This year to celebrate a bit of Holiday cheer before the madness of packed Holiday Schedules hit in full force, I had some friends over to celebrate a little Friendsmas gathering for some Brunch and wreath making! 

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Thanks to my friends at Riceland Foods for sponsoring this post. Although there is a sponsored element, all opinions, recipes and words are my own.  Every year there’s a debate in our house about what kind of starchy side we want to serve with our traditional Christmas roast. There’s the classic potato versus everything else

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The first time I had Orangettes it was during my study abroad in Paris. Our hotel was situated above a candy store whose delectable chocolate air wafted up through our open windows every day. On the occasion that I finally wandered in there, the clerk assured me I had to sample their signature chocolate candy:

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When something is so nice you have to make it twice within a week, you know you’ve got a special recipe. I was up late one night watching the food network and they were doing some sort of Holiday Cookie Showdown when one of the contestants started making caramel for their cookie. I realized at

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When I was growing up there was always that one thing that signaled Christmas time was here: Hot Chocolate. However, try as we might, our hot chocolate never quite tasted like Dean & Deluca’s or the cafe hot cocoa down the road. Mind you my sister and I were using Swiss Miss with the stale

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So, as I go to post this recipe I must kick myself, because of the 100+ Christmas cookies I made last year, I deleted ALL of my photos on accident documenting all the hard work that had been endured making (and eating) said cookies. The only photo that remains is one photo that I saved

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I love when side dishes are slightly camouflaged as dessert. That I think is my favorite thing about Southern Holiday cooking. Someone, somewhere is sneaking sugar in unassuming places and we get to grow a little fatter and a whole lot happier during this time of year. And when it comes to memorable holiday food,

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I have long been a fan of candles. Nothing warms up a cold winter’s night quite like the soft glow and the sweet scent of a quality candle.  I was at Ponce City Market the other week walking through Citizen Supply – an artisan to consumer working mercantile shop above the food hall – when

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It’s time to Deck the Halls and dust off the tinsel. December 1st means we guiltlessly get to throw on the “Yule Log” channel tucked away in the extended cable package you bought and pour some spiced rum in eggnog because Christmas is right around the corner!  I absolutely love decorating my home for Christmas; it

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