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Kevin Mitchell & David Shields Authors of “Taste The State: Signature Foods, Recipes and their Stories”

  • The Village House 13089 Ocean Highway building e Pawleys Island, SC, 29585 United States (map)

Date: Friday December 3rd, 2021

Event: LOCATION CHANGE**Luncheon at 11:00 AM at The Village House- 13089 Ocean Hwy building e, Pawleys Island, SC 29585

To make a reservation call CLASS at 843-235-9600. Tickets are on sale now!

Here, Kevin Mitchell and David S. Shields present engaging profiles of eighty-two of the state's most distinctive ingredients, such as Carolina Gold rice, Sea Island White Flint corn, and the cone-shaped Charleston Wakefield cabbage, and signature dishes, such as shrimp and grits, chicken bog, okra soup, Frogmore stew, and crab rice. These portraits, illustrated with original photographs and historical drawings, provide origin stories and tales of kitchen creativity and agricultural innovation. Historical "receipts" and modern recipes, including Chef Mitchell's distillation of traditions in Hoppin' John fritters, okra and crab stew, are also provided.

Taste the State presents the cultural histories of native ingredients and showcases the evolution of the dishes and the variety of preparations that have emerged. This is true Carolina cooking in all of its cultural depth, historical vividness, and sumptuous splendor—from the simple home cooking of sweet potato pone to Lady Baltimore cake worthy of a Charleston society banquet.

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