Southern Lifestyle + Food
Being from the south grits are just a staple of daily life, as is seafood. Charleston put shrimp and grits on the map, and this recipe adapted from Charleston Receipts is incredibly good. It makes a big batch, so it's perfect for a get together! 1 1⁄4 lbs large shrimp (shell on) 1 bay leaf [...]
Lord have mercy this is some of the best bread pudding you'll ever taste! I've never been a fan of anything tres leches until I made this recipe. The sauce was so good I couldn't stop sampling it! Even if you don't like bread pudding, try this. It's just that good! Ingredients 1 loaf french [...]
I know, I haven't been keeping up with my job writing blog posts. I have an excuse - really I do. We moved. (yay!) More about that later in another post once we get finished with unpacking and decorating the house. So.. Last winter I was sewing away (happily) making a tulle table skirt for [...]
One of the staples of our holiday meals is deviled eggs. It doesn't matter if it's Thanksgiving or Easter, Fourth of July or Christmas, we have deviled eggs with our holiday meal. I didn't grow up eating deviled eggs at home - both of my parents are from the North and these are decidedly southern [...]
Y'all!!!!!! It's here!! My Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding recipe! It's rich, decadent, sweet and so good! In the 5+ years we were creating dessert displays for weddings and events, this was THE most requested dessert we've ever made. It's perfect for dessert or if you've got a serious sweet tooth you can serve it [...]
A few years ago I had the opportunity to provide desserts for one of the local restaurants in the area. The pastry chef who was providing them prior had moved away, and unfortunately her recipes went with her. The restaurant owner said the one dessert that he really hated to lose was the Heath Bar [...]
If you've never had pots de creme before, they are sinful little servings of what appears to be mousse, but it's oh so much more. It's richer than any mousse you can find, and the addition of espresso brings out the chocolate flavor even more. The ingredients are a little more on the expensive side [...]
Last week I posted a photo of some shooters I made for a shoot we did for The Food Network a while back. We were asked to create something holiday inspired, so we did a Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies inspired dessert table. I was a bundle of nerves for weeks leading up to [...]
Cooler weather always takes me back to when I was a Girl Scout and we'd go on our annual fall camp out. The days were sunny and warm and the evenings were just chilly enough that a campfire and sweatshirt were perfect. We'd always make s'mores for dessert and let me tell you, the first [...]
Here we are in the midst of the fall season when thoughts turn to comfort food and fruits that we forego during the hot summer months. Well for me anyhow. This recipe is one I also used many times for my dessert business with great success. The pears give it a sweetness while the cranberries [...]
Rolling in the Dough 