A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

Destination Vacation: Charleston (South Carolina, Part 1)

See this photo below? This is me, hugging a palm tree in Charleston, South Carolina. Why? Because I love palm trees, and I love being by the water. And Charleston, bless its lil' Southern heart, gave me both of those things in abundance during my...

Book Review of MY MAGNOLIA SUMMER (DNF review)

Unpopular opinion alert: I didn’t like My Magnolia Summer. I hate to break it to you, but this is another DNF book review. This Southern fiction novel by Victoria Benton Frank has been sweeping through the #bookstagram and BookTok feeds recently....

Best Fried Green Tomato BLTs (Recipe Inspired By SURVIVING SAVANNAH)

I've had plenty of BLTs in my lifetime, but this is my first ever Fried Green Tomato BLT.  And lemme tell ya: I'm a convert.  This book-inspired recipe for Surviving Savannah is a Southern lunch staple. Although much of this novel is historical...

Chilled Seafood Salad (Recipe Inspired by WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING)

My herby, tangy, and refreshing Chilled Seafood Salad is the perfect dish for a light summer meal. I don't know about you, but once June rolls around, all I can think about is having an icy glass of lemonade, reading lots of books instead of...

Beautiful Sullivan’s Island and Isle of Palms

Psst. Here's a secret about my recent vacation to South Carolina: I liked Charleston... but I fell deeply in love with Isle of Palms. Welcome, Tartlets, to Part 2 of my South Carolina vacation. As I said in my previous vacation post, Mr Tart and I...

Book Review of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

It took me a long time to read Where the Crawdads Sing. Please don't make the same mistake I did. There has been So. Much. Hype. around this 2018 novel by Delia Owens. It was picked up by both Oprah's Book Club and Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine...