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All Eyes On

A Sweet Gift

Nicole Plue, a James Beard Award winning pastry chef, has just launched a line of ready-to-eat gourmet desserts and toppings. These delicious edibles arrive artfully packaged at your doorstep, making them a perfect gift for the holidays. Just beware, they’re addictive.

Cookies

Coconut Thumbprints

An everlasting ode to the thumbprint cookie. This time we roll ours in shredded coconut and fill the centers with a bittersweet ganache.

On the Road

Buzz Worthy

Marmalade visits Butcher & Bee for a Sunday brunch. A mere year after opening, Butcher & Bee has risen to deliciously dominate the realm of the gourmet sandwich in S.C.

Main Ingredient

Not-Too-Sweet Banana Loaf

Dark chocolate morsels contribute the perfect amount of sweetness to this moist banana loaf.

Sunday with Seana

Tomato Dinner

Seana serves up a feast full of freshly picked tomatoes for this week’s Sunday dinner.

Morning Ritual

Something Sweet

Olivia Rae James, Charleston-based photographer and blogger, shares a recipe perfect for a lovely morning with a friend.

Entertaining

Sundays With Seana

A Sunday at Seana’s is always a welcomed indulgence. As a trained epicurean and naturally gifted hostess extraordinaire, Seana creates memorable experiences for her guests. Here she shares recipes from an evening at her home, from house-made margaritas to Meyer lemon panna cotta.

Food Rites

Family Tides

Barton Seaver is one passionate chef. The man is dedicated to restoring our relationship with the ocean, and carries a fervent appreciation for the family dinner table. Take a look for a recipe from his first cookbook For Cod and Country.

On the Road

A Berkeley Bistro

Enchantment on a Berkeley corner. Elmwood Cafe is a fairytale of a bistro, especially when it’s happened upon by accident. Fizzy house-made sodas, local beer, and original oak wood roasted coffee lure a variety of people to this light filled cafe. Not to mention the stellar sandwiches, pastries, and charming wait staff that make guests want to stay all day.

On the Road

In the Rite

Espresso Granita anyone? Bi-Rite Creamery in San Francisco just came out with a hit cookbook, Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones, and shared with us a refreshing recipe perfect for the hottest of summer days.

Mom Knows How To Cook

Chicken Escabeche

“My mom is the best cook!”
We all say it, and it’s probably true. Whether it’s your mom or a friend’s mom making it, home cooked food just tastes better, served with a side of extra love and care. The first recipe up is Chicken Escabeche, perfect for a summer picnic.

Feature

Back to the Bakery

Cheryl and Griff Day of Back in the Day Bakery are on a mission to revive made-from-scratch baking. Marmalade Magazine visits their shop for a memorable (and delicious) day of sweet and savory goodies. We also scored the recipe for their Summer Fruit Trifle, fresh from their newly released cookbook, The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook. Enjoy!

On the Road

Welcome to the Haus

Natasha Case and Freya Estreller welcome you to their Coolhaus mothership in Culver City, California. We’ve got instructions on how to make their Dirty Mint Ice Cream and Double Chocolate Cookies. Mhm!

Farm Food

Well Rooted

Jen Smith and Nate Frigard of Crimson and Clover Farm in Massachusetts share one of their favorite root vegetable recipes.

Holiday

The Favored Batch

Gravitating toward a specific cookie is only natural, especially around the holidays. People have their favorites, and here is one of ours: guava thumbprint cookies with a hint of bitter orange marmalade.

Main Ingredient

Bacon Marmalade

This Brooklyn-based company jars your love for bacon. Try their Okra Cornbread Cupcakes and taste what the buzz is all about. BaconMarmalade may just become your new staple condiment.

Feature

Tart Topper

Expand your tart-making repertoire with Tartine Bakery’s Flaky Tart Dough. We’ve topped this fabulously flaky base with chocolates, curds and jams, and have included a couple recipes straight from their first cookbook, Tartine.

On the Road

Sweet on Charleston

We visited four downtown Charleston bakeries to taste their take on sweetness. Read on to find out what these chefs love to bake in the colder months.

Holiday

A Friendly Giving

It’s not every year that Thanksgiving can be spent with family, no matter how badly you fantasize over those perfectly whipped potatoes. Nick Wiseman, a DC chef and cofounder of Roadside Food Projects, helps his friends feel at home with Thanksgiving recipes he’s been preparing since he was 8.

All Eyes On

Olivia-Rae James

Food and travel blogger Olivia-Rae James serves us bright apple-cranberry galettes with pomegranate seeds and marmalade on top. Try out her featured recipe, and browse her lovely handmade cake stands.

Entertaining

Brunch-Break

Amy Pastre and Courtney Rowson of Sideshow Press and Stitch Design take full advantage of their lunch hour by hosting a simple brunch at home. With no-stress recipes and prep work done the night before, these Charlestonian graphic designers have mastered the art of the lunch break.

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