Salted and Styled (chong and summers)

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!

There’s a Strawberry on my Back

I grew up wanting to work in the fields, a dream my parents deferred my entire childhood.

Every elementary kid did it, or so it seemed. Each summer a chartered school bus would haul sleepy-eyed kids from their homes to the sprawling strawberry fields just a short 15-minute drive into the county. While I lazed around watching “Tom and Jerry” and lapping up “toasted rice” cereal, I imagined my schoolmates singing songs and forging friendships in my absence.

Naked Pear Cake with Ginger Frosting

Recipe and Styling by Libbie Summers Photography by Chia Chong Assisted by Candace Brower  Let this spicy pear cake be the sparkly pants of your holiday dinner parties! Naked Pear […]