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Stehling Wins Beard Award
June 8, 2008 – 8:02 pm
Well, the news is good and bad from the James Beard Awards in New York City tonight.
Robert Stehling of Hominy Grill was recognized as the Best Southeastern Chef, which means that Mike Lata of FIG did not get that award.
Sean Brock, who was nominated for the Rising Star Under 30 award, also lost. Jeff Allen [...]
Chef’s Potluck
April 25, 2008 – 10:54 am
Imagine having a potluck party with a bunch of chefs. What kind of creations would they bring? You can probably bet that they wouldn’t bother with those french onion noodle casseroles that Aunt Edna always brings to the church potluck. The Chef’s Potluck on Sunday at Middleton Place organized by Lowcountry Local First and the [...]
McCrady’s Top 100 Restaurants of North American & Europe
March 17, 2008 – 11:27 am
Opinionated About Dining — a blog, survey, forum and now a published dining guide — has come out with a list of “The 100 Best Restaurants of North America & Europe.” Billed as the “ultimate guide for destination diners,” the guide by Steve Plotnicki (a food blogger), aims to provide serious foodies with [...]
Food Network Audience Needed
March 17, 2008 – 10:48 am
It’s probably too late, and I apologize for not getting this up in a more timely manner, but the Food Network is filming a segment on Robert Carter’s famed coconut cake from Peninsula Grill. Guest sign-in started at 11:30 a.m. at Lowndes Grove (266 St. Margaret St.). They need a live television audience for [...]
Guerrilla Cuisine Gets Mellow
February 26, 2008 – 10:56 am
jimihatt is the man of La Mancha. As part of a guest chef program at Mellow Mushroom, the Guerrilla Cuisine organizer created a new pizza at the Mellow that you should get over there and try right away.
The ingredients:
Green Tomatillo Salsa base
Manchego Cheese
Petit Basque Cheese
Serrano Ham
Toasted Pine Nuts
Baby Rocket Tossed with Spanish Olive [...]
Outstanding in the Field, at Pawley’s
February 8, 2008 – 11:04 am
When chatting with Marlene and Louis Osteen for my upcoming article on their new venture in Vegas, they let me know about an event their planning for Pawley’s Island in September.
They’ll be hosting an “Outstanding in the Field” dinner, which will “take place between the soil and the sky, near the source of the [...]
I Heart Butter Beans
October 29, 2007 – 3:50 pm
I’ve always felt much love for butter beans. As a kid, I hated broccoli and brussels sprouts, but man, I would happily put away the limas.
Lately, it seems as if the little butter bean is showing up on more and more menus. The Fat Hen has a mean seared grouper with sautéed mushrooms, garlic, tomatoes, [...]
Woodlands Chef is one to watch, according to John Mariani
October 19, 2007 – 3:50 pm
John Mariani, the Virtual Gourmet himself, has released his Best New Restaurants of 2007 list in November’s Esquire.
Topping the list of Chefs to Watch is our own Tarver King at Woodlands Resort & Inn. Mariani praises King’s way with pork belly:
Only a skilled chef should be allowed to alter pork belly, which really [...]
Sushi Haru rolls up N. Myrtle Beach
October 18, 2007 – 4:23 pm
When you order a sushi roll dubbed the North Myrtle Beach, what do you expect to get? Mullet and waffle? Gay dolphin and calabash shrimp? At the new Sushi Haru in Mt. Pleasant, you get tuna, salmon, asparagus, avocado, cream cheese, flying fish roe, peach yogurt sauce, and crushed walnuts (seriously), a combination that [...]
Fez has finally opened
October 16, 2007 – 1:39 pm
It took eight months for David Leboutillier, Craig Nelson, and crew to renovate the old Lulu’s Bistro space on Maybank Highway, but they finally finished, and Fez, their French Moroccan restaurant, opened to the public last Friday. We’ve been hearing about this place for months, getting inside reports from Al di La’s John Marshall, who [...]
