The South Will Rise

I love the Superbowl- not because I love football, because I really don’t care about NFL football- college football is a slightly different story (I care a little bit), but I love the Superbowl for the food.  It is such a great excuse to eat a lot of cheesy, meaty, greasy, bready foods and drink […]

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I was flipping through the channels on Saturday morning and stopped at a cooking show where two women were making a chiffon cake.  Of course I was inspired immediately, so instead of watching the rest of the show or even figuring out what show it was, I started googling chiffon cake recipes.  There are quite […]

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Sometimes there is nothing better than a chocolate chip cookie.  I used to make them all the time when I was little- starting from scratch with the recipe on the back of the Nestle Toll House yellow bag.  So great.  Of course, eating the dough was my favorite part, but warm chocolate chip cookies are […]

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I love bananas in dessert.  They add such a wonderful flavor and creamy texture, and somehow any dessert with bananas evokes some great far off memory I can never quite put my finger on.  Banana splits, banana pudding, banana bread- they are all delicious.  I came across this recipe in Saveur Magazine, and wow- it […]

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I went to boarding school in Connecticut, and let me tell you, for those of you who don’t know- Connecticut winters are long.  Really long. Especially when you are used to South Carolina weather- that cold will take your breath away.  While I do love the snow, and skiing, and lots of things about winter, […]

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Happy New Year to everyone!!  I am finally coming out of the fog of jet lag from our trip to Vietnam which was awesome!  It was such an amazing trip, and I am the luckiest girl to have gotten to spend such a special vacation with my family.  I feel so lucky and blessed that […]

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