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...
Crop Stories Asheville Launch
Please join Cake Ladies by Jodi Rhoden, Flying Cloud Farm, Buxton Hall Barbecue, and Short Street Cakes in welcoming Crop Stories to Asheville with a free wine-and-small-bites launch party at HORSE + HERO on Friday, November 3rd from 6-9pm. Crop Stories founding...
The 15th Annual Retro Pie Contest and a recipe: “Me and My Baby View the Eclipse” Strawberries Romanoff Pie
Few things bring me as much joy as my friend Barbara Swell’s annual Retro Pie Contest. Held in and around her vintage log cabin in the Haw Creek community of East Asheville, the annual pie contest is a beloved gathering of new and old friends. I love the lead-up...
Aunt Tissy’s Italian Cream Cake
In 2006, when I started baking cakes out of my home in the Montford neighborhood of Asheville, I asked my Great-aunt Tissy (who was born, raised, and lived out her whole life in Cordele, Georgia) if I could use her Italian Cream Cake recipe, and she graciously...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).