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Betsy Karetnick
Betsy Karetnick is a broadcast journalist with a background in money and personal finance. She's also a passionate cook and gardener who loves to party plan. In addition to her day job, co-hosting "Morning Living," Betsy runs The Portable Garden, a container garden and floral design business in New Jersey. Betsy cohosts "Morning Living" Monday through Friday from 7 to 10 a.m. ET.
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Posted by Betsy Karetnick
In my world we call it a spectacular, spectacular. The Philadelphia International Flower Show’s annual celebration of the outdoor world has something for everyone.
Grand displays showcase a theme …
Tags: flowers, Morning Living, Philadelphia International Flower Show
Posted on March 8th, 2012 in Cool Parties & Events, Gardening, Morning Living, Photos | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Betsy Karetnick
For the “Morning Living” BBQ, we got inspired by Michael Schwartz from Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink. He visited our show and came with a lamb recipe that rocked. …
Posted on July 27th, 2011 in Food, Morning Living | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Betsy Karetnick
Our webmaster challenged me to produce three recipes with cantaloupe. Well it’s a pretty strong challenge, but she did ask, so here are the results - sweet, savory, and slurpy. …
Tags: cantaloupe, Fruit, three ways
Posted on July 26th, 2011 in Food, Morning Living, Recipes | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Betsy Karetnick
I am obsessed with fruit of the season. Currently watermelon gives the biggest, most delicious bang for your buck. I probably buy a whole one every week. With that …
Tags: watermelon
Posted on July 8th, 2011 in Food, Morning Living, Recipes | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Betsy Karetnick
Some of my bff’s joined me for dinner last weekend. It was a kebab moment so that I could feed everyone, including pescatarians. I couldn’t decide on a dessert, …
Tags: dessert, Everyday Food, kebobs, lemon tart, pototaoes, strawberry shortcake
Posted on May 17th, 2011 in Food, Morning Living | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Betsy Karetnick
Last Friday, I was very honored to be invited to help cut the ribbon at the Bartram’s Garden annual plant sale and dedication of the new Welcome Center and …
Tags: Bartram's Garden, Gardening
Posted on May 13th, 2011 in Gardening, Morning Living | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Betsy Karetnick
I went to the Philadelphia Flower Show to get a much needed burst of spring. I also totally cheat and steal (borrow? copy? emulate?) as many ideas as …
Tags: flowers
Posted on April 25th, 2011 in Cool Parties & Events, Crafts, Gardening | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Betsy Karetnick
How Martha was I recently? On a dare from chef George Mendes, I recently dropped by NYC’s Aldea to pay the chef a visit and hopefully sample some of …
Tags: aldea, donuts, George Mendes
Posted on March 28th, 2011 in Food, Morning Living | direct link to this entry |