Why We Celebrate

I hope that everyone has a fun Memorial Day. Regardless of your thoughts on war and the military, please take a moment to think about why you’re home, working the grill with family and friends. Thank you to all that serve/served in our military

The Cel-Ray Collins

The Cel-Ray Collins 2 oz Gin (I used Cold River Traditional) 1/2 Lime cut into wedges 2 teaspoons Turbinado Sugar 2 dashes Fee Brothers Celery Bitters 4 oz Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray Celery Soda Muddle the lime wedges, bitters and sugar in a cocktail shaker. Add ice...

Perception and Presentation

How things are presented affect how they are perceived. Take something like offal. Pretty delicious but there are a lot of skeptics. Why? Because it’s animal organs, and that’s weird. We can all agree that honey is wonderful, but at the end of the day...

Souvenirs

Some people bring home trinkets and T-Shirts. We bring home food. Here’s what we made room in the van for. 4 pounds of Geechie Boy Grits (2 white, 2 yellow) 4 pounds of Carolina Gold Rice 24 bottles of Blenheim Gingerale (75% of them hot) a case of Cheerwine 3...