Ready for Some SC Shrimp with Your Grits?
If you are, then you’re in luck. The commercial shrimp trawling season opened in South Carolina state waters within the General Trawl Zone (GTZ) on Thursday, May 30. The shrimp season normally opens in mid- to late-May after the peak spawning period of white shrimp has occurred. This year’s unusually cool spring resulted in slower […]
Operation Cronut
By: John Malik By now the entire food world has heard of and salivated over a Cronut. It’s a doughnut made from croissant dough, says Chef Dominique Ansel, owner of Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York’s SoHo district. Now Chef Ansel is no flash in the pan; he was Daniel Boulud’s pastry chef for […]
Upstate Foundation Announces 2013 Artists-In-Residence
The Reserve at Lake Keowee Community Foundation has chosen two artists for its annual Artist-in-Residence program: Matthew Hanewald and Katherine Scott Crawford. During their weeklong stays in the community, Hanewald and Crawford will display their work and interests through various media and participate in educational workshops to share their crafts. Hanewald will create a […]
Federal Government Issues Approval for Gullah Geechee Corridor
The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor plan has officially been approved by the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, according to officials. Established by federal legislation in 2006, the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is the only one of 49 National Heritage Areas that promotes the living culture of an African-American population. It spans […]
Nancy O’Dell. A Celebrity’s Celebrity with Her Roots Still Firmly Ground in SC
Today’s installment in CRESCENT and on CRESCENT Radio almost didn’t happen…at least in the way you’ll hear it in the audio. After more than five months of going over calendars, we were finally to schedule Nancy O’Dell, but after we finished our interview, the entire recording disappeared from the servers. We scrambled to write an […]
