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We eat to live, but we also love to eat. From fast food French fries at Wendy’s (dipped in a classic Frosty®, of course) to fancy double-fried duck fat frites, and everything in between. We love our sweet and our savory, our meals and our snacks, our fruits and our vegetables, our meats and our mac and cheese. We have food phases, fetishes, favorites and follies. All things in moderation, if moderation wasn’t so boring. We balance indulgent with healthy. Cheat a little when we enter calories into our Fitbit app. Add another spin class and order the dessert with dinner, especially when we get it with two spoons to share the love. Food is as much for the soul as it is for the body. Bless those gifted with the talent to create beautiful meals, for they are gods and goddesses among us. It is our moral obligation to eat what they serve, so go forth armed with fork and knife, go with a spirit of adventure and a lack of restraint. Savor, relish, delight, taste and consume. Food is love.
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DEC. 11 R.L. Jones Center 6:30 pm
Come on over and find holiday magic with the Town of Mount Pleasant. This season, rediscover your Christmas spirit by enjoying our free holiday events, indulging in true Lowcountry cuisine, exploring the past at a historical attraction or finding the perfect gift at our unique shops. Catch the holiday cheer during the most wonderful time of the year!
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2015
february november month
The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude. Julia Child
FEATURES
Regional Vice President Michelle Schneider michelle.schneider@morris.com
The TASTE Issue
Creative Director Caitilin McPhillips caitilin.mcphillips@skirt.com
Female Foodie Frontrunners The Local Women in Food We’re Celebrating This Month...............................................................56
Publisher Jenny Dennis jenny.dennis@skirt.com Account Executives Haley Parler haley.parler@morris.com
Let’s Get This Party Started... Your Next Soiree Will Be Oh-So Festive .....79
Alex Weishaupt alex.weishaupt@skirt.com Circulation, Marketing and Events Manager Lauren Hollington lauren.hollington@morris.com
ESSAYS A Relationship with the Noodles Tiffany Whitehead ..........................................44
Contributing Writers Katie Toussaint Photography Alice Keeney
Art of the Artichoke Marisa Mangani ...............................................82
Fashion & Product Stylist Jeanne A. Everett Advertising Sales: 843.958.0028 Fax: 843.958.0029 sales@skirt.com
IN THIS ISSUE SKIRT! THIS M O N T H Putting together this month’s issue was oh-so tasty, we don’t know how we’ll go back to our ordinary lives—about five pounds heavier and still dreaming of glazed, toasted, braised, fried, gooey, tangy, chewy, doughy,
skirt! is published monthly and distributed free throughout the greater Charleston area. skirt! reserves the right to refuse to sell space for any advertisement the staff deems inappropriate for the publication. All content of this magazine, including without limitation the design, advertisements, art, photos and editorial content, as well as the selection, coordination and arrangement thereof, is Copyright © 2015, Morris Publishing Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. No portion of this magazine may be copied or reprinted without the express written permission of the publisher. SKIRT!® is a registered trademark of Morris Publishing Group, LLC. We’re on Social Media! Facebook.com/skirtCharleston Twitter.com/skirtCharleston
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Theme: The Taste Issue .................................33 November Style .............................................35 Dear Starbucks...............................................46 He’s So Original .............................................48
poached, grilled, chopped and pureed palate pleasers.We have an incredible
November Home ..........................................76
spread with Charleston’s best signature dishes, women who are doing
The Smile Page ...............................................85
amazing things in the kitchen (and food trucks, grocery stores, and behind the camera), and more gastronomic delights than we could consume in a
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year. The professional foodie boy’s club seems to have opened its doors to women sometime in the past couple of years, because our city (and our issue) is chock-full of them, from sommeliers to executive chefs, food stylists to pastry masters, wine blenders and some super Bad Bitches. We hope you consume this issue with the same zest that we had putting it together, and that you’re inspired to venture out and experience the gustatory pleasures that Charleston has to offer. Eat, drink, and give our love to the gourmands, gastronomes, epicures, and connoisseurs featured in skirt! this month. The table is set, the wine is ready to pour, and they’re waiting for you and your taste buds to arrive!
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“I WON’T BE IMPRESSED WITH TECHNOLOGY UNTIL I CAN DOWNLOAD FOOD.” UNKNOWN
Life is like a dessert. The sweeter the ingredients, the better the taste.
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A Relationship with the Noodles Tiffany Whitehead
Saint George isn’t the end of the world, but you can see it from there,” were the silkscreened words I read on a souvenir t-shirt at the local gas station. “Somebody got that right,” I joked with my friends as I paid for my Snickers bar. At 16, all I wanted was to get out and see the world because I knew that the world would never come to my hometown in the extreme southwestern corner of Utah. Settled by hardy pioneers who came in the 1860s and eked out a living here at the geographical convergence of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin and the Mojave Desert, they toiled through excruciatingly hot summers with no air conditioning, motorized transportation or indoor plumbing and having only brackish water to quench their thirst. The arid climate persuaded these early arrivers to try growing cotton but “Utah’s Dixie,” as it came to be called, was too harsh of an environment for cotton production. Summertime here is hot. Really hot. When I was a kid, the heat and remote location made Saint George merely a pit stop for travelers headed north to Salt Lake or south to California. The remoteness, stifling heat and small townish feel instigated undeniable wanderlust during my young adult years. Cruising Main on that summer night, I made a mental note of our town’s haute cuisine options: McDonald’s, Burger King and Larsen’s Frostop Drive-In. In that moment, I equated limited food options with limited life options and determined that the only way to experience the world would be to leave my hometown the first chance I got. So the day after high school graduation, I boarded a plane to Sweden to spend the summer with a girl who had lived with my family as an exchange student. After I got back to the States, I did not return to Saint George to live for 15 years. In that decade and a half, I grew up, and so did my hometown. The growth really skyrocketed at the turn of the new millennium. Almost overnight entrepreneurs from all over the world engaged landlords to lease old buildings they renovated into upscale restaurants. One of these newcomers was Benja, a spunky 50-something mother of four from Lopburi, Thailand, who opened Benja Thai and Sushi downtown. By that time, I’d mellowed and found small town life appealing. My husband David and I and moved back to Saint George with our children. Despite my longing for an expanded list of food options, I never actually considered dining at Benja’s until my friend who had lived the expat life in Asia for nearly a decade invited me to join her there. “Benja’s is about as authentic as Asian food gets,” she coaxed me. After that first visit, I was hooked. The restaurant’s scarlet walls, gold Buddhas and authentic Thai music enhanced the experience of eating Benja’s exquisite cuisine. Somehow a visit to
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her place temporarily satisfied remnants of my wanderlust that surfaced from time to time. Benja attained minor celebrity status in our home as we talked about her eclectic food and her propensity to wander the restaurant chatting with her guests. She delighted us with her fluent English peppered with staccato remnants of her native Thai tongue. She omitted prepositions, or used singular nouns when a plural would be correct. And she always mingled past and present verb tenses mid sentence. “Ah, honey,” she’d begin, “How you like my food? You need anything else? What you order tonight?” One night over dinner, David spotted Benja by the sushi bar and motioned her over to us. “Benja,” he said, “the Pad-See-U is exceptionally delicious tonight.” Leaning in to our table, she crooned, “Ah yes, honey. My chef—I have two of them. My one chef been with me for three month, but she been cooking for long time—at least 20 year and she know how to read the noodles. She have a relationship with the noodles.” “Really, Benja?” I asked, “A relationship with the noodles?” “Yes, honey. When it come to cooking Thai,” she explained, “you must have a relationship with the noodles.” Not long after our Pad-See-U conversation, I asked Benja about her reverence for the food she serves and this noodle “relationship” idea. She began by sharing her story with me. She was born the 10th of 12 children and clearly fought to find her place in the world. Her search for the meaning of life led her to become a Buddhist nun at age 18. “We shave our hair and eyebrows,” she reminisced, “because we can’t look too beautiful. Every day we wake at 4 a.m. to chant for one hour. At 6 a.m. we cook breakfast for monks, who,” she quipped, “never do anything.” Benja and the nuns chanted at prescribed intervals during each day with the sole intent of finding meaning in life. She left the monastery after only nine months, but maintained the practice of chanting and developed a keen ability to tap into stillness amidst chaos. I asked her about the noodles. “Ah,” she said, “when you have a relationship with the noodles, you are present with them. You watch them. You sense when they are at their best and you take care of them. You notice them. You do that with everything in your life. You pay attention. Then you know what is needed.” The gas station that was selling that souvenir t-shirt back in high school is long gone. I only bought the candy bar, but not the small-minded thinking that one could see the end of the world from my hometown. During the mere two decades from the night that I cruised the main drag with my friends, the ends of the world arrived on St. George Boulevard bringing Benja and others like her who are present, take risks and introduce all that is good from their experiences to others. Benja’s commitment to living in the present is teaching me to take risks, to explore and to share with others the things I have to offer the world. Doing so requires that you have a metaphorical “relationship with the noodles.”
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What the heck were you thinking, bringing a BBQ beef brisket to your menu? Stick to scones and cookies and leave the beef to the Southern smokehouses. Have you stopped incinerating your Pike Place roast yet? I’d almost prefer the dirt feel of Folger’s instant coffee over that burnt taste. Almost. Will you promise to one day spell my name right on my coffee cup? I do love the occasional have a nice day, stay dry or smiley face. And it’s nonetheless fun to see what you do decide to name me. I’m thrilled that you’re getting into the spirit of fall and everything, but don’t you think Pumpkin Spice Latte seekers should queue up in a separate line? They need a safe space to overdose on pumpkin when they add pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cream cheese muffins and pumpkin scones to their order. While you’re at it, wouldn’t it be nice if said latte in a Grande serving with skim milk had a lot fewer than 260 calories in it? That’s half of the lunchtime allotment right there. Have you thought about switching up your ambiance lately? A little mood lighting, funky local art and fresh flowers on the tables can go a long way. The independent coffee shops are winning this race. Also, let’s bring it down a notch with the AC. I’m here for a Southern vibe, not Arctic tundra. Do you think you could consider slowing down your viral spread across America a bit? (22,500 retail stores in 67 countries.) You have a location everywhere I turn. Play a little harder to get. With love. (P.S. When is the seasonal red wine hitting the menu?)
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Check out Jarrod’s blog at TheDixieDish.com before you head out for your next food adventure.
Jarrod Daughtry loves dishing about food. Originally from Northwest Florida, Jarrod has traveled to 48 of the United States and throughout Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia. Today, he says, “I’m fortunate to call Charleston home.” His passion for food and travel led him to create TheDixieDish.com, where he shares some of his best food experiences to help others find good food. He loves to find the hidden gems. “I’m highly supportive of local family farms and local restaurants, and am always up for trying something new.” He loves writing about food, but doesn’t consider himself a “food blogger” of sorts. “I’m just a guy who enjoys good food and sharing the positive experiences I’ve had through my blog and social media. Since I started The Dixie Dish, I’ve had the opportunity to meet so many great people who share their favorite food spots with me.” He spends his weekend evenings (when he’s in town) doing anything from cooking dinner at home with his wife to checking out one of the new restaurants that are popping up all over town. While not a professional photographer, Jarrod’s Instagram account (@theDixieDish) will make you salivate. He idolizes foodie Anthony Bourdain for “his ability to fit in anywhere, from a posh Michelin-star restaurant to a local dive bar.” Food without beverage would be an incomplete meal, so he also rates his favorites, which are currently Westbrook’s One Claw Rye Pale Ale and Revelry Brewing Company’s Funkmaster Brett and The Furious Hops Belgium India Pale Ale. What we really wanted to know is what his go-to guilty food pleasures are. “Fried chicken, fried grouper, fried chicken livers, fried quail…” We’re sensing a theme here (and we approve)!
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Love to Be Wowed?
Then you’ll fall hard
for our spread on signature dishes from local restaurants, plus some beautifully blended wines, sweets, treats and eats that Barbie, Emily, Cynthia, Wendy, Amy, Arielle, Pam, and some fast cooking Bad Bitches are baking, blending, pairing, pouring, mixing, drizzling, sizzling, styling, frosting, glazing, perfecting, sauteing, mincing and toasting their way into our hearts.
Boutique Oysters on the Half Shell accompanied by Mignonette and Cocktail Sauce. Amen St. Fish & Raw Bar Charleston
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Chicken Vol au Vent Puff Pastry Dough with Chicken Breast, Bechamel Sauce, Mushrooms, Swiss and Parmesan Cheese. Café Framboise Charleston
Caramel Apple Butter and Cranberry Apple Relish by Vegetable Kingdom (perfect on toast or for flavoring oatmeal). Charleston Farmer’s Market Marion Square
Five days + over 100 events showcasing the very best flavors of the Lowcountry. (March 2 - 6, 2016) Charleston Wine + Food Festival Charleston
Grilled Angus Filet and pan seared Grouper with Garlic sautéed Haricot Verts, Roasted Red Bliss Potatoes and Merlot-Peppercorn Jus.
Jumbo Shrimp and Andouille Sausage sautéed in a Tasso Ham Gravy over Creamy Grits. Fleet Landing Restaurant & Bar Charleston
Rack of Lamb with Chinese Duck Sausage and Pearl Barley. Langdon’s Mt. Pleasant
Smoked Beef Tenderloin Carpaccio with Capers, Shredded Parmesan, Mixed Greens tossed in Olive Oil, Pickled Red Onion, Truffle Dijonaise and Parmesan Crostini. Laura Albert’s Daniel Island
Chef Brett McKee’s original Lobster Mac ‘n’ Cheese. The McKee’s at 139B Charleston
Cru Catering Charleston
Macaroni in a delicious Four Cheese Blend of Fontina, Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Mozzarella.
Confit Duck Leg, shaved Roasted and Raw Beets over a Mix of Local Greens, toasted Pumpkin Seeds, Hook’s Bleu Cheese and Persimmon Vinaigrette.
Cru Café Charleston
Mercantile and Mash Charleston
Pineapple Daisies and Gourmet Semisweet Chocolate Dipped Strawberries in a tasty arrangement.
Pit Smoked Chicken Breast on a Bun with Pesto, Lettuce, and Tomato.
Edible Arrangements Summerville, West Ashley, Mt. Pleasant
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Seared Scallops with Grilled Asparagus, Aged Balsamic Reduction and Crumbled Bleu Cheese. Morgan Creek Grill Isle of Palms
Local Field Greens with Marcona Almonds, Local Goat Cheese and Citrus Vinaigrette.
Pork Chops and Mashed Potatoes with Black Trumpet Mushrooms, Bourbon Barrel Worcestershire and Gruyére Cheese. Southern Season Mt. Pleasant
Wood-Grilled Bluefin Tuna,Vegetable Slaw, Marcona Almonds and Spicy Mustard.
ODG Catering Mt. Pleasant
Stars Rooftop & Grill Room Charleston
Duck Hash with Poblanos and Crispy Potatoes.
Wild American Shrimp and South Carolina Melon Salad with Micro Greens and Herb Flowers.
Opal Mt. Pleasant
Braised Carolina Pork Belly with Grilled Peaches, Pickled Shishitos, Cornbread and Coriander. Prohibition Charleston
181 Palmer at Trident Technical College Charleston
Lump Backfin and juicy Claw Crabmeat blended with fresh Bell Peppers and Onions with Bay Seasoning pan seared and served with Marinated Tomatoes, Roasted Corn Salsa, and Spicy Cajun Remoulade Sauce. Vickery’s Shem Creek Mt. Pleasant
Crispy Fried Chicken Breast over chopped Iceberg Lettuce, Avocado, Bacon, Red Onion, Tomato, Red Peppers, Butter Beans, Hard Boiled Egg, Cucumber, Smoked Bleu Cheese Crumbles and Green Goddess Dressing.
Famous Coconut Cake. The Village Bakery Mt. Pleasant
Rutledge Cab Co. Charleston
Local, Hand-Crafted Beer Flight. Southend Brewery & Smokehouse Charleston
In-House Daily Ground Beef with Cheddar, Lettuce, Tomato and Pickled Onion on a toasted Bun. Comes with Fries or choice of side & Pickle Spear. Whole Foods Market In-Store Grill & Pub Mt. Pleasant
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LOVE to Blend?
Grand Bohemian Hotel Charleston • 55 Wentworth Street • grandbohemiancharleston.com
Barbie Messa, Sommelier/Wine Blender, brought the Napa Valley experience to Charleston when she moved here from NYC earlier this year to develop the tasting room and educational programs for the Grand Bohemian Charleston prior to its opening in August. Where you’ll find her on Saturday night? Working! Saturday nights are popular for the 6:30 p.m. wine blending classes. Red or white? It depends on the weather and what I’m eating! After a long day I love Champagne. When it’s cold I love a hearty red. Favorite Cocktail? Negroni, a really good Italian Campari bitter orange cocktail over ice; it’s really refreshing.You can drink it in the summer, but citrus is great in the wintertime too. Favorite fall food and wine of choice? Roasted butternut squash, which is tricky to pair with, but I often choose an Italian wine called Schivia, a light red that is fruity—the combination works well. I subscribe to:
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At the Grand Bohemian, you get to be the winemaker and taste, learn, create, and blend a custom wine in an intimate class setting. The educational experience includes an introduction and history of winemaking, blending session, customized label and a bottle of your own personal blend!
Authentic French Café, Serving Breakfast and Lunch, Specializing in French Pastries. 159 Market Street, Off of King St, Behind Forever 21 843-414-7241 www.cafeframboise.com
Gourmet Marketplace. Cooking School. Restaurant.
“…A culinarian’s dream.” - Charleston Grit
730 Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant, SC (843) 416-1240 | southernseason.com
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Sodas, Shakes & Hot Dogs?
Parlor Deluxe • 45 1/2 Spring Street • parlordeluxe.com
Emily Hahn, Executive Chef at Parlor Deluxe, has been cooking in the South for more than a decade. She graduated from the New England Culinary Institute, spent time working in Chile, interned (and then worked) with Mike Lata at FIG, was recently awarded “Rising Star Chefs to Watch,” competed on “Chopped,” and worked as chef at Empanada Mamma and Warehouse. All of this led to her current gig when she began working with Parlor Deluxe’s co-owner, James Groetzinger, two years ago—creating a menu of decadent hot dogs, tots, waffles and ice cream. What is your favorite thing about your job? Creating food with lovely produce brought to me from the farmers. I let the produce guide the dishes. Where you’ll find her on Saturday night? In the kitchen! I love the action on the line—the rush of a full day prepping for our amazing Sunday brunch menu. Favorite cocktail? Jameson. NEAT. Just like one of my dearest friends and chef Jill Mathias taught me. Your guilty food pleasure? Bucatini Carbonara. I could eat it every day twice...and ice cream. I subscribe to:
“When you truly love what you do, it shows. I love my job every day, even when things get tough. Photos by Alice Keeney
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Food-Gazing?
Lesley Unruh
Best place to find her is @CynthiaGroseclose on Instagram (trust us, you won’t want to miss these photos!). Iain Bagwell for Southern Living
Cynthia Groseclose, Food Stylist and Recipe Developer, found her love for food early on in her grandmother’s kitchen in Chattanooga. She followed her passion to Paris and Manhattan before landing in Charleston to launch Canape, a boutique catering company. What is your favorite thing about your job? Creating art with food that I then get to see in print or motion. I love the fact that no job is ever the same. Your favorite type of food to style? I love styling anything that connects me to a lifestyle moment and brings in the human element (i.e. big overhead shots of tables with lots of props and food elements). Favorite cocktail? I am a surfer and a beach girl, so hands down a spicy margarita and even better if I am enjoying it in California. Your guilty food pleasure? My go-to when I need some comfort would be French fries with sea salt and fresh lemon (with mayonnaise of course). Your favorite autumn food? On Sundays, I love to make vegetarian chili with homemade pimento cheese.
Peter Frank Edwards for Organic Gardening
I subscribe to:
Cynthia Groseclose
“Work with the flow in life because fighting it keeps us from realizing the blessings life has waiting for us. CynthiaGroseclose.com
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Find Arielle at Facebook.com/purefluffco.
Arielle Stratton, Owner of Pure Fluff Cotton Candy Co., an organic cotton candy mobile cart service for private events. Where you’ll find her on Saturday night? At a wedding somewhere since my other job is head event planner of Party.Love.Birds. Favorite cocktail? In my opinion there is nothing better than sour beer and red wine. Favorite foodie? Anthony Bourdain is my husband, didn’t you know? I met him once and all I managed to squeak out was, “you’re soooo taaallll!” No, but really, he is perfect: travel enthusiast + foodie extraordinaire + sassy chef personality = dreamboat in my book. Your guilty food pleasure? French onion soup, mac & cheese, and bean/cheese enchiladas are my go-to comfort foods...maybe you can see the running theme of melted cheese?
Photo by Gillian Ellis
I subscribe to:
“Fake it ‘til you make it. If you can talk yourself into being crazy confident and enthusiastic, you will almost always succeed at anything you attempt to do. All photos John Hathaway unless noted.
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LOVE to Taste?
Mira Winery • Tasting Room • 68 1/2 Queen Street
Wendy Keefer, Director & Personal Wine Concierge, decided to make a major change two years ago from law practice to wine expert. She joined Mira Winery last year and started full-time in May to develop its Tasting Room from the ground up. Where you’ll find her on Saturday night? At dinner with my husband Sean and another couple with whom we have dinner most Saturdays for years. Red or White? If I could only have one varietal for the rest of my life I would choose Cabernet Sauvignon. Favorite pairing? The one I think is most interesting is a well-made crisp white wine with spicy food. The white wine is crisp and has some residual sugar, so it balances the spicy food really well. I subscribe to:
“Find your passion and make that your career. It won’t mean every day is perfect or that it isn’t work, but your passion will shine through and your customers will enjoy what you have to offer much more. Photos by Alice Keeney
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If the amazing piece of art covering the side of Mira Winery’s building at 68½ Queen looks familiar, it could be because local artist David Boatwright created the mural, “Renoir Redux: Exceptional Pairings,” featuring the likenesses of 14 members of the Charleston food scene including Gullah Cuisine’s chef and owner Charlotte Jenkins, chef and writer Nathalie Dupree, GrowFood Carolina’s Sara Clow, restaurateur Karalee Nielsen Fallert and everyone’s favorite maître d’, Mickey Bakst of Charleston Grill, plus several other well-known Charleston foodies. Boatwright’s murals can be found throughout the Lowcountry, with many painted in (or on) well-known eateries. His mural for Mira Winery is a take on Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s “Luncheon of the Boating Party.” Signed poster versions are for sale at Mira Winery for $20 each.
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the Sweet Life?
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Mercantile and Mash • 701 East Bay Street • mercandmash.com Anna Abram, Executive Pastry Chef for Mercantile & Mash, fell in love with cake decorating and got her degree in baking and pastry from the Culinary Institute of Charleston. She worked at Southern Season and is known for her bold and whimsical desserts. What is your favorite thing about your job? It’s a tie between the creative freedom and the fantastic people I get to work with. Favorite foodie? Alton Brown. I got hooked on “Good Eats” years ago and I loved that he explained the science behind food. He made food much more interesting and approachable for me. Your favorite seasonal autumn food? Autumn is all about apples for me. One of my favorite apple desserts is called piggy pie. It’s simply shredded apples tossed with spices, sugar, and butter and then spread out thinly over pie dough. The dough is rolled up like a cinnamon roll and baked. It’s so simple but delicious. I subscribe to:
“If it’s not right, it’s wrong. If we hold ourselves to a high standard then we will rarely disappoint either our guests or ourselves. (Borrowed from Kelly Fields, an incredibly talented pastry chef I admire.)
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So Bad That It’s Good?
Search for “Bad Bitches Charleston” on Facebook to see what they’re up to!
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BOULEVARD DINER Collards Lima Beans Blackeyed Peas Sarah Adams, Co-Founder & Event Coordinator for Bad Bitches Charleston, is a freelance chef and a former sous chef at FIG. She developed the concept for a pop up dinner series with Kelly Kleisner, owner of Mirabelle Bakery, in April of this year. The pair recruited Randi Weinstein, former Director of Events for the Charleston Wine + Food Festival, and the baddest dinner series in town was born. What is your favorite thing about being a Bad Bitch? The best thing about being a Bad Bitch is getting to hang out with the most amazing women in town. We have developed quite the posse. Where you’ll find them on Saturday night? On the line! Bad Bitches work the weekend.
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Pumpkin Bars and Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing
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“In the restaurant industry, there are more women in management and ownership positions than any other industry. Forty-five percent of all restaurant managers are women compared to an average of 38 percent in other industries. Today, more than half of all U.S. restaurants are owned or co-owned by women.� [National Restaurant Association]
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Art of the Artichoke Marisa Mangani
Food is love,” my mom used to say. And even though her cooking skills were limited, she prepared meals to the best of her ability and enjoyed a day in the kitchen with her trusty Joy of Cooking and some specially purchased ingredients. The great insult to her was my stepdad’s refusal to eat these meals she so lovingly prepared. If it wasn’t beef something or potato something, from his black Naugahyde lounger he would place the dish on the floor for our herd of dogs and cats to fight over. Later, during the commercial break, he’d get up to fortify himself with a large bowl of ice cream. His actions on these nights were grounds for murder. In contrast, my mom and I enjoyed a food ritual together that started when I was very young. Many gold-flecked Formica tables backdrop this repeated event, this thing we shared without my grandmother or stepdad or anyone else. This ritual involved a curious looking steaming green crown, an earthy aroma emanating from it, elegantly perched on a dinner plate between us as we took turns peeling off the leaves, dipping each into a soup cup of hot lemon butter and scraping little bites of meat from the inside edge with our lower teeth. The closer to the inside of the flowery crown we got, the sweeter the meat became. The young me asks, “Mommy, why are the leaves sweeter on the inside?” Mom answers, “Because we’re getting closer to the heart.” This made sense to me, for I’d learned in Sunday School that God was large enough to fill the world and small enough to fit into your heart. Surely God was inside the artichoke’s heart too. We’d eventually get to the heart, the leaves very thin and meaty around the edge of the flower’s center jewel. Here, Mom takes over, lifting the stemmed base and scraping the fibrous thorns from its cup with a spoon, careful not to puncture it. She drops it into the soup cup of butter, slices it into smiles and we take turns slowly savoring each buttery bite. A few times a year we shared an artichoke and each time I savored not only the sweet meat of nature’s bounty, but the time alone spent with Mom, this opportunity to be near her at the table, a rare moment of being on the same level. Excitement for this built in me whenever I spotted an artichoke in the kitchen, or she told me she bought one at the store on sale that day. She wanted to be with me and the artichoke was her excuse. When the artichoke had been reduced to a pile of spent leaves marked by the imprints of our teeth, a little sadness followed. Mom would stand, her aura disappearing into that smoky space of adultness, and clear the dishes. I was alone again. When I got older, Mom prepared two artichokes and with a large salad bowl between us for the stripped leaves, we’d talk and talk as we ate, catching up on things since I was on the
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go so much. These artichokes and their God-filled hearts briefly bringing us together again. When I left home, I encountered artichokes at some of the restaurants where I cooked. At Longhi’s on Maui, artichokes were an appetizer on the menu, served chilled and stuffed with an olive dressing. I thought that was somehow wrong, the artichoke so delicate, the olives so pungent, how could that be good? At a restaurant in Portland, the chef showed me how to pare down a fresh choke to the heart with a sharp knife, a technique I never mastered, my focus instead on all that good stuff—the leaves— going into the trash. At the Columns Hotel in New Orleans, the artichoke made the leap from childhood ritual to culinary extravaganza. When artichokes were in season in California, we’d steam up two cases, and everyone in the kitchen painstakingly scraped the meat from the leaves with paring knives. Once both cases had been reduced to a bain marie of leaf and heart meat, a puree of artichoke soup was made up, finished with cream, whole butter and a hint of nutmeg or mace. And that wonderful sensation in the mouth, all that tender artichoke flavor melting in your mouth without the work of peeling down the flower. Which never bothered me, the “work” of eating a choke, called such by many men in my life who refused to go through the steps to eat an artichoke. Like eating artichokes is a girl thing? If I ever ate an artichoke myself before my daughter was born, I certainly don’t remember it. Naturally the most important part of the ritual was missing. With mom gone and me working in restaurants most nights, it probably did not happen. But when I became a mother, a few things began to happen. I found myself saying, like my mother, “Food is love,” as I placed in front of my wiggling daughter a plate of over-easy egg on toast. Then when she was three, I steamed an artichoke and placed the mysterious delicacy between us. I’m certain there was a huge smile on my face. My mom had only been gone a few years, and now I’d experience the artichoke ritual from another viewpoint. I believe there is always room for improvement, so on nights my daughter and I sat down to partake, I didn’t rush off like my mom had. I didn’t want my girl to feel sadness or any loss after our shared time. I only wanted the good things for her. But I could only control so much, for while the two of us were in the dining room, eating, laughing, talking about school and such, her dad was out in the Florida room drinking Old Milwaukee and smoking cigarettes, shortening his life, as we would find out in a few years. This certainly attaches itself to her artichoke memories, doesn’t it? Since my daughter has left home, there is no one to share an artichoke with. She emailed me a picture once from her visit to California and when the golden image filled my screen, my heart leaped. There was my beautiful smiling girl, holding out a melonsized artichoke like a sculpture. “Look mom!” I hear her say. Yes, food IS love.
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SCARLET LETTERS PROTEST GENDER BIAS IN SCHOOL DRESS CODE
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In September, Charleston County School of the Arts students began wearing scarlet letters to protest unfair and disrespectful enforcement of the school’s dress code. Reese Fischer, a junior creative writing student at the school who helped organize the protest, said that, based on her experience, faculty members enforce the dress code more strictly against girls than boys—and against heavier girls than slimmer ones. They’re joining the ranks of high school kids across the country who have also been protesting gender-biased dress codes. We’re proud of the young women for speaking out!
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RAISE YOUR GLOVES To UFC Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, the first woman to appear on the cover of Men’s Fitness Australia. While other women (Carmen Electra, Pamela Anderson) have graced covers of other editions of the magazine, Rousey is the first female athlete to do so. The issue came out in advance of her next big fight, which takes place in Melbourne. Go Ronda!
SHOW HER THE MONEY Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, whose decision on when to raise interest rates could have a global impact, came out on top of Bloomberg Markets’ “Most Influential” list. The head of the U.S. central bank beat out Chinese President Xi Jinping, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, and President of the United States Barack Obama (who came in at number 6). See the complete list at Bloomberg.com.
LEAFERS UNITE! If there’s not enough fall foliage in Charleston for you this time of year, you can have it shipped to your front door from New England company ShipFoliage.com. The folks at Ship Foliage preserve leaves to enhance their color and extend their life span, then assemble bundles for $20 each to ship to leaflimited locations in the U.S. Autumn in a package!
OUR FAMOUS SOUTHERN STAPLE SPREADS NATIONWIDE Charleston’s own Callie’s Biscuits is now selling its famous Southern biscuits—in a mix—at Neiman-Marcus and through drool-worthy catalogue, Horchow!
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER RUN, LINDY, RUN!
NYC PROMOTES PEDALING As of last month, New York City officials say the city’s network of bicycle lanes and paths has reached 1,000 miles across its five boroughs, making it one of the most bicycle-friendly cities on the east coast.
CHARLESTON, W E ’ R E R E A DY !
Princeton grad Lindy Li, 24, is running as a Democrat in Pennsylvania’s 7th District, currently occupied by three-term Republican incumbent Pat Meehan. If elected, Li would be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress (she’ll turn 25 this December). We’re watching and hope you are too. See more about Li and donate to her campaign at LindyLi.com. The Charleston International Film Festival, November 4-8. Tickets at Charlestoniff.org
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SHONDA RHIMES WOWS US (AGAIN) The “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “How to Get Away with Murder” creator and showrunner (and head of her own production company, ShondaLand), will add “author” to her extensive list of credits with a new memoir. The Year of Yes (Simon & Schuster) chronicles a year in Rhimes’ life after she decided to say “yes” to unexpected invitations at the end of 2013.
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