Author Archives: elena

Born & breaded in North Carolina, I’m a southern food cook, photographer, food blogger, and pie lover

Chocolate Strawberry Chess

Saturday I had the opportunity to meet one of my favorite people on the Internet, Jenny Lawson, aka the bloggess. I started reading Jenny’s blog around the same time I started b&s. I was, you may remember, feeling like a fish out of water. I was depressed, confused, and pretty lonely. A lot of things [...]

Food Art : A Giveaway

Hello lovelies! Today we have something special for you- a giveaway from our sponsor, Easy Canvas Prints. Over the past year we’ve added three canvas prints to our art wall, and I couldn’t be happier with how they’ve turned out and the way they compliment the other work. A big part of making our small [...]

Roasted Strawberry Sauce

It’s strawberry season! For the past week I’ve been eating a strawberry off the bush every time I go into the back yard. It’s been heaven. There’s something so rich, and fleeting, about eating seasonally. When you don’t eat strawberries the rest of the year and then all of the sudden you have a month [...]

Cookies & Cream Cake Roll

You would be surprised how many recipes come from late night conversations with Dan wherein I try to convince him that something exists/I’m right/something is awesome. One night this week he was in an impressively bad mood and to try and shock him out of it I pulled out my secret weapon- complete silliness. I [...]

What We Ate: April

So as I mentioned, last month we threw a giant wrench into our normal eating habits. It was mostly for the sake of a good challenge, and I’m proud of what we came up with. With the exception of a bit of weekend cheating we spent April without alcohol, meat, grains, or complex carbs. I’m [...]