Southern Comfort Food: The easiest pulled pork recipe

One of my oldest memories of growing up in the south was our annual BBQ buy at the high school in Charlotte, North Carolina. Each year the school would hold a fundraiser where you could come and collect pulled pork BBQ straight from the cooker. People would wait in line for hours and eventually they had to put a cap…
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The Blondie Brownie recipe from THAT picture!

This morning I shared a picture of my own version of the Great British Bakeoff out here in the country. I like to think my brownies would have been a Mary Berry success story, but it seems most people skimmed right over the brownies and wanted to know all about the blondies! I grew up with this recipe, so it…
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5 days of southern style stateside: A week of southern living after three …

The holiday period this year was, well, it was stressful. For those of you that follow me on instagram, you’ll know that this particular Christmas was eventful, to say the least. On December 20th, I made my way to Gatwick airport to start the long journey home to Charleston. It was already going to be an eighteen hour trip because…
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The Art of The Lowcountry Table Setting: From picnics to seafood smorgasbords

I call London my place of residence, but the southern states are really my home. The Spanish moss covered oaks, the hot and sticky air and a sky lit with lightning bugs are all permanent fixtures in my mind when I think of southern moments at their finest. Imagine sitting at a kitchen table with views of endless marshland, live…
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FFG Travels: Kiawah Island Resort, South Carolina

When new acquaintances ask me to describe my home in “The South,” I know they are always expecting me to compare my lifestyle to something out of Gone With The Wind, Fried Green Tomatoes or Dawson’s Creek. There is an incredible romance that has built up around this part of the world, because of the way it has been portrayed in popular…
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