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There's a great read in this week's New York Times Food Section about small, local dairy farms. Of course here in the Palmetto State, we've been doing it since before it was cool. A few dairies stand out in my mind: Happy Cow Creamery in Pelzer, SC. "Happy Cow Creamery is a unique on-the-farm milk …
I was in Atlanta last week on a media mission for the State of South Carolina. While it was fantastic hanging with Brandon Velie of Ridge Spring, SC's Juniper and Orchid Paulmeier of Hilton Head's One Hot Mama's, I didn't have a lot of spare time. But if you're familiar with Atlanta and are an …
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"The subject of food is a serious one the length and breadth of this state. Our barbeque sauce is mustard-based and our peanuts are boiled and served in wet paper bags. An oyster roast in sight of a lowcountry river is an act of priest-like enjoyment and cause for a pagan-like joy." Pat Conroy …
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Allright people. It's almost time for us to be 10-8. Negativland, A Big 10-8 Place It's Charleston Wine and Food Festival Week. Unless you live under a rock or are from off, you already know this. It's always a hectic week, an energetic whirwind of culinary excitement. Old friends, new friends, chef crushes, burning the …
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In my New York Times feed this morning was the link to the headlines from February 15, 1898. Chief among them was the following: The Maine Blown Up Terrible Explosion on Board the United States Battleship in Havana Harbor MANY PERSONS KILLED AND WOUNDED All the Boats of the Spanish Cruiser Alfonso XII, Assisting in …
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Hurry up, please. It's time." Anne Sexton I am a fiend for dumplings. I remember my first dim sum like it was yesterday. Paying a visit to Seattle with family, our Alaska Air flight was delayed due to bad weather over the Cascades. By the time we got in to Sea-Tac, we were dizzy from low blood sugar. …
Brunch menus are an open invitation to the cost-conscious chef, a dumping ground for the odd bits left over from Friday and Saturday nights... Cooks hate brunch. Brunch is punishment block for the B-Team cooks, or where the farm team of recent dishwashers learn their chops. Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential There are those chefs …
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One block up and one block over from my usual haunt at Old Village Post House Inn sits a rather diminutive looking cinder block building. The H&R Sweet Shop, open since 1945, shares the space with a hat shop. It's been on my list for several years- right in front of me, yet I never made …
In a name: Waffle House. Word came via the Wall Street Journal that the Carolina Panthers make a habit of visiting the Southern Institution after practices and games. Not sure about you, but I generally regard the Journal as a credible source. Say what you will about Payton- he's a veteran, respected, leader, deserving. He's …
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So there's that. Huh. Just sayin'