Aug 26, 2016
Despite the fact that I write, I promise you I didn’t have a screenplay in my back pocket when I requested to interview Stratton Leopold, ice cream legend and movie producer. I really just had ice cream on my mind. His family legacy, Leopold’s Ice Cream, is a Savannah, Ga., institution, and just as I mention...
Aug 18, 2016
The moment you walk into Charleston Grill in downtown Charleston, SC, you know it’s a special evening. A dark wood bar is to your left and chances are strains of live jazz music are wafting through the space. This is still one of those “white tablecloth” restaurants, and the staff wouldn’t have it any other way,...
Aug 12, 2016
We see a lot on the news about pollution, erosion, dead zones, and more. But there is other news as well: quietly, some ecosystems have been improving through the concerted, everyday effort of committed people. One example of this is the oyster ecosystem. The most famous current success is the Chesapeake Bay, now in a...
Aug 4, 2016
As a reader, I first learned of Corsair Distillery in Nashville, Tenn. from The Local Palate months before I came on staff. Of course, Corsair has received press from Food & Wine, Saveur, and Imbibe, but it was in those specific pages that I was captured by the story of starting in a garage and growing...