Go ahead… Take a hot minute to just look and drool over these waffles. Just a couple months ago, I took a little break from the busy streets of Nashville to visit the super-busy streets of London. It had been a couple years since I had been previously, and with a shiny new camera in…
Eclipse Mirror Galaxy Glazed Moon Pies
It’s no secret that I am a total nerd. Working as a research biologist goes hand-in-hand with my love of very technical baking. Lately, there has been a huge geek-fest going on because of the upcoming eclipse. This is the first total solar eclipse in the continental US since 1970. People are losing their minds…
Blueberry Buttercream Macarons
As a food photographer, I am constantly filling up hard drives with photos. Most of them sorta just disappear into the deep, dark folders of my computer to never again be seen. The select few get edited and used for blog posts, client advertising, some magazine articles. Every so often, I’ll be browsing around for…
Tips for Taking Perfect Food Photos Using Your Phone
Disclosure: Thank you to Starbucks for partnering in this post. They have provided compensation, but the opinions in this post are solely mine. We’re all guilty of it. You’ve done it. Your kids have done it. Your grandparents have probably even started doing it. No, I’m not talking about double dipping into the chocolate fondue….
Peanut Butter Cup S’mores Cupcakes
I know that I yap on a lot about “it’s SUMMER and this is what you should be eating!”, but…. IT’S SUMMER and this is PERFECT, y’all! — If there is a single iconic summer backyard treat that immediately sets the summer scene in my mind, it’s a s’more. I’ve made Fall S’mores with pumpkin…
Grapefruit [BOOZY] Italian Soda Slushie
Y’all know the feeling. Cold slushie, drinking too fast, total brain freeze. I’m going to show you all one slushie that is absolutely worth the freeze with this one. — I’m taking one of my favorite grapefruit hard italian sodas and turning it into a boozy chiller that is going to be my summer go-to…
Tequila Glazed Peach Tart
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Altos Tequila. All opinions are 100% mine. BBQ season! There’s really nothing like grilling out, cooking dinner and having drinks with friends after a long day or to kick off the weekend. Something that I’ve noticed from the countless backyard invites has been the…
Southern Summer Slammer Cocktail
Can we just all sit down on the front porch and chat for a moment? It is HAWT out, y’all.Nothing beats the heat better than the coldest of cocktails. Even with the heat, you can’t have a great summer without some patio time with friends. I’m whipping up a twist on a sweet southern favorite,…
Bourbon Stuffed French Toast
Ya, ya. I know, y’all. It’s bourbon overload over here on the blog. I thought about holding onto this one for a bit, since I just recently posted Bourbon Glazed Burgers (SO good for summer BBQ season) and have a million and one other bourbon recipes already up on the blog. But then the little…
Chai Caramel Cream Eclairs
Hey, y’all! It’s been a hot minute, I know. Summer (I guess it’s actually technically spring still… but this heat tells me we skipped spring and went straight for summer.) has been kicking my ass. I randomly decided to move into a new place in Nashville. Good and bad about that. Lots of huge, bright,…
