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15 Minutes With Ashley Cardona

Photography Sarah Martin, Forn Studio/Shutterstock; everjean/flickr & courtesy of Ashley CardonaPhotos 6Issue December 2023
Tasty Tipple: “Grabbing a great cocktail like a Gold Rush from the Cocktail Club on date night with my husband.”Vintage Finds: “Going thrifting is something I always love to do on my days off. Community Thrift Store is one of my favorites.”Treasure Chest: “My nana left me the recipe box that she used in the ’80s when she ran a cafeteria for more than 3,000 students.”Beach Babe: “Spending time at Folly Beach with my two young daughters. My oldest is inseparable from the water.”Key Ingredient: “Valrhona provides a depth of flavor to chocolate desserts that other brands can’t compete with.”Ashley Cardona oversees pastry production for boutique hotel group Charming Inns, which includes the John Rutledge House Inn, the Wentworth Mansion, and fine dining restaurant Circa 1886.

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15 Minutes With: French-trained pastry chef Ashley Cardona puts the sugar and spice into the holidays
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