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Ruthie’s Divine Southern Coconut Cake

Ruthie’s Divine Southern Coconut Cake

  When I was a child I was obsessed with three things: the color pink, bunnies, and coconut.  For my birthday, mother would bake a coconut bunny cake - a one-layer bunny face round cake, with ears made from oval slivers of yellow cake, thin licorice whiskers, bright pink coconut ears, and black jelly bean eyes.

What is it about a well-made cake that takes us…

Seared Scallops with Butternut Squash Puree, Fried Sage Leaves, Toasted Walnuts, and Plugra Brown Butter Sauce

Seared Scallops with Butternut Squash Puree, Fried Sage Leaves, Toasted Walnuts, and Brown Butter Sauce

Serves 4 (more…)

produce::

_____     Italian Flat Leaf Parsley, 1bunch

_____     Garlic, 3 heads (15-20 cloves)

cans, jars, box::

_____     Queen Olives, 3, 7-ounce jars with pits

_____     Olive Oil, 1/4c+

Garlic Olives:: Ode to an Ancient Fruit

Garlic Olives:: well worth the three week wait.

Today’s blog is in honor of my favorite fruit –…

Oysters - Part II:: Garden & Gun and The Southern Foodways Alliance

Today’s blog is Part II in a two part series inspired from the FaceBook post above via Garden & Gun

Oysters - Part I:: Garden & Gun and The Southern Food Alliance

Charleton-Demonbruen Oysters made with Prichard’s Tennessee Whiskey, Benton’s Bacon and Ham, and…