Bring It On In Tucson
Tucson is a bad-ass town. There. I said it. From the early days farming the desert along the Santa Cruz River, to later years fighting off Apache raiders, to recent years battling drought, the people of Tucson have had to face up and knuckle down. The bring-it-on attitude shows in everything from the street art to the symphony, from the barrio to the ballet, from the tacos to the theater. Nowhere is this Tucson badassery more notable...
Fall is for Food Festivals in the South
Taste of the New South September 4-7, 2015, Pinehurst, NC Over Labor Day weekend the legendary Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina will host Taste of the New South, a food and wine celebration to focus on traditional foods prepared with contemporary flair. The village of Pinehurst was designed by Frank Law Olmsted, the landscape architect of Central Park. Even without the dozens of championship golf courses and picturesque horse farms...
Spectacular Southern Food Served at Durham’s Taste 2015
Durham proved once again what an amazing food city it is becoming at the recent Taste 2015 events. The three-day food event kicked off with a VIP reception on Friday, April 23, 2015 hosted by 2011 James Beard winner Andrea Reusing. Proceeds from ticket sales went to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. I attended several of the Taste 2015 events as a guest of event producers, Shannon Media, publishers of Chapel Hill...
Southern Food Makes Great Gifts for the Hard to Please
As yuppies get older their kids–even their grandchildren–struggle each holiday season with what to buy them. By this time in their lives, many yuppies have most everything they want and can afford to buy what they don’t yet have. They have rabbit-ear wine openers, their golf clubs cost more than their college education, and their televisions take up a wall once covered with pictures of children. For the record,...
TerraVita Serves Up the World in North Carolina
The capstone of the TerraVita Food and Drink Festival in Chapel Hill, N.C. was called the Carolina Table–East Meets West. As apropos as that sounds, it could easily have been called South Meets the World. There is no doubt that pork is still king in the South, but pheasant, bison, lamb and duck are reaching for the crown. Same goes with barbeque sauce–that legacy souse of the South that differs from region to region....
Try the Sandcastle Café and Grill for Breakfast Buffet
St. Simon’s Island, Georgia There’s a reason why certain restaurants in tourist areas are always full. They’ve learned to cater to tourists, while satisfying the year-around residents who would never return if the food wasn’t good. St. Simon’s Island is one of those places where everyone knows everyone. If a restaurant served trendy, bloated, overpriced grub, these people would talk. Let’s say you’ve risen to watch the sun rise from...
The Spirit of Charleston in Food and Drink
One of the first things the driver who picked me up at the airport told me is that Charleston is the second-most haunted town in America. “That’s good,” I told him, “I’m searching for the spirit of Rhett Butler.” That he’s a fictional character makes no difference, I explain. “He’s the essence of southern hospitality and that’s what I’m here to find.” The driver dropped me off at Charleston Place, a Belmond Hotel in the heart of...
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