Here's a fast and easy brunch recipe to help you bridge the gap between breakfast and lunch. A Mountain Cristo is my northeast Georgia mountain interpretation of the famous French sandwich, the Monte Cristo. Preheat a skillet (I used my cast iron griddle pan) on medium heat with a...
When you're a kid, you don't really think of all it takes to have a family and run a household. We never wanted for anything growing up, but looking back on it now, its because my parents both worked very hard and made smart financial...
Growing up, my mom would pack my lunchbox and I was always happy to find the occasional Tastykake Jelly Krimpet. If you've never had this fun little snack cake, it's a simple yellow sponge cake injected in three places with jelly. Vampire Bites are an ode...
Its beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, every where you look! In anticipation of the fast-approaching holiday season, I've been looking through my cookbooks and online to come up with some different recipes to highlight our spreads at some special events we have coming up. Here's...
We were blessed with a beautiful but windy fall day for the 2nd Annual Suwanee Wine Fest. Arriving in plenty of time to unload & stage our tent for the festival, we were greeted and helped by many volunteers to get our wagon unloaded and to...
Fall has finally arrived here in the southern Appalachian mountains. The forest is starting to pop with oranges & reds as the days grow shorter and the nights are cooler. We have had a mild summer but its still so much nicer now to sit...
As tradition goes, summer's last big hurrah is Labor Day weekend. I cannot think of a better way to wrap up a busy summer then with a celebration of the harvest of wine grapes then Yonah Mountain Vineyard's Crush Fest. Fine wine, grape stomping, live music all...
Martha Stewart's sister Laura Plimpton passed away suddenly this past week. Reading Martha's heart-felt blog post made me really reflect on my feelings and relationship I have with my sister Betsy.We are both very unique individuals, probably with as many things in common as we have different. Betsy...
We like to keep a full calendar of demo and promotion work on the weekends for Unicoi Preserves, so more and more often, our time has been split between different venues on the same day. The weekend of 12 Spies Vineyard Anniversary celebration was no different. The debut...
One of the many things I love about living in White county is the sense of community that we have here. A community that works together, supports each other and understands the big picture of working together to make a better place to visit and...
We have had 12 Spies Vineyards & Farms Anniversary Party on our calendar for several weeks. As Saturday's outdoor event grew closer, the weather forecast did not look promising and it was indeed pouring rain here in Sautee as we loaded the car to head north to Rabun Gap. That's...
Have you ever noticed that it takes forever for the second in a series of books or movies to come out? Well, suffice it to say, sometimes blog posts are the same way. My last blog entry found me back in my hometown of Albany, in south...