When Thom Ziegenhardt began dreaming up a new ice cream parlor concept four years ago, he pictured his parlor as something more refined, an antidote to the frozen yogurt shops and kid-focused sprinkle palaces on every corner. He started with Google. His search turned up something surprising: ice cream got its start in America thanks, […]
The menu at Bar Crème offers guests different ways to create a Jeffersonian dish. There’s a made-to-order option, where you pick a pastry, a sauce and toppings. The menu is also full of composed dishes designed and executed by pastry chefs. They’re assembled when you order them, the bananas flambeed on the spot. The toppings […]
A family tradition haunting a younger generation
While visiting a friend who owns a tannery and leather goods factory in Florence, Italy, Ximena Kavalekas had an idea she couldn’t ignore. She would design handbags using the skin of pythons, the beautiful yet invasive reptiles overwhelming the Everglades back in her home state. Creating the designs came naturally to Kavalekas, who has a […]
Casey Shea grew up near Jacksonville in Ponte Vedra Beach before striking out to New York and Nashville to pursue his musical dreams as a singer-songwriter and guitarist. After three solo albums, Shea finds himself a member of Los Angeles–based Grand Canyon, creating a lush classic rock brew that echoes Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood […]
I often use the phrase “hidden in plain sight” to describe wild Florida, especially the overlooked forests, swamps, ranches and wildlife corridors that make up our state’s interior. While our coastlines have much higher billing in Florida’s identity, our coastal nature can be hidden in plain sight too. Such is the case with the thousands of […]
It was an inundation of “Get Well Soon” floral arrangements that led Ashley Woodson Bailey to start photographing flowers. She was recovering in 2012 from a horrific car crash—one that not only resulted in a broken back but also forced her to give up her full-service floral and event design company in Austin, Texas. “To […]
Lauren GroffSwamp Savant Lauren Groff stepped into the spotlight in 2015 when President Barack Obama named her novel Fates and Furies his favorite book of the year. In Florida, her newest collection of short stories, the New York Times best-selling author transports readers across the state from storm-stricken shores on the Gulf Coast to Gainesville’s […]
