My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.

My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.

I love The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge Property in Bluffton, South Carolina. Its a spectacular corner of the world, with massive old trees lined with Spanish moss, and alligators swimming in the river.

There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.

Always wear sunscreen and wash your makeup off at night.

I am a glutton for a beautiful hotel. I am so easily smitten by high thread counts.

Ultimately, I realized that in order to write about food you need to understand everything about cooking, so I moved to New York and enrolled in the Institute of Culinary Education.