue of Magnolia Journal has so many delightful and seasonal pumpkin recipes that we would indeed be revisiting their Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice article. And we are doing just that with their Pumpkin Chai Chocolate Chip Blondies. This is the Page Living Podcast, and YOU are welcome here. For recipes visit our blog:MyPageLiving.com/blogPurchase:Simmer Pot Blends on Etsy

Hello, friends! Welcome to the Page Living Podcast! The podcast for home magazine lovers. In today's episode, we are continuing our fall anticipation momentum. The fall issue of Magnolia Journal will be having its moment this week. It is so rich with inspiration, we had to try so many ideas. And you'll get to hear all about them!   We bake up a Pumpkin Whoopie Pie sure to impress even those clinging on to summer.  It's delicious and a little fancy, so prepare to impress. (I literally was told by several people that this is one of the best things I have baked. And I have Joanna Gaines to thank for that, because the recipe is perfection.) And because we are entering soup and stew season ( the best season for cooking dinner, if you ask us), we will answer the question, “What's for dinner?” with a beef stew recipe, as well as a butternut squash soup recipe - both tasted, tested and enjoyed thoroughly. We look forward to sharing with you all the cliff notes we've gathered.  We take a sweet look at the magic of old cookbooks, well used, well loved, coffee cup stained and holding the formula to awakening the most special memories. I had a super sweet sitdown with my mom about her cookbook that truly is one of our family's most precious living and working heirlooms. And we will take a look at pantry staples - to ensure we are fully stocked for the fall fun ahead, as well as share some spice combos to make ahead and  have on hand to add a touch of fall flavor on a whim. This is the Page Living Podcast, and YOU are welcome here. 

Celebrating the beginning of September means honoring the sweet and unique seasonal middle space - where the carefree days of summer shift to the anticipation of a cozy fall. Taking a page from Country Living Magazine this month, we dig into an article called Good to the Core, where they encourage us to channel our best sweater weather with their collection of apple recipes. And we will do just that as we test out and share an apple turnover recipe sure to lay out the welcome mat for fall feels.  And speaking of laying out the welcome mat for fall feels, we will be taking a look at how Magnolia magazine recommends transitioning our homes for fall. You know Joanna always has the best ways to make a space seasonal and cozy. We share our own personal early fall to-do's, as well. Together, we play a lighthearted and dreamy game of Would You Rather where we live in the dream of heading to an old country estate and choosing our most ideal and swoon-worthy clapboard colonial.  And we will be answering the question “What's for dinner?” With a shredded beef taco recipe with a side of magic beans from Country Living Magazine.Welcome to Page Living Podcast! YOU are welcome here.

In today's episode, we draw inspiration from an article that caught my eye all about shelf organization in the July 2021 issue of Country Living Magazine. And we speak with professional librarian Andrew Brink to get his tips on how to curate and organize a home library that is more than just a pretty face. And inspired by the Good Humor ice cream bar taste test in the summer issue of Delish magazine, you'll not only learn about the top winners, because I couldn't leave you hanging with just the mention, but I'm joined by my niece, Minna, to share our tips for putting on a taste test of your own, which happens to be one of our favorite activities to do together when we see each other. Pulling from the same summer issue of Delish magazine, we are testing the classic lemonade recipe in today's test kitchen - and in the competitive food spirit, we had to put it up against the classic Iowa State Fair lemonade recipe to see how it holds up against the most classic of all lemonades. This is the Page Living Podcast, and YOU are welcome here!

In today's podcast, we are celebrating the 4th of July - with inspiration pulled from throwback issues of Better Homes and Gardens and Country Living Magazines.We will cook up a delicious Cherry Caprese Salad - fitting for your 4th of July gathering - as we talk to this week's at-home test kitchen field reporter, Carrie Flynn.  We tackle the ever popular tassel garland to adorn your 4th of July gathering - as seen in the July 2020 issue of Better Homes and Gardens. Inspired by the S'mores board  featured on the cover of the July 2020 issue of Country Living Magazine, we will be attempting to bring that sweet magic to life in a similar fashion. And to help us nail it, I'll be talking to Kelly Flynn, a charcuterie board expert and owner of Nosh and Board Co.And we'll be taking a look at the elements that make up a family 4th on a glistening lake in New York's Adirondacks - as a family gathering revives the bliss of summers past with nostalgic snacks, outdoor activities, and stars and stripes decor. So grab your cool drink, take a sit by the water - and let's get ready for the 4th of July. This is the Page Living Podcast, and YOU are welcome here. 

Welcome to episode TWO of the Page Living Podcast! Today we are taking a closer look into the June 2021 issues of Better Homes and Gardens and Country Living magazines. We LOVE a good power muffin in our house. So we wondered… do the Chocolate Cherry Power Up Muffins on page 78 of the June issue of Better Homes and Garden live up to the name? We find out in this week's Test Kitchen. To bake this week's recipe, I have called on one of my favorite trusty at-home bakers. She's my little sister, a mom to a four year old and a newly turned two year old. She's Katie Jane Crocker. We share our adapted recipe - worthy of being a grab-n go-breakfast or an afternoon snack for the kids that you'll feel totally fine saying, “Absolutely!' when they ask for seconds. If … they ask for seconds. Let's learn how to flea market! For the lesson, we turn to page 47 of the June issue of Better Homes and Gardens for an article called Hunters and Gatherers, where we meet interior designer Natalie Papier and her best friend and fellow flea market buddy, Kim Daunis. Get the deets on everything we need to know to walk away with new treasures - at the right price. And while negotiating prices may make this sensitive people pleaser sweat, the advice is sure to be the supportive boost needed. Last week, we shared a summer cocktail fit for the over 21 crowd. However, when we are poolside or lakeside with our cocktails, you know the littles will want in on the special drink situation. And rightly so! Our answer is inspired by the Grapefruit Guava Fruit Punch on page 105 of the Better Homes and Gardens June issue. Listen to eight year old Milo share his thoughts on our adapted recipe, which we are calling the POG Sunset Mocktail. With Father's Day top of mind, the June 2021 Country living magazine has devoted a uniquely enormous amount of  real estate - a mighty 18 pages, which is kind of unheard of, as an ode to the sage advice and corny one-liners our dads tend to say that stick with us. Pulling quotes from famous dads, we are allowed to get lost in the feeling of those sweet moments with our fathers - or any figure who has a lasting impact on us because of the words they speak - and the value we put in their role in our lives. And I asked my own dad for some advice - a treasured commodity. Visit our blog for more ways we bring the pages to life. 

In today's episode, we are deep diving into the Martha Stewart Living June 2021 issue #315 and the summer 2021 Sunset Magazine Outdoor Living Issue. From an ice cream sandwich worthy of satisfying the most discerning summer tastebuds and a simple and sweet summer cocktail, to Father's Day gift ideas and gingham picnic dreaming, this first ever Page Living Podcast is an ode to summer living - right in line with the magazines we are loving this season.