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Welcome to November! Get your eating pants out of the closet (we love our yoga clothes for more than one
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TRENDY RESTAURANT DESCRIPTIONS for the ordinary food you eat VA L E R I E N I E S
French fries Hand-cut parsley potato twiggies Scrambled eggs Muddled cluckberries PB&J Brown bag yeast pocket,Valencia legume crème, smashed grape confit Carrots un-kissed witch fingers Baby carrots Sun-kissed witchlet fingers Avocado toast Instagram toasted yeast pocket square Handful of almonds Slivered apricot kernels Protein bar from bottom of purse Monolithic-pressed drupes, pomes, and nuts Grilled cheese made with a solitary Baby Bell from the back of the fridge and an apple slice Butter-griddled yeast pocket, farm fresh round of cow’s milk, Granny Smith smile Salmon with kale. Again. Wild-caught marine fowl with clean Gywneth Paltrow leaves Saltines dipped in a jar of Nutella because you worked late and there’s nothing else in the house. Salty sweet crostini A box of milk duds poured into a bowl of movie popcorn, because who cares? You’re single anyway. Candied ratatouille
Valerie Nies is a comedian, writer, and breakfast lover living in Austin, Texas. She wants a dog but is afraid of commitment. Read more about Valerie at ValerieCallMe.com.
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Naomi Ulsted is a memoir and fiction writer from Portland, Oregon, where she works as the director of a Job Corps Center vocational training program for underprivileged youth. Her writing has been published in Salon and LUNA LUNA.
POPCORN: A LONG TERM R E L AT I O N S H I P “ T h a t w a s n ’ t n e a r e n o u g h , a n d m i c r o w a v e p o p c o r n t a s t e d w e i r d .”
I’ve sworn off popcorn twice in my life. Once I made the unfortunate decision to detox, having purchased $250 worth of protein shakes from my sister. I didn’t have popcorn for a month. Nor did I have much of anything else except for the protein shakes that tasted like my shoe. The second time I swore off popcorn was when a tiny popcorn shell lodged in the back of my throat. The sharp flake stuck in my uvula, like a sliver in an elephant’s foot. I ate peanut butter and bread, hoping the sticky wads would drag it out. I stuck my finger down my throat and gagged. Eventually, after several days, I blasted it out with a water pic. I posted on Facebook that my relationship with popcorn was over. I didn’t eat it for three months, which is a pretty serious separation for me and popcorn. When I was growing up, my family never went out to movies. With five kids, we couldn’t afford to visit the theater and buy movie popcorn. Instead, a couple times a month my dad would come home with a rented videotape of Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther and a two liter bottle of Coke. We opened the hideaway couch into a bed and piled on, my mother holding the baby and the rest of us squished together among the cushions. The hard metal frame of the bed jabbed into our ribs or elbows, so the best place to be was in the sagging middle. Since we didn’t all quite fit, the two kids on the outside had to deal with the frame. Quit kicking me! Move over. I’m getting squished! My dad bring us giant bowls of popcorn and tall glasses of Coke over ice and we’d be quiet, give each other space, and watch our movie. On those Friday nights, my mother would stop glaring at my dad, my dad would stop hiding in his room pretending we didn’t exist, and it felt like we were a normal family who had some fun sometimes. Now that I have children, our Friday nights echo those of my childhood. I come home from work with a DVD from Redbox and my kids look forward to “movie parties” with popcorn and a “special drink” of Root Beer. I pour myself a healthy glass of my own special drink, generally merlot. When I was in my ‘20s, I liked to imagine myself as spontaneous and unpredictable. A
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Ann Belden Read wants to build children’s palates to crave the same foods adults enjoy. That’s why she launched Boop Baby, her jarred baby food delivery service, to the public in June. A woman who grew up with Southern cooking, Ann noticed when she started introducing solids to her own baby that expiration dates were years away. She said of baby food jars, “They just looked all the same color and just didn’t seem all that appealing.” She named the company to honor her late mother’s nickname for her, Annie Boop, and she categorizes her products by stages, based on a child’s age. Now, she is offering a lot of winter fruits and vegetables like pears, apples, butternut and carnival squash, eggplant and butter beans, depending on availability. She starts with single purees as an introduction for babies, then goes into more combinations, like sweet potato and blueberry, or butter bean and butternut squash. “I try to do sweet and savory together,” said Ann, who works out of a DHECapproved kitchen. For babies, she incorporates spices like cinnamon and cardamom, then moves into chunkier, more complex items and starts to bring in grains from Anson Mills and Lavington Plantation, and more complex herbs like cumin.“It’s very seasonal,” she said. “…A lot of the flavor profiles are based on adult food. I just kind of re-engineer it.” What’s next: a toddler finger food line is her vision. “I certainly want to be able to accommodate as many mothers as who want the product.”
One taste she can't live without?
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Pat has manned the drive-through window at Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q in North Charleston for eight years. She wouldn’t have it any other way. “I just love working for them and the concept of having fresh food made from scratch, that’s what we do,” she said. “And I love the people I work with.” She takes pride in knowing her customers by name, and she’s known some of them long enough that she gives them Christmas cards with coupons. At the very least, she’ll hand out a biscuit and bring an order out to a customer who has to wait a little longer. “I’m a big person on quality service and accurate orders,” she said. She’s also big on trying to increase sales for the business, and on going the extra mile, whether she helps set up the back lines, tops the pies or organizes the to-go orders into bags. When she’s not at Jim ‘N Nick’s, Pat can be found singing in the choir or working on the culinary committee at Lovely Mountain Baptist Church for occasions like catered anniversaries. “I love going on cruises, I love going to the movies and I love spending time with my grandson, my daughter and my sister.” She also loves reality shows. But no matter where the day takes her, she said, “I always want to do something better than I did yesterday, today. How can I put a shine in somebody’s life?”
One taste she can't live without?
“ I d o n ' t k n o w, b u t I k n o w w h e n s o m e t h i n g i s n o t r i g h t .”
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Favorite Food Hashtags #yum #chseats #instafood #goodfood #homecook #dessert Favorite Brunch Spots and Why 1 / The Park Cafe–Such a #yummy menu and relaxed environment that you can appreciate riding your bike to in shorts and a t-shirt or enjoying after church with your family. We love the entire menu can't get enough of their cornbread! 2 / Three Little Birds Cafe–this hidden gem has been a neighborhood favorite of ours for years. They make food that tastes as good as the descriptions. Their French toast is #devine! 3 / Jasmine Porch at The Sanctuary on Kiawah Island the most fabulous spread of anything and everything #wonderful you could ever possibly want! Food lovers dream brunch!
The Charleston Farmers Market We are big supporters, advocates and fans of the Charleston Farmers Market because it's a place to support your #local farmers, artisans and food vendors. We have developed many friendships with the vendors and love supporting our #community while enjoying great food! I grew up going to my local FM with my grandparents and parents and now enjoy passing the weekly tradition down to my daughter who has been going since she was a newborn. I have no doubt that as she grows up, she will continue in this lifestyle and food choice as well. Taste I can't live without Bread and Bourbon To see more of what Candice has to say visit skirt.com/blog.
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One taste they can't live without?
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The five delectable days of Charleston Wine + Food weekend may not be coming until March, but some events have already sold out. Not a surprise for an event showcasing what Laura Kate Whitney, director of marketing and communications, calls the “explosive culinary destination that is Charleston.” The festival has raised more than $383,000 for local charities and hospitality and culinaryrelated scholarship programs, and the 12th year of the event is only going to grow that. The 2017 Charleston Wine + Food weekend is bursting with more than 100 events scheduled and more than 250 local and guest chefs, plus 150 beverage professionals, coming to town. Laura Kate and her team are busy getting the information out about everything people can experience. “We want to continue to promote the incredible experiences and all the talent we have.” When you go, don’t overlook the heart and soul of the weekend, the Culinary Village. This three-day setup can be found in Marion Square, featuring chef demos, live music and, of course, tastings. Dig in.
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Germaine Jenkins appreciated food stamps when she went back to college at Johnson & Wales as a single mother to finish her degree. “Having food be one thing we didn’t have to worry about was very good,” she said. Other experiences like working at the Lowcountry Food Bank and earning a Master Gardener certification led her to become CEO and Farm & Market Director of Fresh Future Farm, an urban farm and recently opened grocery store in the Chicora-Cherokee neighborhood making food accessible to neighbors. The business operates on .81 acres of land and the surrounding space within a two-mile radius is a food desert, she said. She’s working on a business model to offer customers rides home with their bags of food. Customers get to shop a full selection of seasonal produce from the farm at the store, plus affordable items from local stores like Publix and Harris Teeter. As for the business name, Germaine said, “We wanted it to be two things: close to the top of the alphabet and descriptive of what we want to see happen in the part of North Charleston that we are serving.” Fresh Future Farm is meant to be a model for creating viable opportunities for people needing employment – and will likely incorporate more cooking demonstrations. “The purpose is to show folks who are maybe used to eating most of their foods out of a box, like packaged foods, that you can incorporate some fresh produce and herbs in a way that is fresh and delicious and culturally relevant.”
One taste she can't live without?
“Fresh mustard greens. Put a fresh mustard green on a ham sandwich. It will change your life.”
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When Cristeta Comerford first came to the United States from her home country of the Philippines, she started –at the bottom of the business – working as a trainee in an industry she loved and wanted to succeed in. Her first job as a cook in a Chicago hotel led to such amazing success that in 2005 she was appointed by President Clinton as the first woman, FilipinoAmerican and Asian ever to be selected as the White House Executive Chef. Her passion for creative healthy eating, her ability to pull together fantastic menus, her talent as a chef and her love of children and community inspired First Lady Michelle Obama to ask her to stay on. Comerford is quoted saying “Don’t aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.” Now that’s food for thought! (source: sixtyandme.com)
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Bravo Media’s Emmy and James Beard Award-winning “Top Chef ” takes on the culinary hotspot of Charleston for the new season, kicking off with a supersized premiere on Thursday, December 1 at 10pm and we know who we’re rooting for. In an unparalleled twist, eight acclaimed chefs from across the country including Charleston’s own Emily Hahn will unpack their knives alongside eight chefs from seasons past, who have never won the prestigious title and are back for redemption. Hahn, (AKA Empanada Mamma) is the Executive Chef at Warehouse Bar + Kitchen. Her cuisine is bright, flavorful, and elevates simple ingredients in inventive ways. In 2015, Hahn was named one of Charleston's "Rising Star Chefs" by FOOD & WINE Magazine and Eater Charleston's "Chef of the Year."
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“A woman’s place was in the home,” but a professional kitchen for many years was almost exclusively a man’s world – for example, the Culinary Institute of America, one of America’s most acclaimed culinary schools, didn’t accept women until 1970. Now, 44% of their 3,000 students are women. What a difference a few decades make! (source: CIAChef.edu)
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Bon Appetit’s Dessert of the Year is “gettable” if you don’t mind a half-day drive (you’ll want to get up early, as they’re open daily from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.). The magazine named the Molasses-Bourbon Doughnut from Hole Doughnuts in Asheville as the top pick for 2016. Says the magazine, “The dough is hand-shaped, fried to order in rice-bran oil, and then glazed with the sweet-boozy sauce. The result is a hot, misshapen, crunchy-on-the-outside, airy-on-the-inside yeast donut of the highest order.” Add that to your Foodie Bucket List!
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Executive Chef Dominique Crenn of Atelier Crenn has made history being the first female chef to earn two Michelin Stars. Her creativity is definitely worth the praise; she even has course meals in her restaurant resembling 13-line poems (how cool is that?). Not only has Crenn been the Executive Chef at countless fancy restaurants including Manhattan Country Club, Campton Place, and the Park Hyatt Grill, she was also named a “Chef to Watch” in 2007 and Best Chef of the Year in 2008 by John Mariani in Esquire Magazine.This talented chef is a major supporter of using organic, sustainable local produce in all of her food. She was a driving force behind “A Moveable Feast,” a project with proceeds benefiting CUESA. Crenn’s achievements just take the cake. (source: spoonuniversity.com)
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SPENCER GEORGE
Spencer George is a writer, feminist, and blogger. She is the founder of the #NOTYOURGIRL campaign, which encourages young girls to embrace their true selves, and is a student at Barnard College of Columbia University.
Like most things, the concept of how one should eat a meal is a stereotype fed to us, often unknowingly. Turn on any TV show, watch any movie, read any book- dinner time is a place for the family to gather to hash out the details of their day, passing around plates of food. Depending on the movie you’re watching, the dinner table is a place of connection, of tension, of arguments and discussion. I lived alone with my mother and neither of us had much time to cook, which meant that dinner in my house usually consisted of trying out new restaurants and debating anything from the complications of modern education to whether or not ankle boots will stay on trend. Dinner was a time of social reflection, of intellectual debate and, sometimes, argument. It was at once both a break from homework, a chance to try new restaurants, and a place of academic stimulation.
MEALS SHARED AMONG FAMILY, AMONG FRIENDS, OR EVEN AMONG STRANGERS HAVE THE POWER TO CONNECT US.
Now that I’m in college and many of my meals are eaten alone, en route from class to class, I realize the value of something as simple as dinner. The very origins of common meals promote this notion of inclusivity, the notion that food is something that can bring people together. Meals shared among family, among friends, or even among strangers have the power to connect us. I never used to understand why breaking to eat a meal was important until I found myself eating a protein bar on the way to my 6 p.m. class and calling it dinner. I long for the comfort of dining with others, of discussing and debating, of even just having someone to ask every night, without fail, how my day was. It’s easy to get caught up in the rush of life and forget the joy that comes in sitting down to eat in the company of those you enjoy. But we shouldn’t forget about the practice of coming together to share a meal. I cherish some of the conversations that have emerged from mealtimes, things I wasn’t sure I would miss until I didn’t have them anymore. So, this month, especially in light of the holidays, I encourage you to share a meal with someone, anyone. And who knows? It could end up being one of the most interesting conversations you’ve ever had.
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#HairoftheDog $5 Bloody Marys anyone? Graze is located in the strip mall near the Mount Pleasant Whole Foods. Not a local secret anymore!
#BeachBrunch Located at 2063 Middle St. on Sullivans Island, grab a bite at The Obstinate Daughter and then take a stroll on the beach.
#BrunchJams Every Sunday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., jam to DJ Natty Heavy’s “Miami Mimosa” music while sipping on a mimosa with fresh-squeezed orange juice.
#LocallySourced Feathertop at 23 Ann St. offers fresh and local brunch fare, including rosemary donuts with a peach glaze and turkey hash.
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#PubBrunch The Blind Tiger’s new location at 36 – 38 Broad St. has become one of the most popular brunch spots in town. Can you say “bottomless mimosas?”
#Preach Every Sunday at Hall’s Chophouse, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., you can enjoy flawless classic brunch fare accompanied by a gospel choir.
#BrunchWithaView What better way to enjoy brunch than dockside at Tavern & Table on Shem Creek? Tip: Get the Adobo fried chicken & waffles with candied Pancetta.
#WorththeDrive And the wait, hit up the Fat Hen at 3140 Maybank Hwy. on John’s Island for unique brunch dishes, like brisket and mac n’ cheese open-faced sandwich.
#SaturdayBrunch The Glass Onion at 1219 Savannah Hwy. serves brunch dishes on Saturdays and does a fresh take on classics, like Beauregard Benedict with biscuits, sausage, gravy, and eggs. skirt!magazine novemberw2016
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April Zimmerman is a Maryland-born writer living in Charleston, SC and a blogger at aprilzimmerman.com. You can follow her on Instagram at @ape_zim for all of the daily things.
A ROLEX LUNCH “ S u s t e n a n c e a n d c o m m u n i t y - t w o o f o u r m o s t b a s i c n e e d s .”
I settled onto the blue tarp that Joseph, our van driver and Ugandan friend, had spread out next to the van for our lunch break. The equator sun broiled just beyond the tree above my head. I wiped my forehead on the sleeve of my t-shirt and flicked a large African ant that scurried into my personal tarp space. Our team of 48, along with our van drivers and security personnel, left our hotel in Masindi, Uganda early that morning and drove one and a half hours to set up a mobile medical clinic in the village of Bweyale within the Kiryandongo District. Today was our second day in Bweyale and our third of five clinic days. The midweek slump and jet lag had caught up with us by day three, and we swiveled between exhaustion and giddy delirium. “Joseph, you look handsome today!” He smiled at me from the trunk of the van. “This is my safari suit,” he said, brushing his hand along the heather fabric of his shirt. He handed me a Tupperware container, a banana fresh from the stem, and a warm Novida pineapple soda. I eyed the inching line of patients outside of the church where they waited to be seen by our physicians and the rest of our medical staff. We registered 200 patients each day, so our lunch breaks were quick. I popped the Tupperware lid and removed the napkin that our lunch lady always folded over our meals. Rolex! My favorite Uganda staple. Before you think that Ugandans hand out $20,000 timepieces on the regular - a Rolex, local to Uganda, derives its name from “rolled eggs.” In the city, street vendors whip together eggs, peppers and tomatoes in a mug, season and fry them. The resulting flat omelette is rolled up in a circular piece of bread called “chapati,” an unleavened bread similar to a soft tortilla and fried until it shows flecks of brown. My Rolex that day felt warm still as I sat cross-legged on the ground with my teammates. Janelle, one of our physical therapists, discussed a patient she’d seen that morning as the rest of us listened. A group of schoolchildren in their royal blue uniforms herded our attention away. They edged up behind us, giggling and curious. A few of us slipped our phones out, attempting to capture secret selfies with our nosey little entourage. The older kids figured out what we were doing and posed for the camera, hands on hips, faces contorted. The
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whole of us burst into laughter and Joseph, always watchful and protective, stood from his chair and shooed the children off into the field so we could finish our lunch sans an audience. I inhaled the last bite of my Rolex, gulped the remaining Novida and passed my empty cartons to Joseph as I walked back into clinic, waving to my interpreter and his wife on my way. It’s been six weeks from that day. I’ve since returned to my side of the globe and the island I call home in Charleston. I ate Chickfil-A and drank a Holy City Pluff Mud Porter for dinner tonight after a bizarre workday. While the Lowcountry cools and drifts into Autumn, I think long and often of that afternoon, that lunch, under the tree that I only know as “the Lion King tree.” Especially now as we head into this new season - one of family and community and giving thanks - that third day tastes ever so sacred in reflection. My Uganda days began and concluded with community. Breakfast, lunch and dinner for 48. Each meal rich with laughter and tears, praise and thankfulness. Few things hearten me as much as breaking bread with my community. In Uganda, it was my American teammates, Joseph, and our other Ugandan friends and supporters who helped us serve villages during those five days. In Charleston, it’s my beautiful, motley crew of friends, my church of less than 100, and my coworkers with whom I share a break room during the week. Some of my sweetest moments and deepest friendships grew over a cup of coffee and a croissant, or a plate of spaghetti at 9:00 p.m. Sustenance and community - two of our most basic needs. It only makes sense that they should sit at the table together, or under the Lion King tree. As summer folds its beach chairs and brushes the sand from its feet, I fasten that third Ugandan day into my heart space and tuck it into the shelves of my memory. I flip to that chapter often to revoke the sweetness of a dessert banana and break warm, African bread with my friends. I remind myself that thankfulness is not just for this season of pumpkins and sweaters and turkey comas. My life is full of opportunity to commune and give thanks, whether I’m eating Rolex 7,500 miles from home or munching frozen DiGiorno’s over my coffee table with a friend. But, for the record, I’ll take a Rolex for 2,000 shillings any day.
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happy hours #SouthernComfort Ms. Rose's Fine Food & Cocktails is welcoming the new season with live local music every Friday night on the patio from 6-8 p.m. Enjoy Ms. Rose’s southern comfort food and specialty #cocktails while listening to live music on the open-air patio.
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#OhMyDarling Darling Oyster Bar offers signature cocktails and $1 local #oysters. Shuck away!
#FancyandFab 492 has rotating food and drink specials for only $4.92. What are you waiting for?
#Sweet If you think Kaminsky’s is just an after-dinner stop for #yummy desserts, think again. $5 dessert martinis, anyone? Yes please!
#GoMellow The Mellow Mushroom on King is known for its happy hour favorite, 50-cent #wings. Get a basket to go with whatever’s on tap.
#Legendary The Rarebit's Moscow Mule is legendary. Don't trust us, try one for yourself Tuesday through Friday for $5.
#WaitUntilWednesday Fish isn’t just famous for its inventive twists on #seafood classics, it also has $10 unlimited carafes of wine on Wednesdays until 7 p.m. at the bar.
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NOVEMBER 10 The Junior League of Charleston, Inc. (JLC) is republishing a little red cookbook, called Charleston Recipes. First published in 1949 that pre-dates the famous culinary manual and is now ready for it's debut at The William Aiken House, 7 - 10 p.m. Sample hors d'oeuvres and beverages by Patrick Properties Hospitality Group and the chefs at Fish inspired by Charleston Recipes. Copies of the cookbook will be for sale at the event. To purchase tickets, visit JLCharleston. org/charleston-recipes/.
NOVEMBER 10 Holy City Hospitality, one of Charleston’s largest locally-owned hospitality groups, is proud to announce the fall installment of the Taste of Hutson Alley at 6:00-8:30 p.m. The celebration will take place under the lights of the historic alleyway with small plates from six restaurants, wine sampling from Republic National Distributing Company, specialty cocktails, beer and live music from the Ronnie Peterson Duo.
NOVEMBER 11-12 The 5th Annual Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown returns with a topnotch #barbeque competition, a large vendor village, and plenty of entertainment. Enjoy samples, live music, a #cocktail competition, and a kid’s zone at the Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina. They will also host a Food Drive benefiting the East Cooper Meals on Wheels during the event. Patrons are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items and receive $5 off the $10 admission. More info at SmokeontheHarbor.com.
NOVEMBER 13 The Charleston Coffee Cup is back and bigger than ever this year! The Cup will feature dozens of the Southeast's premiere roasters, #coffee shops, food and libations from Charleston's favorite bars and restaurants, and goods from some amazing local artisans. Enjoy #boozey and/or caffeinated creations, delectable brunch treats and great local wares. Baristas will compete in head-to-head dairy and nondairy latte art competitions, the Best Brew will be awarded at the Roasters' Competition. For tickets and more info, visit CharlestonCoffeeCup.com.
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NOVEMBER 24 Burn off the calories you’ll consume on #Thanksgiving at the 39th Annual Turkey Day Run & Gobble Wobble, Thanksgiving morning at 9 a.m. Organized by the Knights Of Columbus Council 704, this 5K starts and ends in Marion Square. The course heads down Meeting Street, winds around the battery, and heads back to Marion Square by way of King Street. Don't miss the lively after party with live music, free beer, and tons of great food courtesy of Earth Fare! The Kids Fun Run kicks off at 10 a.m. in Marion Square. Register at TurkeyDayRun.com.
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NOVEMBER 25 A much-beloved holiday tradition is back this season! For the 31st year in a row, Circa 1886 and Charming Inns will play host to the "Charleston Holiday Progressive Dinner,” a festive evening where diners journey by carriage to three different locations. Guests will start the evening with hors d'oeuvres at Historic Kings Courtyard Inn at 198 King St., travel to Circa 1886 at 149 Wentworth St. for a threecourse #dinner, and wind down at Historic John Rutledge House Inn at 116 Broad St. for coffee and #dessert. Hors d'oeuvres start at 5:30 p.m. and the evening wraps up at 8:30 p.m. A carriage will transport guests from one location to the next. The cost is $100 per person, excluding beverages. Visit Circa1886.com for tickets and details.
The Charleston Farmer’s Market, Marion Square, is the best-known in town for fresh #produce, arts and crafts, crepes that you can smell from two blocks away, and family fun.You might even spot a local chef or two shopping for farm to table meals! Through Nov. 26, Saturdays, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
#GetCrafty The Awendaw Farmers’ and Crafters’ Market, 4765 N Highway 17 in Awendaw runs Sundays 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. through December 18. Features local artists, crafters, and farmers selling hand-crafted Items, produce, fresh eggs, jellies, honey, and baked goods. Lots of activities for the little ones!
#WeekdayFresh Swing by the Folly Beach Farmers’ Market on Wednesdays from 6 - 9 p.m. at Folly River Park Center St. through the end of November for weeknight fun and #fresh food.
#Homegrown Johns Island “Homegrown” Sustainable Farmers’ Market, 3546 Maybank Highway, is open on Saturdays from 10 a.m - 2 p.m. year-round. The fare is fresh from local farms and changes seasonally based on the produce available.
#HeadNorth The Monck’s Corner Farmer’s Market is open every Thursday from 3 - 7 p.m. and showcases local #produce, farmers, bakers, artists and craftsmen, plus live music. It stays open through December 15.
#LocalSecret The MUSC Farmers Market, 171 Ashley Avenue (in horseshoe), is open year-round on Fridays from 7 a.m. - 3 p..m. Featuring a wide selection of crafts, #fruits, local specialties, #vegetables and organic food.
#Flowertown The Summerville Farmers’ Market, located in the First Citizens Bank parking lot behind Summerville Town Hall at 200 South Main Street, runs through the end of December on Saturdays from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Pro tip: Get there early before the best produce and #goodies are gone!
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