Strawberry Layer Cake with Strawberry Cream Filling and Cream Cheese Frosting

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Do you remember from an earlier post this month about all those strawberries I picked and purchased from the local berry farm?  The berries that weren’t used in the strawberry ice cream were frozen for later use (we have three freezers because we put up/can/freeze most of our food).  Now that the ice cream has {Read More}

Garden Topiaries! Out and About At The Annual SC Festival of Flowers

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.This week we mingled with tourists and local residents to celebrate gardening during the 3-week long Annual South Carolina Festival of Flowers.  The focus of the festival is on everything flowers and gardening, but we also have a 2-day equestrian event, golf, 5K runs, triathalons, garden photography displays, luncheons with master gardener speakers, a car {Read More}

Fried Green Tomatoes with Marinara Sauce and Mozzarella

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. Here in the Southern region of the U.S. is a very well-known, beloved classic recipe:  Fried Green Tomatoes! This dish is so famously known that even Hollywood produced a movie called “Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe”.  But did you know that similar recipes are prepared in other parts of the world {Read More}

Cheesy Southern Pimento Cheese Burgers!

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. Pimento Cheese Burgers all garnished up and ready to devour just moments ago! . . Before my family and I moved to the Southern region of the U.S. I had already fallen in love with Southern cooking through the hundreds of mouth-watering recipes that I read from my subscription to Southern Living magazine. In {Read More}