Seafood a la Wando at Hank’s Seafood

UPDATE: I did try and make this at home. If you are interested, check it out. Seafood a la Wando As I’ve mentioned in several posts, we go to Charleston, SC often. We love the history, shopping, beaches and most important for me, the restaurants. Many of my favorite restaurants are in Charleston. One restaurant…

Most Popular Posts of 2011

Thank you all for another year of reading my terrible writing and enduring my awful photography. Here’s to a great 2012. Below are the five most popular post from last year.   1 2011 Greenville Restaurant Week at Devereaux’s and American Grocery 2 Low Country Boil at Home 3 Jagerschnitzel with Spaetzle and German Red…

Roast Herb Pork, Succotash and Baked Polenta Fries

This succotash recipe is one of my favorites. I liked everything about the roast pork loin and baked polenta fries, but this meal is all about the succotash. The herbed pork was very tender, a bit too pink for my better half, but very nice. I liked the idea of the polenta fries and I…

Farm to Table Dinner featuring Stone Brewing at Greenbrier Farms

Very rarely do events like this come to such a happy confluence. I really like Stone Brewery. I love Greenbrier Farms and I love American Grocery. When I was invited to the Farm to Table Dinner that featured all three I was ecstatic. One of my favorite Chefs preparing food from my favorite farm, pared…

Fall for Greenville 2011, downtown Greenville, South Carolina

We are very fortunate in this area to have a lot of great restaurants. We are equally lucky to have many outdoor events. As I have posted before, Fall for Greenville combines the best of both. This outdoor festival is full of music, great local food and eclectic beer and wine selections and proceeds go…

Vietnamese Banh Mi Sandwich at The Nose Dive

Restaurants can come and go pretty quickly. One restaurant that opened with great fan fare in downtown Greenville was The Nose Dive. The next in a long growing line of Table 301 Restaurants that include local favorites like Soby’s, The Lazy Goat and Devereaux’s. The Nose Dive was a long time coming. Opening in the…

Local Pork Chops, Creamy Grits and Quick Chow Chow

One of my favorite things to do culinarily is to attempt to mimic a meal from a favorite restaurant. I try to make the same meal, with my twists. Maybe I add a little more of this or less of that. An example is a visit to The Lazy Goat (a favorite in downtown Greenville,…