Author Jodi Rhoden, owner of Short Street Cakes in Asheville, UGA grad, and Georgia native is making a series of stops throughout the southeast to promote her new book, Cake Ladies: Celebrating a Southern Tradition.
Jodi will be reading from her book and signing copies at Avid Bookshop on Saturday, November 19th from 4 - 5pm.
From Sterling Publishing:
Almost every town in the South, large or small, has its cake lady. These are the women who show their love for family and friends by bringing sweetness to life’s big moments—birthdays, christenings, weddings—and their communities depend upon them. People all over the world love and celebrate with cake, but Southerners seem to
enjoy their cakes with a special fervor.
Cake lady Jodi Rhoden shines a spotlight on this great tradition with profiles of 17 diverse southern women, part of a multi‐generational fellowship, who wear the title with pride. Each profile includes lushly photographed profiles that delve into each woman’s “life in cake,” and shares 21 signature recipes such as Vanilla Almond Pound Cake,
Mississippi Mud Cake, and Vegan Red Velvet Cupcakes. You also get some kitchen wisdom and unique stories of what it means to serve love and compassion to others through delectable desserts. Cake ladies: get to know them, share in their stories, and indulge in some of their most prized cake recipes.
Jodi Rhoden owns Short Street Cakes, a popular bakery specializing in natural, from scratch, traditional Southern cakes. She is a food activist and member of The Southern Foodways Alliance as well as a board member of the Bountiful Cities Project. Jodi is the author of Great Cupcake Makeover, one of 12 booklets in Craft‐In (Lark, 2010) and a contributor to The Green Market Baking Book (Sterling, January 2011). She chronicles her life as a baker, mom and food blogger at http://shortstreetcakes.blogspot.com/. Jodi lives in Asheville, North Carolina.
