Southern panache for your life
As we near the end of summer, the fruit gets a little sweeter. The summer rainstorms enable berries and peaches to plump up to the point of bursting, making it the perfect time to infuse them into every baked good our Kitchen Aid mixer can whip up. Last year, I couldn’t stop making this peach
To me, an artichoke is a summertime indulgence. Growing up, we didn’t have a lot of money to spend on meals, but in the summer, my mom always brought home an artichoke for us to snack on for the weekend. Back in those days, it was steamed in the microwave and served with a side
This post has been sponsored by Deoleo USA, Inc. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I didn’t realize that traveling to the Cote d’Azur would leave such a culinary impression on me as it did. As any Francophile can attest, Paris was always held the closest to my heart for cuisine. That is, until
A wise woman once told me to have a lot of cocktails (and wine) on hand for when you’re renovating a house. We are 2 weeks into our home remodel and while we’re on schedule, the amount of undesirable things that have come out of taking off 100-year-old wallpaper is shocking. Needless to say, I’ve
Finally, the holiday best celebrated with cheeseburgers and all things fired on the grill. It’s time to invite your friends over, tell them to bring their suits, and stock the propane tank, 4th of July is here and we’ve whipped up some amazing 4th of July recipes and one awesome tablescape for you to serve
Over Memorial Day weekend, we went up to the mountains for a little R&R&R (Rest, Relaxation and car Restoration). My fiancé and his dad are working on restoring one of his classic BMW’s up at their place in North Carolina, which meant we got to stop by my favorite farm stand on the way home.
I was going to say that summer is the season of pie but then it just hit me that pie really doesn’t have a season and it’s perfect all year round. However, there are some pies more suited to summer like my absolute favorite, blueberry pie and we’ve made it an even more approachable summer
We can’t wait to get outdoors and celebrate Memorial Day Weekend. The weather has been great and the humidity hasn’t settled in, so we know we need to take our celebration to the park where we can kick back, relax, people and puppy watch and enjoy some tasty bites throughout the afternoon. We’re sharing some
One of my favorite ways to enhance a classic margarita is by adding a bit of fruit juice. If I’m not sipping on the perfect pitcher margarita, I’m probably adding some grapefruit simple syrup or pineapple simple syrup to the mix. Enter these simple syrup fruit juices I whipped up to enhance your Cinco de
Is there anything more tragic than a poorly made margarita? Growing up in the 90’s, it was the time of processed and packaged everything, case and point, the sour mouth puckering margarita mix that claimed all you had to do was just add tequila for the perfect margarita. But it was wrong, so wrong. The
