CRESCENT Places: Dark Corner Distillery — Bringing Moonshine to the Sunshine (Part 1)

George Jones and Jimmy Buffett sang about IT. Otis tried to get IT past Andy and Barney — only to be foiled as he rode a cow through downtown (though he did convince the Morrison Sisters that “National Potato Week” was cause for celebrating with IT). Bo and Luke Duke faced the wrath of Sheriff […]

CRESCENT Places: Grits & Groceries (Part 4)

YOUR KIDS DON’T HAVE TO EAT JUNK HEIDI: We have this big argument with people who come in and want chicken fingers.  Well, not really an argument.  I say “Chickens don’t really have fingers.  But we have our really nice natural chicken, would you like for me to fry a chicken breast for you?”  “No, […]

CRESCENT Places: Grits & Groceries (Part 3)

CHARLESTON LOSING JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY HEIDI: Shame on them for losing that. When I was in school in Charleston, I think the restaurants were great because they had a great source of qualified, cheap labor with all the students at Johnson and Wales.  Because we worked for $25 per day shift pay.  You’d work […]

CRESCENT Places: Grits & Groceries (Part 2)

POST-KATRINA NEW ORLEANS HEIDI: Our house had 9 feet of water in it so we would have lost pretty much our house.  And the restaurant in New Orleans survived without much damage except we wouldn’t have had any business for 6 months which would have put us out of business. JOE: It’s progressing pretty well.  […]

CRESCENT Places: Grits & Groceries (Part 1)

So, you’re a husband and wife culinary all-star team in New Orleans. One of you has a namesake restaurant. The other is Emeril Lagasse’s top pastry chef. When you’re expecting your first child and decide it’s time to leave NOLA, where do you go? How about rural Anderson County? See why Heidi and Joe Trull […]

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