Each week, Jardine posts a menu link of her fresh products on the Free Food Georgia Facebook page. The menu is broken down into three categories-sweets, muffins/cakes and breads.
Maria Whiteway
I’m a vibrant Italian-American with a zest for life and a glutton for all things food. By day, I’m a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, working with children and adults who have autism. By night, I am a food writer, creator, stylist and photographer for my personal blog. Although my strong work ethic has lead me to a fulfilling profession, my forever passion has always been and will always be FOOD. I am on a persistent trek to gratify my taste buds.
So, here’s a little bit about me. I was born and raised in Syracuse, New York by my mom and large supportive Italian family. My story and love for food dates back to the 1940s, when my brave Grandma, Theresa, rode a boat from Sicily, Italy to Ellis Island, New York. With her she brought her rich Italian heritage and adoration for food. After moving the whole family to Syracuse, my parents, aunts, uncles, siblings, cousins and I grew up sharing meals around Grandma’s dinner table. Every Sunday, Grandma served homemade pasta and meatballs with fresh marinara sauce and torn basil from her garden. She may have spoken broken English with a thick Italian accent, but her food spoke loud declarations of love and appreciation for her family. It was years of imitating Grandma’s kitchen prowess and pure love for her family that instilled a passion for cooking and eating deep into my being.
My attorney husband and I moved to Savannah one year ago, seeking to escape the winters of the North. With us, we brought our obsession for cooking and indulging in delectable eats. Restaurants of all ethnic backgrounds, cuisines, dollar signs and dimensions preoccupy our nights out. Over the years, I have photographed and gloated about the fantastic fare I have eaten. My blog and Connect Savannah serve as my grandstand to feature and reveal what I have encountered with friends and family.
Please join me on my journey in my kitchen and to diverse restaurants, as I eat and cook my way through flavory fare. To be honest, I am just an ordinary girl with extraordinary taste, which is why I am a Common Connoisseur.
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Sugo Rossa’s red sauce Renaissance
Their classic marinara, which exudes a subtly sweet, rich and zesty heartiness, is thoughtfully integrated throughout their well-composed menu
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Dining in the Dunes: The Deck Beachbar and Kitchen on Tybee
As Australian natives, the Debrecenys deliberately integrate influences from their homeland into all aspects of their restaurants, from fare to décor
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Natural Selections Café offers vegan twists on Southern classics
SAVANNAH’S first ever all-vegan restaurant opened March 8. While many restaurants and cafés supply vegan offerings, Natural Selections Café is 100 percent plant-based. Owned and operated by St. Thomas native […]
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Henny Penny: the Foxy Family’s new Art Space & Café
THE FOXY Family Dynasty is at it again. First with Foxy Loxy Café in September 2011, then with The Coffee Fox in December 2012 and now with Henny Penny Art […]
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2017 is #theyearofvegan with Tephra
VEGANISM. Plant based eating has been gaining traction over the last few years. While the first modern day vegans coined the term in the 1900’s, it seems like eating vegan […]
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Fork & Dagger: New York meets Puerto Rico in the deep South
Both Torres and Hoyt have been in Savannah for well over a decade, offering strong influences on the foodie community over the years
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Green Fire Pizza dishes out authentic organic wood-fired brick-oven pizza
The pièce de résistance is their revolving brick oven handcrafted by a team of world champion Italian pizza makers. “It’s a bad ass oven,“ Russell Lee proudly boasts.
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Below Zero Dessert Bar + Café on Barnard builds on success of Broughton location
Each spiraled cylinder is placed into a deep round bowl and embellished with freshly cut fruits, confections and sauces
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Ghost Coast Distillery: Embracing Savannah and the spirit of revelry
ON March 17, people are not just coming to Savannah for its horse-drawn carriages; they are coming to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. With that, Savannah gets to slip on her […]
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Savannah Oatmeal Company: ‘A relationship, not a transaction’
Suddenly, what started as a feel-better remedy became a business opportunity
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Good Greens: Eat better, not less
LET’S BE honest, healthy food does not always have a good rep. People think that being health-conscious means their stomachs will perpetually growl and their choices are limited. Even for […]