Welcome to Our Sweet Basil Kitchen! Cade and Carrian Cheney are the husband-and-wife team behind the popular Oh, Sweet Basil food blog. Carrian grew up in the Pacific Northwest and prefers garden-fresh produce, natural ingredients, and healthy eating. Cade, raised in South Carolina, loves all things Southern—particularly if it involves a grill. Together, they have collected more than 100 recipes that combine their love of fresh ingredients with unexpected flavor combinations and mashups of tried-and-true family favorites. Their innovative dishes will elevate and reinvigorate your everyday recipes and impress your friends and family. The Cheneys believe that “Cooking isn't just about the food, it's about the hands that created it. For us, that means sharing a little Southern comfort and a little farm-to-table. But wherever you are and whatever flavors you are sharing, remember that good food and good people make for a good life.” All the recipes are exclusive to this cookbook. "Their innovative dishes will elevate and reinvigorate everyday recipes for palate pleasing, appetite satisfying, kitchen cook friendly dining for any and all occasions. Beautifully illustrated throughout...an especially recommended cookbook for both personal and community library collections."-- "Midwest Book Review" "Authors Cade and Carrian Cheney are husband and wife, enthusiastic home cooks, and the duo behind the food blog Oh, Sweet Basil, which inspired this fun-loving and eclectic collection of everyday recipes. Their thesis is simple: enjoy time together cooking in the kitchen. Offers a good helping of Southern flavors from Cade's upbringing and a farm-to-table emphasis via Carrian, who grew up weeding the family garden in Washington State. This is home cooking with a twist of whimsy and a dash of Paula Dean decadence...The Cheneys also take a fresh stab at maligned classics...Recipes are well written...Readers will find plenty of weeknight dinner ideas and an upbeat approach to family meals."-- "Booklist" (4/1/2017 12:00:00 AM) Cade and Carrian began the Oh, Sweet Basil blog in 2008 as a way to share their unique recipes and to promote their philosophy that spending time together in the kitchen is about more than the meal. As the parents of three children, they have found that cooking and eating together as a family helps them stay involved, try new things, create memories, and develop stronger bonds. Cade also works as a marketing director for a physical rehabilitation facility in the Rocky Mountain region. Visit them at OhSweetBasil.com.