a tasty little blog about southern baking
Posted in Breakfast, Cooking, Desserts, Dinner, Pioneer Woman on Feb 22nd, 2012
We took 14 people up to North Carolina with us this past weekend, so including us, there were 12 adults and 5 children (and 2 dogs). It was a packed house, but we all had so much fun! Corby, Walker and I drove up on Thursday night which also happened to be Corby’s birthday- we [...]
Posted in Breads, Breakfast, Cooking, Desserts on Nov 21st, 2011
Since I started writing this blog, I have been making a wish list of bakeries I want to visit. Red Truck Bakery (www.redtruckbakery.com) in Old Town Warrenton, VA is definitely at the top of the list. First off, I really love that they turned an old Esso Station into a bakery. Second, I really love the [...]
Posted in Breads, Breakfast, Cooking, Desserts, Dinner on Oct 21st, 2011
We have a new food magazine in Charleston called The Local Palate. The first issues arrived in my mailbox last week, and it is fabulous!! Here is their “about us” from their web page www.thelocalpalate.com and find them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/thelocalpalate : We are a culinary magazine that focuses on the food culture of Charleston. [...]
We now have a gourmet doughnut shop in Charleston- I am beyond excited! Glazed Gourmet (www.glazedgourmet.com) opened on Upper King Street, and I hear they have a pumpkin doughnut that is extremely tasty. Can’t wait to check it out for myself! Will post with a picture and an update when I make it there. Here [...]
Posted in Breakfast on Sep 14th, 2011
We spent a long weekend down on Wadmalaw Island, just 30 minutes south of Charleston, SC. The weather couldn’t have been more beautiful, and we ate some good good food! Here are two of the best things we had. First- the crabs! I am not actually going to write a recipe for this as we [...]
I am not sure what is better than waking up on a crisp summer morning in the mountains to homemade cracked pepper and cheddar cheese biscuits. I found a wonderful recipe in the Charleston City Paper from Robert F. Moss who has a fantastic blog! We have tweaked it a little bit to add the cracked [...]
I can’t keep my surfing fingers off of “A Yankee in a Southern Kitchen” – here’s yet another recipe hot off that delicious spot in the bloggosphere: I think you may agree that benne wafers with blueberries and cream sounds like the most delicious summer treat ever conceived. Also, benne wafers are extremely Southern! Charleston [...]
Knoxville’s first annual International Biscuit Festival recently wrapped up. So, how did it turn out? Let’s see what KnoxNews had to say: Biscuit Festival has big turnout By Mike Blackerby Judging by the turnout, East Tennesseans sure love their biscuits and all of the accoutrements that go with the delectable flour-based discs. Saturday’s first International [...]
I am enamored by Regina Charboneau‘s recipes. Regina Charboneau is the owner of Twin Oaks Bed & Breakfast in Natchez, Mississippi. She is the author of Regina’s Table at Twin Oaks. Mississippi Hushpuppies (From Regina’s Food section in The Atlantic) Here is Regina’s recipe for the treasured Southern dish. You can add what you like [...]
We have a crush on crumb cake this week, and we always have a crush on rhubarb. Therefore, nothing makes more sense to us today than a recipe for Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Cake! Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Cake Image © Diana Rattray Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Cake (borrowed from Diana Rattray: southern culinary artist and author of [...]
