Gluten Free Sourdough Bread
I am fully aware that it has been actual YEARS since the last time I blogged, but, life came at me fast. In...
Biscuit Topped Chicken Pot Pie
February has always been the hardest month of the year for me. It's cold, dreary, vast, and what comes to mind when I...
Persimmon & Pecan Bread
When we moved onto our new street we heard rumors of the amazing persimmon tree in our neighbor's yard-- Japanese persimmons grafted onto...
Chocolate Cayenne Zucchini Bread
I'm back in the kitchen! It only took me seven weeks to find the motivation and the desire to strap the baby on and...
Buttermilk Biscuits
Last weekend we had a baby shower here in Wilmington celebrating the forthcoming baby Rosemond-Hoerr. I have to say, it was pretty kick...
Caramelized Cinnamon Rolls
This year for Dan's birthday we had a birthday brunch. I figured 31 is a good time for a low key celebration (but...
Pumpkin Pound Cake
this recipe originally appeared on Our State In case you missed the signs, it's pumpkin season! Some of you, I know, just squealed with glee....
Apple Cider Donuts
this recipe & story originally appeared in Our State Magazine Fall is, indisputably, the most lovely season. Don’t get me wrong; I love summer....
Pizza on the Grill
Guys, I took a break. I took a vacation where I turned off my email and checked out of all of my work...
Buttermilk Biscuits with Caramelized Apricots and Honeysuckle Butter
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of cooking for two (sold out!) dinners at Greenlands Farm in Bolivia, NC. It was...
Sorghum & Goat Cheese Hand Biscuits
First of all, I cannot tell you how grateful I am for the wonderful things you all have said about my new book. The...
Chicken Biscuits Sliders
So far the common thread of 2015 has been biscuits. I actually think I've made more biscuits in 2015 already than I did...
Drop Biscuits
Last weekend was Dan's 30th birthday (!!) and when I asked him how he wanted to celebrate he said that he wanted to...
11/100 Flossie’s Pound Cake
Almost six years ago I wrote my very first post for this blog. I was 22, freshly out of college, and had just...
9/100: Columbus County Beet & Goat Cheese Pizza
There are many things to love about a Farmer's Market-- an excuse to wake up early on a Saturday and indulge in a...
Banana Almond Muffins
I am a firm believer that it's important to hide your crazy early on in relationships. It would never have worked if I'd...
Barbequed Eggplant Pizza
I've long since given up on the idea of controlling how dinner parties progress. Usually something I make bombs terribly, or guests arrive...
Breakfast Pizza
First of all, I apologize for the phone pictures. This was not a recipe I planned to post, but one that I photographed...
Fall Donuts
This month I decided to give up processed sugar (as well as all processed sugar substitutes). I did it for two reasons. First...
Biscuits 101
This week I was featured on a joint collaboration between Paula Deen and Kraft- an online publication called Live Richly. A new venture,...
Balsamic Fig Tarts
In 2004, I started college at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Four years later, I graduated, moved to D.C. and started preparing...
Ramp & Cheddar Biscuits
The smell that always makes me breathe deep, wrap my arms around myself, and sigh in delight is, oddly enough, the smell of...
Corn Bread
For the past few months, I've been participating in the Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge, an online challenge that has bloggers (and presumably other...
Bobbie’s Rolls
This past weekend I took a trip to Durham that I'd been planning for months. You see, Paula Deen was coming to the...
Basic White Bread
This weekend was Dan's 25th birthday. I know, a big deal right? No, you don't think it's a big deal? Whatever, we're pet...
Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread Muffins
As I write this, D.C. and it's surrounding areas are in the midst of a blizzard. Yeah. A blizzard. My readers from all...
No Impact Bread
A few weeks ago one of the connections I made through the Julia & Julie media blitz emailed me to see if I...
P.S. Biscuits
Last November my Aunt Jill loaned me her copy of the book Julie & Julia. It was about two months after I started...
Skillet Cornbread
The deciding factor in our debate over whether or not we should elope was, truth be told, our families. We weighed all of...
Monkey Bread
This week my Aunt Donna passed away, and as a result I've been thinking a lot about my elementary school years. We lived...
Maddie’s Magi Bread
When my father got remarried, my family dynamics changed, a lot. I went from having two younger brothers to having sisters, plus an...
Cherry Blossom Danishes
My mother says what she missed most when we lived in southern Florida was the lack of changing seasons. I remember one winter...
Bagels, Revisited
While I hate to bog you down with any one kind of food (except, of course, for pie), I also really hate to...
Jalapeño Bagels
My mother being from New Jersey, I know a good bagel, even by the toughest standards. Southerner though I am, I can appreciate...
Banana Nut Bread
When I was a kid, my mother's freezer always had black, frozen bananas in it. Now, in turn, my freezer always has black,...
Pumpkin Muffins
While trying desperately to find some paper scraps I had hidden from myself so I could complete a handmade box order, I stumbled...
Rosemary Biscuits
I really like Maryland, I do. At first I hated it. For starters, it's very cold in the winter. Never the less, over the...