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 [...]
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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 [...]
Meredith’s Strawberry Pie
This past weekend our niece, Meredith, came up to Baltimore and had a special aunt/uncle & niece visit. This trip was our Christmas present to M this year, we wanted to give her something special, something she’d remember, and thought a weekend alone where she got to pick the activities would be perfect. I’m so [...]
Mint Julep Sorbet
The second recipe I’d like to share from Off the Eaten Path is from one of my favorite Chapel Hill restaurants, Crook’s Corner. Crook’s Corner is a hidden treasure, famed for their shrimp and grits and creative approach to Southern cuisine. Their honeysuckle sorbet has become a favorite in this house, so when I saw [...]












