Interview With Victoria Parsons – “Queen of Cupakes”
Victoria Parsons – Queen of Cupcakes Live tweeting Food TV shows I’ve met amazing and very nice people from the culinary world. One of those talented chefs is the Queen of Cupcakes – Victoria Parsons. Victoria brings two interesting experiences to our interview table. As her social channels confirm, she is an accomplished Cake Decorator. Her amazing and creative cakes make me especially happy. Victoria is also a...
Creating Herbal Teas: Jan Grieco, Great North Woods Herbs & Botanicals
Creating herbal teas is a personal joy for Jan Grieco. My friend Jan, founder of Great North Woods Herbs & Botanicals is a true renaissance woman. Jan’s background includes author, college professor, journalist, dog advocate and now foodpreneur. At her heart Jan is a creative nurturer. So it wasn’t a big surprise when I saw she had launched a company that incorporates the herbs she grows in her amazing garden in...
Adriana Coppola, Owner, Alta Cucina Italia : A Foodpreneur Interview
Adding vinegar to savory foods is not unusual but adding vinegar to sweet foods including ice cream was a new culinary adventure for me! I enjoyed Alta Cucina Italia balamic vinegars several years before I had the pleasure of meeting its founder Adriana Coppola. This spring, at Flavor of Georgia, I finally saw the charming woman who created the lemon balsamic vinegar and fig balsamic vinegar that I have indeed used to topped dishes of...
John Wright, Owner, Bee Wild : A Foodpreneur Interview
Recently I spent a beautiful spring afternoon at the Duluth Arts Festival. Among the art booths I spotted a a cool dude selling honey. I made a bee line (ouch sorry!) to talk to the owner, John Wright. John graciously offered tastes of of his products and told me a little about the history of Bee Wild. The honey is from a 3rd generation Georgia family farm ~ love that one! The honey was divialicious (!) and John agreed to an...
Interview with Briana Carson, Owner Crave Pie Studio : A Foodpreneur Interview
Did your mom bake pies when you were little? My mom baked cupcakes and cakes and cookies but never pies. Perhaps that’s why the very thought of making a pie crust from scratch is intimidating and a mystery to me. When Briana Carson invited the Atlanta Food & Lifestyle Bloggers’ Society (I’m a member and current president) to a special, members only pie baking and pie tasting event at her shop, Crave Pie Studio I...