May Baskets are the Perfect Craft for Social Distancing
How y’all doing out there? We’re on Week 7 of quarantine and thankful for our health, the roof over our heads, and a full pantry, even as life (and finances) seem to get more precarious every day. I keep finding myself in the kitchen- my attention span and...
In Memoriam Gloria Jean Babcock 1963-2020
My baby, you are supposed to have the most glorious Victorian Voodoo Viking funeral New Orleans has ever seen- your body, perfumed and afloat on a boat full of roses, set aflame on the Mississippi and set out to sea. We should be keening and wailing at the gates of...
Tres Leches Cake on Skillet Podcast!
Olga and I had such an amazing time with Jen Nathan Orris of Skillet Podcast! Check out our episode here. Thank you, Jen, for seeing us and telling our story so artfully. xo “Have you ever been in the kitchen with your bestie? The magic of two friends...
Cakes of Spring!
While I am most certainly NOT back in the bake sale game (I’ll leave that to the beautiful geniuses at Short Street Cakes), I have really enjoyed playing around with some new and old favorite recipes to celebrate recent rites of passage with beloved friends! As...About Jodi Rhoden
Jodi Rhoden, LCSW, CAADC is a Philadelphia-based therapist, writer, and organizer. Jodi earned her Master of Social Work degree and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor license in 2022 and her LCSW in 2025. Jodi works as a therapist specializing in attachment, addiction, and trauma healing. Jodi is the founder and former owner of Short Street Cakes in West Asheville, and the author of Cake Ladies: Celebrating a Southern Tradition (Lark Books, 2011).