Eating with an edge

MARCH 7, 2011 – “Eater” is the first word that describes Mississippi food writer John T. Edge on his blog. (). Other words that work: Food enthusiast, gourmand, devotee, gastronome or “ultimate Southern foodie.” Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi, is an eater on a mission: to find and preserve traditional Southern food traditions and celebrate the bounteous food cultures we have. With a crack team of researchers, volunteers, professionals, chefs and fellow foodies, the SFA makes documentary films about good Southern food, has conferences, collects oral histories and publishes good writing about what we eat.

Barbecue should be state’s official meat

South Carolina seems to have an official everything – other than a state meat. It’s time for barbecue to be the state’s official meat.

Meeting some Turkish neighbors in Charleston

MARCH 22, 2010 — You might not think that someone in Charleston would get passionate talking about the country of Turkey, but that’s exactly what Sheriff Al Cannon did Thursday night during a special dinner at the Francis Marion Hotel.

(Lack of) service makes a dining difference

MARCH 8, 2010 – With all of the bigwig foodies in town over the weekend, we figured we’d listen to a recommendation and give a local seafood restaurant another try.

We knew there was no way we’d stay on the peninsula with all of the Wine + Food people packing downtown restaurants. So we decided to head to Mount Pleasant.