Category Archives: Recipe

Thankful for Carrot Cake

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Oh, the Places We See

In order to pull our family together on the same day, we’re celebrating Thanksgiving on Sunday rather than when everyone else does this Thursday. Not a problem. The older we get, the more we realize it really doesn’t matter when … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipe | Tagged Carrot Cake, Joy McCabe, Live at Five at Four, Thanksgiving, WBIR | 19 Comments

Favorite chocolate cake gets snapped up at Holiday Helpings!

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Oh, the Places We See

If there’s one cake that we’ve baked a hundred times, it would have to be our favorite: Hershey® Bar Cake. So, when the bake sale in tandem with the Holiday Helpings event at our church, First United Methodist in Knoxville, … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipe | Tagged bake sale, First United Methodist Church, Hershey Bar Cake, Holiday Helpings, NaBloPoMo, recipe | 7 Comments

Cook ’em, wrap ’em, tag ’em: Church Bake Sale!

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Oh, the Places We See

There’s nothing like a bake sale to get us moving a bit in the kitchen, and our church puts on a great event each fall. We don’t always participate in the cooking, but this year we did. No matter whether … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipe | Tagged First United Methodist Church, Hello Dolly Bars, Holiday Helpings, Joy McCabe, Peach Melba Shortbread Bars, Poppy Seed Cake, Southern Living, Sugared Peanuts | 5 Comments

Mixing friendship and Wall Street: A Valentine’s Celebration

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Oh, the Places We See

Since the late ’90s, I’ve bought and sold stocks with the ladies of WEB Investment Club. When we started the started the club, most of us had no idea how to access stock market info online or place a trade. … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Holiday, Recipe | Tagged flowers, food, investment club, Knoxville, Southern food, Tennessee, Valentine's, Wall Street | 13 Comments

Better Bring a Cooler: Independent Seafood, Georgetown SC

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Oh, the Places We See

My husband and I have spent the last days of summer at Pawleys Island for so many years, we’ve lost count. But even though we know the routine of renting, the journey down highways and byways from Knoxville to South Carolina, and that great … Continue reading →