Our History

This isn’t our first rodeo! We started our first food blog in 2011. Here is our story…

Beginnings

Julie’s dream of having a recipe blog became a reality in July of 2011, when Mormon Mavens in the Kitchen was launched with a total of 14 authors. We were all so excited for this new venture and began posting recipes as quickly as we could, with each Maven posting every other week on a specific day. And from the beginning we posted our Mormon Morsels (spiritual posts with topics chosen by each Maven) on Sundays. Over the years, Mavens have come and gone as their individual lives have dictated. But we have enjoyed having all the Mavens contribute for however long they were able. In March 2016, the blog had hosted a total of 21 blog authors who provided nearly 1,100 recipe and spiritual posts. We appreciated their creativity and enthusiasm!

Changes

As the blog grew and became more popular, we realized the need for more functionality and greater customization. With only a few Mavens actively posting, the time was right to make a big change. In mid-2015, we began the process of overhauling and redesigning Mormon Mavens in the Kitchen. We wanted a simpler, cleaner look and the flexibility to explore creative topics outside of the kitchen. After transitioning the site to a new blogging platform, we relaunched the blog as mormon Mavens in April of 2016.

Julie (the blog creator) and Anna (one of the original mavens) were now running the new and improved blog. It was a labor of love for us, not only because of the upgrade itself, but also because of our appreciation for all the previous mavens who had made this blog so popular. Making sure their recipes were always available, even though they were no longer blogging with us, was a priority.

And now…

Enter Biscuits & Basil. In 2018, our Church leaders re-emphasized the correct name of our church and the importance of members referencing the proper name, because the “Mormon” nickname was confusing to others and did not truly reflect who we were. The name of our church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With this new emphasis on using the full name of the church, many of the references to the “Mormon” nickname have been changed, as have abbreviations. For instance, the church website was known as LDS.org. (which stood for Latter Day Saints), but is now ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Because our blog was Mormon Mavens, we felt impressed to change the name and at the same time thought that a brand new blog would be our next step. So we brainstormed and landed on Biscuits & Basil–biscuits because we are Southern girls and basil because it’s Julie’s favorite thing to cook with. Plus, don’t you think Biscuits & Basil just kind of rolls nicely off the tongue?

To see how far we’ve come, check out our first blog on blogspot , then our first dotcom . We hope you will enjoy perusing and using the recipes that we share with you on Biscuits & Basil. And if you are a fan of our former blog, you can still access all of your favorite recipes at Mormon Mavens. We use it all the time as a virtual cookbook.

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