Better late than never

Happy fourth (er, fifth) of July!

I made these super yummy red, white, and blue cupcakes yesterday. Check out the recipe here. Mmmm, cream cheese frosting....

Southern Food and Wine Festival - Part 2

The exhibit hall was full of all sorts of yummy, and dangerous, goodies. We pickup up some sauces and dip mixes, tried all sorts of goodies, and chatted up fellow foodies.

The best booth would probably have to be Wonderffuls - a yummy truffle/cake concoction with super cute presentation:



Top cocktail awards goes to St Germain elderflower liquor.


2 parts Champagne/sparkling dry white wine, 1.5 parts St Germain, 2 parts club soda = delish

And then we picked out our fav winery and brewery of the evening. Everything we tried from both places was awesome.





All in all, not a bad way to spend the day!

Southern Food and Wine Festival - Part 1

My lovely Auntie got me tickets to the Southern Food & Wine festival as a "congrats on defending" gift. A day of yummy food samples, wine tasting, and watching Alton Brown & the Neelys cook - not too shabby!


I'd like a corner piece, please.


(two days before my hair appointment - darn!)






The man lost 45 pounds since March. Um, yeah. And on top of that, he managed to convince me to try eating some trout and other fish besides sushi. But then...


...the Neelys made BBQ ribs and it smelled sooooo good it made me forget all about fish!

Feeling blue

It's going to be a great summer...

Summer food is good food

First start with a crisp salad, with greens picked fresh from the garden and homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing...


Follow with a juicy Moroccan-spice rubbed steak (from our local CSA!), grilled zucchini, grilled sweet potato chips (thanks for the idea, Mindy and John!), crusty bread, and a surprisingly good box wine...


I don't cook, so thank this guy for the meal...


Finish with some garden-grown strawberries for dessert.


I love summer...