Community Kitchen Survey
(photo courtesy of Paper Crane Farm) I’ve recently had the exciting opportunity to partner with an entrepreneur on business planning for a potential small-scale shared-use commercial kitchen for Asheville! As a part of this process, I am conducting market...
On Italian Cream Cake and the Business of Baking
I’m honored to be a featured guest on this interview in this Cilantro Cooks blog. Cilantro Cooks is an online kitchen supply shop, and they feature author interviews, recipes, and videos. In this interview, I talk about the highs and lows of owning a bakery and...
Autumn Baking, Writing, and Business Planning Classes
Even though it is still early August, there is beginning to be a whiff of Fall in the air! This has been such a rich and benevolent summer, and I don’t want it to end. At the same time, I love this turn of the seasons, and I’m so eager to jump in to the...
Hall Fletcher Community Garden
Via outgoing Hall Fletcher Elementary Garden Coordinator Rachel Lubitz: “The Hall Fletcher Elementary FEAST Garden will be having Open Summer Garden Hours every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00AM-12:00PM, From June 13 through July 19th. The community can come and...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).