Edibles Magazine Winter 2015

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Edibles Winter 2015

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Looking for the best place to dine and entertain?

CHOCOLATE & ROSES HEALTH BENEFITS

Welcome to Edibles

At Edibles we focus on the best in dining, food and entertainment in Beaufort, Bluffton, Jasper, and surrounding areas.

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Edibles magazine keeps its readers on the cutting edge with the latest in food, recipes, chefs news, restaurant news and entertainment events.

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Chocolate and roses have health benefits: Not just for Valentines’ Day

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(NaturalNews) Chocolate and roses are symbols of Valentines Day and any day requiring romance. And both, chocolate and roses, are good for your health, containing nutrients and vitamins that help lower blood pressure, treat depression, grow healthy hair and skin, and increase immunity.

Health benefits and facts about chocolate Chocolate contains ingredients that can lower your blood pressure, prevent memory loss, reduce insulin resistance that leads to diabetes, and treat depression.

Chocolate contains fiber that helps lower cholesterol levels, and magnesium to calm the nervous system.

Research in 2012 followed 300 subjects with a chronic cough. The cocoa extract, theobromine, was found to help reduce a chronic cough with the same amount of chocolate contained in two ounces of dark chocolate.

The darker the chocolate, the greater the health benefits. Look for raw or cold processed chocolate, as this type of chocolate will retain more of the antioxidant benefits. Chocolate with 70 percent chocolate in the bar is a good bet.

Health benefits of roses Roses belong to the same plant family as apples. The rose hips are high in vitamin C, and some varieties of roses produce rose hips as large as a crab apple. Rose petals make a lovely garnish for a salad, and can also be turned into jelly. Rose hip jam and rose hip tea are other great ways to obtain the vitamin C your body

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How to Throw a Super Bowl Party

By Ruth de Jauregui

Cheers explode from the living room as the football clears the goal posts, followed by the losing team’s fans enduring some good-natured ribbing.

If you’re gearing up to host your first Super Bowl party, don’t limit yourself to chips, dips and beer. Plenty of seating, a big-screen TV and a lavish spread of food and beverages are the bare bones of a successful party that will keep your fellow fans asking if you’re hosting next year’s party too.

Provide Plenty of Seating Place the sofa and loveseat in good viewing positions, then work your way around the room to add more seating. A row of dining room chairs or bar stools behind the sofa and low ottomans placed on each side of the room add more seating for your guests.

Super Bowl Decorations Hang light-blocking curtains or blankets over the windows to block excess light from reflecting off the TV screen.

Football-shaped helium balloons float overhead, while individual chalkboards or dry erase boards allow your friends to plot the next play. Cut coasters from artificial grass, available at home improvement centers, and scatter them about the room, on your coffee and end tables. Alternately, use plastic tablecloths to protect your tables from

accidental spills and water rings. Scatter bowls of popcorn, peanuts, Chex mix and spiced nuts about the room for snacking.

A Super Bowl Worthy Buffet Half the fun of a Super Bowl party is the feast. In warmer climates, you may spend the morning grilling chicken and ribs, when the weather outside is frightful, simply cook them in the oven.

Crock-pots and chafing dishes allow you to keep all the food warm, such as: ribs, chicken, hot links, sweet and sour meatballs, macaroni and cheese, roasted potatoes and nacho sauce. If the buffet table is already full, place the desserts and the Super Bowl cake on a separate table where it’s easy to cut and serve the cake.

Beers, Beverages and More While the Super Bowl is always associated with beer, provide an assortment of beverages for your friends. Pitchers of sangria and freshsqueezed lemonade, bottled hard cider or lemonade, red or white wines, sodas, bottled water and specialty beverages, such as non-alcoholic ginger beers and sparkling juices, slake the fans’ thirst.

And when the game is over, prearranged designated drivers and taxis ensure that your guests make it home safely after a long evening of football fun.

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In The Know

Chef Ben Jenkins

Chef Talk

He’s got game

Lowcountry roots inspire chef’s Gullah/French fusion

By Ruth Ragland Associate Editor

Chef Ben Jenkins’ interest in cooking was sparked by his grandmother’s skill in the kitchen.

“She was an excellent cook,” he said. “I loved the smell of her cooking.”

His grandmother began teaching him at home, and in high school the Beaufort native entered the culinary arts program at the Career Education Center, graduating No. 1 in his class. His first kitchen job during high school was at the old Anchorage House on Bay Street, a restaurant that earned Beaufort a mention in the Michelin Guide.

“I think the Anchorage House was pretty much in a class by itself,” he said.

The restaurant’s chef had been a competitor on a U.S. team in the culinary Olympics, winning a gold medal for his seafood sausage.

Jenkins worked in the pantry area on desserts, salads and appetizers.

The chef taught him a lot about French cooking and inspired him to pursue the profession.

After a stint in the Marine Corps, Jenkins enrolled at Johnson & Wales University, a culinary school in Charleston, and

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graduated magna cum laude with a medal in classical French cooking in 1999.

Jenkins has worked at Chelsea Plantation, a private 5,200-acre hunting preserve in Jasper County, for 21 years.

“I’ve been called one of the best hidden secrets in the Beaufort area,” he said, because Chelsea isn’t open to the public. One of his mostcraved creations is called Brown Bag Surprise.

“It’s a brown bag that we make and it’s stuffed with a Southern chocolate cake, fresh berries and a mascarpone chocolate mousse,” he explained.

“It’s a very beautiful dessert and even when we take it off the menu people still ask for it.”

Chelsea is open six months of the year keeping Jenkins busy with breakfast, lunch and dinner for guests. Quail hunting is the club’s big draw and wild game is also featured on the menu.

One of his signature dishes is a panfried plantation quail served with Texas toast, Cajun red rice, corn on the cob and persimmon pudding. The persimmons are harvested in the fall from an orchard on the property, and pulped and frozen to prepare pudding later.

Other dishes include a semi-boneless

quail filled with grape, apple and cranberry stuffing, and a bourbon-grilled barbecue quail.

Jenkins enjoys the challenge of preparing wild game dishes that take diners by surprise.

“Most of the time people say, ‘I won’t eat deer, I don’t eat duck,’ but when I give it to them they say how good it is, yet they don’t know what they’re eating,” he explained.

Jenkins has taken first place three times at the Taste of the Lowcountry Jasper Style fundraiser, most recently with a venison chili with butternut squash and cranberries in it.

“I try to mix my classical French training with some local Gullah cooking and switch things up a bit,” he said. “I get a lot of joy out of that.”

When he’s not putting in 15-to-16-hour days at Chelsea, Jenkins has his own small catering company called Edible

Memories.

He’s available for birthday celebrations, dinner parties and wedding receptions, preparing everything from appetizers and hors d’oeuvres to prime rib and steaks.

“The thing that keeps me going is the love of cooking, and the smiles and the compliments that people give me on a daily basis,” he said.

“Some people think that money is the universal language, but food is the universal language because it brings all shades of people together like at a huge supper table,” he said.

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Recipe by Eric Sayers Executive Chef/ Beaufort Memorial Hospita

Love the taste of S’more but don’t have a campfire?

This quick and easy recipe is a delightful treat.

Ingredients: Yield: 36 bars 12 cups mini marshmallows (reserve 3 cups) 16 cups golden grahams cereal or broken graham crackers 4 oz butter 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 ½ cups milk chocolate chips 2 tsp. vanilla Directions: Grease a 10x13 pan. In a large heavy sauce pan melt the butter; add 9 cups

marshmallows and chips, heat until completely melted, add vanilla. Combine mixture with cereal stir to coat, add 2cups of the reserved marshmallows.

Press into greased pan, top with remaining marshmallows and gently press them into mixture. Brulee marshmallows with torch (optional). Cool and cut. Enjoy!

Easy Stuffed Strawberries Recipe by Ashley Maket-Loveit.com Ingredients: 1 lb fresh strawberries 8 oz cream cheese 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla chocolate chips (optional) Directions: Rinse your strawberries and cut out the stem plus a little more of the center of each strawberry.

Then cut off enough of the tip of the strawberry so that

it can stand alone. Next, beat together your cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until nice and fluffy. Then place mixture in a pastry bag and pipe into each strawberry, adding a little extra to the top.

Optional: drizzle with melted chocolate chips. Place in fridge until thoroughly chilled. Don’t make too far in advance or your strawberries will sweat and may become a bit soggy.

Buffalo Chicken Pizza

Recipe by Tamia Reid Ingredients: 1 package of pizza crust-prepare as directed 1/4 cup ranch dressing 10 ounces chicken, shredded 1/2 cup shredded, cheddar cheese 1/2 cup shredded monterey jack cheese 1/2 cup parmesan cheese 1/4 buffalo wing sauce Directions: Preheat over to 375. In a bowl, mix buffalo wing sauce and ranch. Spread over dough as a sauce. Top with 1/2 cup

each of cheddar and jack cheeses. Add chicken on top, then remaining 1/4 cup of parmesan. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

Want to submit a recipe and photo? You may email your recipe and photo to recipe@ediblesmag.com or mail to P.O. Box 2301, Beaufort SC 29901.

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Women and Osteoporosis

By Alisha Orage, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, MSRN

4.5 million women over the age of 50 have osteoporosis of the hip, equivalent to 10% of all women in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013).

However, Osteoporosis is not always a consequence of aging as some elderly individuals have strong and dense bones (Huether & McChance, 2012).

The rate at which old bone is removed (reabsorbed) and new bone is added (formed) potentiates one’s risk of developing osteoporosis. After age 30, bone reabsorption slowly exceeds new bone formation. Decreased calcium intake, lactose intolerance, sickle cell disease, the consumption of tobacco products, and lupus are some factors that can increase a woman’s probability of developing osteoporosis (Huether & McChance, 2012). It is now recommended by the United States Preventative Services Task Force that women over 65 receive preventative screening for osteoporosis (Huether & McChance, 2012).

Osteoporosis is the leading cause of fractures and is increased in women with low bone mineral density. Research has found that those with low bone mineral density (BMD) who was treated with bisphosphonates decreased their fracture risk. Typically, African American women have higher BMD and lower fracture risks when compared to Caucasian women (Hamrick et al., 2012). Screenings utilizing dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the most reliable predictor of one’s fracture risk and BMD (Hamrick et al., 2012). Check

To reduce your risk of osteoporosis consume your recommended calcium and vitamin D intake as suggested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Vitamin D is imperative as it aids in the absorption of calcium and bone development (2011).

with your primary care provider if you are 65 or older or feel that you are at risk.

Prevention is KEY! References Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2013. Osteoporosis.

Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/features/osteoporosis/.

Hamrick, I., Cao, Q., Agbafe-Mosley, D., & Cummings, D. M. (2012).

Osteoporosis Healthcare Disparities in Postmenopausal Women.

Journal Of Women’s Health (15409996), 21(12), 1232-1236. doi:10.1089/jwh.2012.3812.

Huether, S. E., & McCance, K. L. (2012). Understanding pathophysiology (Laureate custom ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.

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Second Annual Cooking Well Invitational

BMH Takes Third in the State (SC)

By Chef Eric Sayers Executive Chef/ Beaufort Memorial Hospital

There’s always next year… a

saying every sports fan knows.

This year The Food and Nutrition Department of Beaufort Memorial Hospital was asked to participate in the Second Annual Cooking Well Invitational in Charleston. This competition is for all South Carolina hospitals which have received the prestigious Golden Apple Award. This award is part of the SCHA Working Well intuitive that is centered around improving overall wellness, focusing on 3 pillars of physical fitness, tobacco free and nutritional wellbeing.

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meal from exceeding in fat, sugar, caloric and salt limits. The entire 3 course meal needed to be prepared in 90 minutes using only two butane burners as heat sources with the cost of the ingredients not to exceed $5 meal. The menu we put together was butternut squash and apple bisque, sage turkey medallions and syrah-

poached pear Reggie Singleton made the soup, topped with bruleed, made fromscratch marshmallows and toasted butternut squash seeds.

The entrée, prepared by Corey Harper, included a hash of red quinoa, sweet potatoes, kale, baby sunburst and patty pan squash

and dried cranberries, along third in the State; we are looking with a maple chipotle jus. Jabar forward to next year when we Coaxum whipped up the poached- hopefully will come in first. pear dessert topped with orange mascarpone and hazelnut leaves. I supervised the team and pitched in with some of the finishing touches, including the autumnal adornment cutout of a crepe made from ground hazelnuts.

The judges were three Certified Executive Chefs from the Culinary Institute of Charleston. Ten other hospitals from around the state also competed and the event was hosted

by Star Chef Marvin Woods. We practiced seven or eight times in our kitchen here at BMH, but it’s a whole different kind of pressure when you’re at the competition.

There’s an audience watching you and the judges are right there looking over your shoulder.

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GETTING AROUND THE LOWCOUNTRY It’s easy to get to beautiful Beaufort County - just a short drive from I-95 or US 17. Both roads run north-south along the east coast of the United States and connect to other interstates and major highways.

Driving south on US 17, exit onto US 21 at Gardens Corner and enjoy the scenic marsh views going approximately 20 miles east into the downtown Beaufort area.

Driving south on I-95, take Exit 33 at Point South and connect to US 21 for a direct route into the center of Beaufort. Driving north on I-95, take Exit 8 onto US 278 toward Hilton Head Island and directly into the Bluffton area and the southern part of Beaufort County. This route connects to SC 170, across the Broad River into the city of Beaufort in the northern part of the county.

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JANUARY 17: Lowcountry Ques Seafood Fest.

Lowcountry boil, fish, plus all you can eat oysters. 2pm at the Old Packing Shed 10 De Gullah Way St. Helena Island.

Behind Gullah Grub Restaurant. 843-304-2120 or 843987-0532 or https://www.facebook.com/lowcountry.ques JANUARY 17: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade.

Monday, 10 a.m., Historic Downtown Beaufort JANUARY 19, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade.

Monday, 10 a.m., Historic Downtown Savannah for more information visit mlkingsavannah.com or phone: 912.234.5502. Join the Savannah community as we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the annual parade.

JANUARY 31: Hilton Head Snow Day Saturday, 11:00 am- Presented by the New River Auto Mall at the Shelter Cove Park. 11:00am-4:00pm Admission Includes Snow Field, Carnival Games, Blow-Up Rides and Bounce Houses.

JANUARY 18 : The Lowcountry Soup Challenge 12:00 pm. The 23rd Annual Lowcountry Soup Challenge to benefit Volunteers in Medicine takes place on Sun., Jan. 26 at The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa, 12-2:30 p.m. (843) 681-6612 or vimclinic.org.

ON THE LAST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH: Dixieland Jazz Society of the Lowcountry New Orleans-Style Jazz Jam at The Jazz Corner 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Free

FEBRUARY 1-28: Hilton Head Island 18th Annual Gullah Celebration. The Hilton Head Island Gullah Celebration showcases the rich cultural heritage of the Gullah people and their history on Hilton Head Island. Visit gullahcelebration.com or call 843-255-7304 for more info FEBRUARY 1-21: Savannah Black Heritage Festival Admission: Free and open to the public. Website: savannahblackheritagefestival.com. Phone: 912.358.4309.

FEBRUARY 7: Annual Valentine Ball- Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Valentine Ball, Pre-Ball Dinner Parties. For more infor visit www.valentineball.org/. 5225774. Contact the Valentine Ball coordinator: Brenda Molony FEBRUARY 11-15, 2014: Beaufort International Film Festival Annual Beaufort International Film Festival. visit beaufortfilmfestival.com for more information.

FEBRUARY 14, 2014: Annual Marriage Vow Renewal Ceremony in Savannah, GA 7 p.m., City Market savannahcitymarket.com: 912.232.4903. Let your spouse know you’d do it all over again. Join us for a romantic ceremony renewing your marriage vows. Prizes from City Market shops will be awarded in various categories.

FEBRUARY 1-28: The Dirty Martini, Live entertainment every weekend 1050 Fording Island Road, Suite 406, Bluffton SC- On the side of Target shopping center. 843836-5000. 5PM- until

admission, minimum purchase for table seating. 1000 Wm. Hilton Pkwy. (843) 842-8620 or djslc.com.

JANUARY 25: Lowcountry Oyster Festival, charlestonrestaurantassociation.com, 843.452.6088, Charleston SC, Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant.

JAMUARY 31- FEBRUARY 28: Hilton Head Island 18th Annual Gullah Celebration. The Hilton Head Island Gullah Celebration showcases the rich cultural heritage of the Gullah people and their history on Hilton Head Island.

Visit gullahcelebration.com or call 843-255-7304 for more info.

JANUARY 1-31: Ruby Lee’s Sports, Blues & Soul Food 46 Old Wild Horse Road, Hilton Head Island. Entertainment every Monday-Saturday 7-11. Saturday college football and Sunday NFL Ticket. 843-681-7829 www.rubylees.com JANUARY 1-31: Luther’s Rare and Well Done. Karaoke every Tuesday, live entertainment every Thursday, Friday & Saturday. 910 Bay Street, Beaufort. 843-521-1888.

JANUARY 1-31: Jasper’s Porch, Live entertainment every weekend 153 James Taylor Dr. Ridgeland, SC. 843726-9521.

JANUARY 1-31: The Dirty Martini, Live entertainment every weekend 1050 Fording Island Road, Suite 406, Bluffton SC- On the side of Target shopping center. 843836-5000. 5PM- until

FEBRUARY 1-28: Jasper’s Porch, Live entertainment every weekend 153 James Taylor Dr. Ridgeland, SC. 843726-9521.

FEBRUARY 1-28: Luther’s Rare and Well Done. Karaoke every Tuesday, live entertainment every Thursday, Friday & Saturday. 910 Bay Street, Beaufort. 843-521-1888.

FEBRUARY 1-28: Ruby Lee’s Sports, Blues & Soul Food 46 Old Wild Horse Road, Hilton Head Island.

Entertainment every Monday-Saturday 7-11. Saturday college football and Sunday NFL Ticket. 843-681-7829 www.rubylees.com FEBRUARY 27-March 01: 15th Annual Savannah Low Country Home & Garden.

Savannah International Trade & Convention Center. Visit www. savannahhomeandgardenshow.com MARCH 1: Literacy Volunteers’ Cooks & Books 9th Annual COOKS & BOOKS celebration on from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa. For information please call (843) 815-6616 MARCH 9–14, 2014: Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival. hiltonheadwineandfood.com, 843.686.4944, Hilton Head Island

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