Nov 29, 2019
It’s a decent bet that if you have a cookbook shelf, one of Anne Byrn’s books is most likely on it. She’s authored 14, including the NYT-best selling The Cake Doctor, which was recently named No. 18 on Southern Living’s list of the 100 most important cookbooks of our time. Her newest book, Skillet Love, takes on...
Nov 22, 2019
As godfathers go, Rick Rubel is an exceptionally nice one. But he is one nonetheless, a key player in the growing wine excellence that Charleston, SC is becoming known for. As an advanced sommelier and wine director of Charleston Grill, Rick’s been studying and serving wine for close to 25 years, but it’s not just...
Nov 15, 2019
Most coffee shops sport a decor that is effusive with dark woods and low lighting, but not Sophomore Coffee in Baltimore, MD. Partners Kris Fulton and Ann Travers Fortune have created a natural light-filled spot with a brightly tiled counter out of what was once the dirty basement of a building that time forgot. On the...
Nov 8, 2019
After this interview, I looked up if I’d written that The Ordinary, one of Chef Mike Lata’s restaurants in Charleston, S.C., is a “temple of seafood.” I had, but so had T Magazine of the New York Times, years before. I don’t think I read that article, but it just goes to show how something seeps into a culture...
Nov 1, 2019
I’m not a spicy food wimp, but neither am I competitive spicy food eater (you know the type, right?), so I love a little kick on my scrambled eggs or in my chili,my collard greens, or my noodle bowl. Through the last few years, Red Clay Hot Sauce, made right here in Charleston, SC, has become more and more my go-to...