Author Archives: elena

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

Mar 28 2 comments
grilled, barbequed, smoked, and fried

Fried Chicken Eggs Benedict

A few weeks ago Dan and I hopped on a plane and (many hours of no leg room later) went to California. Dan’s work sent him to a conference in Los Angeles and I tagged along for the vacation. It was awesome. The first four days we were in LA I pretended I was a rich [...]

Mar 25 0 comments
drinks

Carolina Blue Russians

I just want to say this- Go Heels. We may have lost tonight, but we played a great game against big odds. One of our star players was on the court on a sprained ankle, another was out with a fractured wrist. We had a few freshman on the front lines and as a team, [...]

Mar 18 0 comments
pies, tarts, and crumbles

Ginger Rhubarb Pi(e)

Happy Belated Pi(e) Day! This past Wednesday, March 14th, was one of my favorite math-related holidays. Only because it is also a holiday that involves pie. 3.14, pi, that mathematical constant that only a handful of showoff kids ever knew *all the numbers of, is celebrated on March 14th (3.14) by eating pie. At least [...]

Mar 13 0 comments
appetizers, vegetables

Kale Chips

Lately, I’ve felt a little bit underwater. Between a demanding workload, travel (for work and for fun) messing with my schedule, and life starting to feel like it was going faster than I could keep up, I’ve felt unraveled. It’s not a great feeling, but it happens. And when it does, I often spiral into [...]

Mar 10 0 comments
biscuitsandsuch news

Sisters : February

The second installment of this series. For me, getting the peek into Gen’s life on the other side of the world has been so much fun! It’s great to look at what we’re doing side by side.