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The Southern Fork

Mar 31, 2023

Jeremy Carter of Tarpon Cellars is more than just a winemaker; he is a student of taste, and he built his palate first in the South. A Georgia native, Jeremy attended Florida State University before moving to the Napa Valley in 2007 for an internship at his uncle’s winery in Rutherford. He would soon hone his...


Mar 24, 2023

This week’s episode is a bit of a departure, but something very personal to me and essential to how I approach the varied work I do. I have been drawn to having deeper discussions about the nature of food and how we think about it, so I wanted to let you in a little to my behind-the-scenes by bringing this into the...


Mar 17, 2023

There were more than 2 million weddings in the US last year, averaging out to around 6000 a day, and close to 80 percent included a custom-made wedding cake at the reception. For around 25 of those special couples, their cake designer was Minette Rushing of Savannah, GA. Her business, Custom Cakes, is not only known for...


Mar 10, 2023

Sam Fore is a first-generation Sri Lankan-American chef from Lexington, Kentucky, and she is a force in what it means to be cooking in America right now. She started her pop up, Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites, in 2016, after brunches in her home outgrew her dining room. Her pop-ups are one of the few representations of Sri...


Mar 3, 2023

Husband and wife team Erin Eisele and James Alford created the concept for Cork & Cap Bottle Shop on their first date. It now lives beyond the imagination in a yellow Craftsman house in downtown Aiken, SC, and in the few years it’s been opened, has impacted the culinary landscape of the Midlands. James, a wine...