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Why You Should Consider Having Your Destination Wedding in the Lowcountry

Love is in the air…or is that just the smell of wedding cake? Either way, there’s no denying that Lowcountry wedding season is back in full swing. Every year, the Lowcountry hosts hundreds of weddings on its sprawling estates and pristine beaches. While there are few things more romantic than tying the knot under a …

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Why Small-Batch Coffee Is Simply Better

Fresh bread. Ice-cold microbrews. Tomatoes picked straight from the garden. Most small-batch foods prove that bigger isn’t always better – and the same goes for coffee. Coffee connoisseurs know that a great cup o’ joe isn’t just about how you make it, it’s also about where you get it from. The way coffee beans are …

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The Cottage Cafe featured in the March issue of Southern Living

 The Cottage Cafe and Leslie Rohland featured in the March issue of Southern Living as one of Bluffton’s best places to eat and drink! There’s a lot to love about life in the Lowcountry, including the area’s rich culinary history. There’s no shortage of great restaurants in Bluffton, which is why we’re especially excited to have made …

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Five Unspoken Rules of Southern Etiquette

We’re all family here at The Cottage, but it’s well-known that in the South, manners are everything. From strangers waving hello as they walk by to new neighbors leaving cookies at your door, we locals never miss a chance to show off our famous hospitality. Southern etiquette doesn’t begin and end with saying please and …

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Our Bakery’s Top Tips for Baking with Chocolate

They say that cooking is love made visible, and there’s perhaps no better testament to that quote than the world’s favorite dessert: chocolate. Crack open a gooey chocolate chip cookie, bite into a homemade brownie, or cut into a chocolate lava cake, and you’ll know what we mean. If you’re like us, sharing what you …

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The Cottage’s Italian Sesame Christmas Cookie Recipe

While chestnuts roasting on an open fire sounds nice, we would much rather have Christmas cookies baking in the oven. Whether you’re heading to a neighborhood potluck, your best friend’s cocktail party, or a good old-fashioned Southern cookie swap, these Gingerbread Snickerdoodles will be the first to disappear from the dessert table. And the best …

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Culinary veteran wins business award

Leslie Rohland, founder and owner of a number of Bluffton’s most established businesses, was honored by the Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce with the 2022 Inaugural Women in Business Award.  The award was created to recognize women in business who have demonstrated exceptional growth, change and impact in the Greater Bluffton area. READ ONLINE

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Secrets for a Stress-Free Thanksgiving Dinner

Behind every family photo of loved ones gathered around a Thanksgiving dinner table, there’s one person who’s spent two days slicing, dicing, baking, and basting. And if you’re reading this, we’re guessing that person is you. If you’ve ever cooked a full Thanksgiving dinner, you know that it’s easy to become completely consumed (a.k.a. totally …