Dear reader, I wrote a version of the following piece two summers ago - not for Lowcountry Weekly, but for my blog. While it's old to me, I think it'll be new to you. (Nobody reads my blog.) Please note: I am NOT currently in California - that was a couple of years ago, too - but the scenario that unfolds here could have unfolded any time, anywhere, off just about any exit in the United States of America. ***
Summer is a great time to entertain. The days are longer. The weather is warmer. Okay, who am I kidding? This is Beaufort. The weather is straight up hot. Anyway, the summer is still a good time to have friends over for cool cocktails and spicy Tex-Mex fare. This week's menu features easy, make-ahead recipes that are great for serving buffet-style. Thank you, John Wollwerth, for the beautiful food photography. If you missed the last edition of Lowcountry Weekly, you can read A Taste of Mexico - Part I here.
Gardeners are a hearty lot. We have to be. Nothing is ever finished in a garden; change is constant, inevitable and often frustrating. One never has control over the plants, or enemies of the plants, yet we persevere, stumbling along and smiling when that perfect rose opens or tomato ripens. It is the process that holds us and keeps us out there doing foolish things like trying to grow plants not zoned for this area and always finding a spot for just one more. Well, that's my problem anyhow.
In my nine-plus years as part of the Lowcountry Weekly family I've shared more than a few culinary adventures with Debbi Covington. Beaufort's best caterer has lent her exceptional palate, eye for detail and considerable wit to many a Moveable Feast and Burger Beat. And she's always game for another, which makes my job easier.
Stephen Moscowitz will exhibit "Birds and Other Stuff" from July 3-August 5th at the Society of Bluffton Artists (SoBA) gallery, located at 6 Church Street. Come meet the artist at the opening reception at 5 p.m. Friday, July 7th at the gallery. His exhibit will feature acrylic paintings of wild life, real life and still life.
"'One o'clock!" the crew chief shouted, pointing at three figures sprinting across the desert. [Chief Warrant Officer Jim] Crisafulli kicked the helicopter into a 180-degree turn and slammed into the ground less than fifty yards from [Master Sergeant Jeffrey] Sims.
Is the art of the party a dinosaur? People don't RSVP, or they RSVP and then do the opposite. Do people actually know what RSVP means?? Do they understand that if you hire a caterer for a party, you are paying per guest for food and drinks?
The unlikely success story of Hank's Low Country She Crab Soup
For most families Saturday is a day of ritual - baseball practice, dance lessons, fishing, picnics on the beach, shopping, golf, a trip to Charleston or Savannah, but for many the ritual is to head to the Port Royal Farmer's Market at the Navy Heritage Park, open 9 - 12 Saturdays, rain or shine, to get the best food in the Lowcountry.
Tents are set up and loyal customers arrive on schedule to check out the freshest vegetables, eggs, shrimp, oysters in season, wonderful homemade breads, cheeses to die for, fruits, scones, pasta, bagels, plants, coffees, cookies, birds of prey to be admired, and, of course, she crab soup.
I don't know about the rest of you internet junkies, but early morning is my prime time for scrolling. I get up before everybody else, brew myself some coffee, settle down at my computer with a hot mug - and two squares of Dove dark chocolate - and start scrolling away.