Dec 26, 2020
It’s the last show of 2020, so Stephanie takes a look back at some of her best bites and lessons of 2020. Even in a year like this year, there’s been some delicious along the way.
Episodes mentioned:
https://www.thesouthernfork.com/episode-184
Dec 18, 2020
It’s not just the business of restaurants that is in dire straits right now, but also their placemaking as experimental labs of cultural creative expression. Roll up the garage door on The War Mouth in Columbia, SC, and you’ll see a one-of-a-kind eclectic neighborhood joint in the truest sense, where whole hogs are...
Dec 11, 2020
Talk about Southern holiday baking, and it’s hard to imagine it without pecans, an iconic Southern ingredient, and for many folks in the South, that specifically means Schermer Pecans, in operation since 1946. I first met Putt Weatherby of Schermer Pecans in the fall of 2016 on a trip to Thomasville, Ga., and although...
Dec 4, 2020
A chef’s life is often head down, hard work, a repetition of tasks and days where you see the sun for a few minutes on the drive in or if you have to walk out the kitchen door to take out the trash. You’re more of a cooking station than an individual, but for some, the ideas of “what I would do if I had a...