a tasty little blog about southern baking
Posted in Desserts on May 11th, 2012
CAROLINE!!!!! Walker hosted the drawing this morning before school with the help of his trusty sidekick Nemo (or the lazy dog on the floor). Thank you all so much for entering the contest, and not to worry, because you still have two more chances to win! We will be doing another cake for Father’s Day [...]
Posted in Desserts on May 8th, 2012
We went to two weddings this weekend, and maybe that is not a crazy thing, but one of them was in Charleston and the other was in Arkansas. It felt a little crazy to me. The first wedding was on Saturday morning out on Sullivans Island. My very dear friend Kendall married a fantastic guy [...]
This past Friday, I finally tracked down Kim Nelson of Daisy Cakes- she was in Nashville, TN looking at a new distribution company for her cakes and very generously took the time to talk to me. A little background if you haven’t yet heard of Kim Nelson and Daisy Cakes because the way she is [...]
I was asked to write an article for Eat This! Charleston about the Lowcountry Local First Farm Tour. It was so much fun!! Corby, Walker, Nemo (our 11 year old Springer Spaniel) and I piled into the car and drove out to John’s Island where we met up with Ian, the photographer (his photograph is to [...]
Posted in Desserts on Apr 25th, 2012
My wonderful 8 going on 40 year old son Walker has recently gone on another health kick. Usually, he comes home from school and has an hour of down time before any afternoon activities or before he does his homework. He, of course, goes right to the refrigerator to get a snack which is typically [...]
Posted in Cooking on Apr 19th, 2012
With the weather so nice and summer just around the corner, we decided it was time to get back on the water, so we spent the afternoon with friends on their dock at Bailey’s Island which is out at Edisto. It was so relaxing and wonderful to hang out by the water, get a little [...]
Posted in Cooking on Apr 13th, 2012
I recently was asked to write an article for a new food magazine in Charleston called Eat This! Charleston. It is a great magazine about the amazingness of the food in Charleston and all of the wonderful “farm to table” initiatives we have here. The article was on a breakfast hosted at Butcher and Bee which is [...]
Posted in Desserts on Apr 11th, 2012
Walker went on a field trip recently to Bee City (www.beecity.net) as his science class is studying pollination and the different parts of a flower. He had a ball! In addition to the bee hives, they have a petting zoo with llamas, lemurs, monkeys, miniature horses, etc. The best thing though was that he came home with [...]
Posted in Desserts on Apr 6th, 2012
It was over 90 degrees in Charleston yesterday. It is 50 degrees today. Other than the obvious answer of a cold front, how does that happen? I feel like it is colder Easter weekend than it was for Christmas. The one good thing about the cold. I was supposed to go to the Masters today [...]
Posted in Desserts on Apr 2nd, 2012
This is Alice Boffin Toft’s Bakery. I am not sure where or when we got this, but as a child, this was a favorite. It was my sister’s, and while she allowed me to play with it, I was extremely jealous, so for a birthday, I got a vegetable cart which you will see in [...]
