Who We Are
Welcome to Biscuits & Basil food blog. We are Anna & Julie, and we are sisters, foodies, bloggers.
Anna
Anna and her husband have 2 amazing daughters who are married and have brought them 8 awesome grandchildren! Oh, and 2 pretty cool sons-in-law. They are retired, are empty-nesters, and they love calling North Carolina home. Anna volunteers in her community with the local Smart Start Partnership for Children, which helps strengthen families, as well as provide resources for families to help their kids, ages Birth to 5, be prepared for Kindergarten.
As a 1980 graduate from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Home and Family Development, Anna has found numerous ways to apply her degree in her family, community, and in her work with this food blog, which is a great way to use her creativity, hone her computer and photography skills, and get to cook great tasting food.
As a lifetime member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Anna continues to strengthen her testimony of the Book of Mormon, her Savior Jesus Christ, and the doctrines and organizations that enable all of us to have peace and joy in this crazy, mixed up world. A few of Anna’s favorite things are: organizing/de-junking, working out at her local YMCA, playing pickleball, family time, the beach, and blogging with Julie.
Julie
Julie created the original blog back in 2011 and now blogs here with her sister, Anna. She’s the youngest of four girls and is a proud member of the G.R.I.T.S. club (Girls Raised In The South)!
Julie and her husband have been married since 1991 and have five children (six if you count her son-in-law) whom they have home-schooled since, well, forever (one left at home is now in a charter school). A native Southerner, Julie convinced her Southern California husband to settle down in North Carolina. They enjoy campfires, movies, board games, family trips, pickleball, sailing,…..and eating….DUH!
Also a graduate of Brigham Young University (class of ’92), Julie enjoys a wide range of activities (hello, ADHD) and especially loves creative projects like rubber stamping, sewing, model railroading, miniatures, cake decorating, cookie decorating, gardening, and, um, did we mention pickleball? She also loves to read, listen to podcasts, watch movies, exercise, binge-scroll Instagram, and go to Disneyworld. And of course, cook.
Family, church, and creative pursuits keep her busy productive, but that’s just how she likes it!