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The exuberance of yesterday’s finish of the Ride to End Alzheimer’s was gone and in its place was the gentle flow of high tide at Alhambra Hall. As a young couple, this was our home away from home....
View ArticleSpices, Fruits, and Vegetables of Belize
This is a post I’ve made for my Greenville Tech Culinary students so we may discuss the origins of spices and the varieties of different fruits and vegetables. Starfruit or Carambola Tree Cashew Fruit...
View ArticleMerry Christmas
Many Christmases ago I spent 18 months at the Executive Sous Chef at Charleston’s glorious Mills House Hotel. I adored working there as I had a fabulous culinary team, there were occasional ghost...
View ArticleHail King Shatner
It’s Mardi Gras season in my hometown of New Orleans.Mardi Gras is not one single day, rather an entire season beginning on Twelfth Night, the 12th day after Christmas and continuing up until Fat...
View ArticleRestaurant for Sale in Greenville, SC and Beyond
Are you ready for your first restaurant in Greenville, SC? Would you like to sell your present restaurant? Are you looking for commercial real estate, an old home, or a defunct gas station to create...
View ArticleThe General Would be Proud
In mid-July, the corn fields of Newberry, SC stand tall. The stalks are but a couple of weeks from harvest and when a slight breeze traveled through, their leaves rustled with a paper on paper sound....
View ArticleMy Farewell to the Woodlands Staff
For almost 30 years, Hiro Sone captivated enthusiastic diners at his Napa Valley restaurant, Terra. There was a time between the early 90s and 2010 when one could often find Chef Sone on the cover of...
View ArticleThe Ghost of Court Street
We were expecting another guest and although the weather was springtime rowdy with wind, a few cracks of lightning, and hard rain, I distinctly heard footsteps coming up the stairs. Me being the...
View ArticleThree Meals and One Babka in Boston
I love babka, a proper handmade babka, and believe it is one of the most lovely bites of food on planet earth. Imagine something as buttery and rich as croissant dough, rolled out until it’s as thin...
View ArticleElephants, Robots, and Engineers
If I asked you to name the techiest country on earth, the one that’s invented the best gadgets and created a variety of cool appliances, you’d probably say Japan, or maybe Germany. Rightly so. In the...
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