This Southern thing is a whole lot more complicated than I imagined. My natural instincts in the kitchen don’t translate very well in the South. Feeling in over my head, I realize that I need a bigger plan than the one I originally created. Southern appears to be a simple cuisine, when in fact I [...]

For the record, and you can quote me. This Caramel Buttermilk Cake is the best. I mean the absolute best cake I have ever eaten in my entire life. I am an experienced cake eater who has had her fair share of cakes. I also have a few years and a few pounds of qualifications [...]

A week has passed since I first wrote the un-posted draft A Yankee in a Southern Kitchen. What I didn’t expect was the urgency of God’s early morning wake-up calls which the forthcoming post will talk about. Last weekend at work we had a few Trunk Shows that would require a caterer. [...]