Eggs-Behind the Scenes
October 13, 2012
More Inspiration
April 10, 2012
strawberry sauce
We all know the pleasures of eating strawberries and some extol their aphrodisiacal properties, but none so well as Madame Tallien. Born to the aristocracy, given six names, and raised by nuns, this strawberry lover survived a march to the guillotine, bearing the fruit (ten) of multiple lovers and husbands (including the notoriously seedy and filthy Napoleon Bonaparte), several stints in prison and all of the great political and social shifts of the late 1700s. A style maven and risk-taker throughout her life, she insisted on bathing solely in the cure-all juice of strawberries.
February 24, 2013
Inspired by Lavender
Photography by Chia Chong Words and Styling by Libbie Summers Have you been so fortunate as to stand at a plateau and look down over a field of blooming lavender? […]
March 3, 2012
Simmer Down Podcast: ooh la la Meet Virginia
This is a very special week on Simmer Down! We had the opportunity to sit down to breakfast at B. Matthews restaurant in Savannah and catch up with Chef Virginia Willis and her mom…also Virginia. We talk everything from Chanel lipstick, Meme’s pound cake recipe, Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon to the “easy on the eyes” cattle rancher Will Harris! Meet Virginia Y’all!
