Farms
Spring Power Foods & Roasted Spring Vegetables
Today is the first day of Spring and I am ready to celebrate! Having one home form college right now, and the other arriving Friday for Spring Break has been a lot of fun; it also has required me to make a few requested favorite family meals again. Spring brings lots of healthy produce, including some of [...]
South Walton: Shop Like A Local Chef – Ed Reese of Edward’s Fine Food & Wine Shares His Secrets
Every Southerner should know that one of the simplest ways to save money and still eat well is to buy in season. It still pays to buy local even in this economy, and my Saturday stop on 30-A is the Seaside Farmers Market, or Palafox Market in Downtown Pensacola. The majority of eggs, dairy, breads [...]
Mac Farms & Farmer Jen Mc Alexander to be featured on Emeril’s Florida, January 27 & 28, 2013
Emeril’s Florida, a show on the Cooking Channel, will highlight the Sunshine State through the eyes of Emeril on-location with a focus on food, cooking, events and activities, and this week local farmer Jen McAlexander, owner of Mac Farms in Santa Rosa Beach will be featured! Throughout the series, Emeril will travel Florida and visit the state’s [...]
Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes & Della Rose Living
There are not too many food, travel & lifestyle bloggers in the Florida Panhandle other than myself at 30A EATS, Molly from Duchess of Fork, and Tara from Della Rose Living, and today Tara has a guest recipe post to share! If I have missed an Emerald Coast blogger, let me know by commenting below, as [...]
Egg Salad Supreme & Emeril’s #SeriousSandwich
I love a good sandwich, and apparently Emeril Lagasse does too, as he just completed a new cookbook titled Emeril’s Kicked-Up Sandwiches. I was recently chosen along with 22 bloggers to cook along with Emeril, and celebrate the books release on October 16, 2012. Kicked-Up Sandwiches is filled with over 100 recipes, sweet and savory, and also [...]
Southern Fare Dinner Series at WaterColor Inn & Resort
WaterColor Inn & Resort is celebrating ten years of offering luxurious beach accommodations and coastal southern hospitality by inviting guests to SouthernFare, a monthly series of special dinners at the resort’s acclaimed restaurant, Fish Out of Water or the scenic BoatHouse set on Western Lake. Executive Chef and Director of Food & Beverage Wayne Alcaide [...]
Chicken & Buffalo Andouille Gumbo
February was filled with gumbo goodness as I judged the Destin History Museum Gumbo Cook off and attended the Annual Sandestin Gumbo Festival with partner SoWal.com. My Virtual Potluck blogging crew was also approached by a company called The Buffalo Guys to try some of their products, one of which was their buffalo andouille. Though I had [...]
Southern Living’s Cover Recipe: King Ranch Chicken
My daughter is home from college for the holidays and I for one am thrilled. She has always been a big help around the house, but then I need it when she is home, as she is also a mess! One thing is certain, she has my genes, and loves to cook and eat! She [...]
Featured: Mac Farms of Florida
Mac Farms, established in 2009 by locals Jen and Andy McAlexander, grow and distribute the highest quality, locally grown herbs and vegetables available in South Walton. Located in Point Washington, the McAlexander’s use the hydroponic style of farming that they learned from Stan Meadows, a local vegetable farmer. The actual farming process takes place at the [...]
