The Southern Fork
Explore and celebrate modern culinary life in the American South through its recipes, restaurants, farmers, chefs, and craft producers.
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The Art of the Walk-In; The Art of the Reservation (opens the original)
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Sometimes it’s not about the buzz, ok? Buzz is just a by-product.This morning, The Post and Courier announced that Charleston’s Chubby Fish restaurant has partnered with OpenTable
Baked goods and maybe? doing bad things (opens the original)
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Award News: Welton’s Tiny Bakeshop Best New ChefsThis week Food & Wine magazine announced their Best New Chefs, and I was thrilled to see Hannah and Zachary Welton of Charleston on the list! I’ve added them to many a list myself, and although I can’t get to the bakery often enough, when I encounter them and/or their baked goods “in the wild”, I immediately smile ear to ear. It’s a good
And the Beat Goes On (opens the original)
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Come say hi Greenville: Book signing TONIGHT, 5:30-7 p.m. at The 07, and then Feast by the Field tomorrow with the SC Chef Ambassadors as part of Euphoria Greenville. I’d love to see you!Restaurant News: Bintu is BackA couple of months ago I reported that James Beard-nominated chef Bintou N’Daw
Bless Your Heart (opens the original)
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Today’s post is free for all subscribers. If you enjoy it, please consider purchasing a subscription to support The Southern Fork as well as enjoy weekly Pocket Pebbles and other exclusive content.It’s a joy to share and celebrate the culinary life of the American South with you.I was taught by my Appalachian grandmother that apples were a touchstone, and that’s exactly what they have ended up being in my life for the last two years.During my childhood, deep in a Carolina piedmont late summer
There Was a Before and After (opens the original)
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Twenty-five years today, and what we collectively remember is connection.For a lot of us, it’s our connection to the moment we found out about the towers falling. It then tumbles to the personal stories of the people involved, many of whom died, some of whom survived, and some of whom helped. All of us were forever changed, and I know for some closest to me, there is also a connection to decisions they made after 9/11: what they decided to begin, or quit, or whom they decided to kiss because the
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