Tara Torrence decided to leave her job at a mortgage company and focus on something she knew she was great at: making amazing biscuits, writes Michael Klein for The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

In just two years, she went from working in her home kitchen to a Wissahickon shared space to her new freestanding restaurant in Plymouth Meeting, which she named The Biscuit Lady. 

Four mornings each week, Torrence and her employees bake many trays of both plain and sweet biscuits. They also make various sandwiches and fried biscuits called Holy Biscuits as they are shaped like donuts. 

The eatery has plenty of dine-in space, even though many customers opt to grab their bags of breakfast and cups of La Colombe coffee and head out. 

The recipe Torrence uses is basic and comes from North Carolina, where her husband grew up. She uses flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, butter, and buttermilk and shapes every biscuit by hand. 

Today, she is more than happy that she decided to make the change in her career because making and selling biscuits “is pure joy.” 

Read more about Tara Torrence and her Biscuit Lady business in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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