Nothing pleases me more as a chef then to immerse myself into culinary culture. I created these scones to highlight cane syrup, one of the souths favorite but also forgotten sweet condiment. These are aggressively southern, utilizing staple ingredients that would be easily found in any southern farm kitchen. Smoky, salty country ham meets sweet…
Category: baking
Sheet Pan Blueberry Pie
LOVE blueberry season. My Great Grandmother Lola used to get lost in the woods picking huckleberries; a wild blueberry-like cousin. She would come home with bites and scratches all over, but a pile of berries gathered in her dress. I think about her every time I am picking my weight in blueberries at a u-pick…
Chocolate Chip Cookies
This isn’t a typical chocolate chip cookies post where I tell you I have the best recipe. Because I just don’t. There are not only tons of recipes, but people love these cookies in very specific ways. I have at least a dozen recipes for chocolate chip cookies. I think they are all amazing they…
Fairytale Eggplant Tart
I’m a southern girl through and through and if you say tomato pie I will hunt you down to get a slice. But I am here to tell you, this one is the closest second best. This, like the majority of what I do when I jump in the kitchen, is put together. Sometimes its…
Fall Spiced Squash Pie
Fall Spiced Squash Pie Basically a pumpkin pie, but more delicate in taste. To me, any fall squash lends itself to dessert. Ingredients: 3 cups of cooked cubed cushaw squash4 eggs1 tsp of cinnamon1/4 tsp of nutmega dash of cloves1 t dried ginger2 tsp vanilla1 1/2 cups sugar1 pt heavy cream1/2 tsp of pink Himalayan…
Market Brownies
My first job in the culinary world was at a little deli in a residential town center. We opened early in the morning, served fresh brewed coffee, homemade baked goods, and deli salads by the pound. I didn’t know it at the time but this would be the cornerstone of the career I chose. And…
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