Entries by Meg

Spiced Eggnog Pound Cake

I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving!  I am still so full, but it was all worth it.  I remade a lot of recipes that I have put on this blog this past week for family members that I have not seen in a while.  We started off on Wednesday night, having my parents, all […]

My Bakery Wish List

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 […]

It is getting to be time for Hot Chocolate

Despite the fact that it is almost 80 degrees in Charleston today, I have been craving hot chocolate.  Maybe it is because I know in some parts of the country, ski season is just around the corner, and I am missing my days as a ski instructor in upstate New York, or maybe it is […]

Cheese and Prosciutto Straws and a Steeplechase

After surviving the Saturday night sleepover of 11 eight-year-old boys, we got to have some grown-up fun by way of the Charleston Cup.  The Charleston Cup is a steeplechase race that started twenty-five years ago. However, this is only the eighteenth running of the race as they took an eight-year hiatus.  It was a spectacular […]

Sean Brock’s Backyard Pulled Pork

There are so many reason why Sean Brock won the James Beard Award in 2010- McCrady’s and Husk are amazing restaurants, but we tried his backyard pulled pork recipe this weekend for a football watch party we were throwing, and I now think Sean Brock is a god.  I am maybe slightly biased because Corby […]

Nashville: Avett Brothers, Arkansas vs. Vandy, and ohhh the food

We got into Nashville this past Friday afternoon just in time for dinner before the Avett Brothers concert at Bridgestone Arena.  I have only been to Nashville once in the past and that was to look at Vanderbilt for college, so it doesn’t really count.  Fortunately for me, thanks to Corby’s fantastic ability to find […]

Pimento Cheese Popovers

Corby has been making German pancakes on the weekend for breakfast, and since those don’t really have anything to do with Southern Baking, I have not blogged about them despite how amazing they are.  He adds vanilla, cinnamon, powdered sugar, syrup- they are pretty special.  But, the thing I like best about the German pancakes […]

The Local Palate- Charleston is a town where bacon is considered a vegetable!!

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. […]

The Gateway to Bourbon Country:
Blue Cheese and Toasted Walnut Crostinis with Kentucky Sweet Sorghum

I was searching for new fun recipes when I came across this website www.bourbonbarrelfoods.com, and what isn’t fun about bourbon?  Here is a little bit about the company from their website: Bourbon Barrel Foods is a maker of gourmet food products that reflect the rich heritage of Kentucky’s Bourbon Country, “The Napa Valley of the Bluegrass.”  […]