The Sweet Path of the Unexpected
Little Peanut Bakeshop, a welcomed addition to West Ashley’s food scene by Christine England | Contributing Writer More than a decade ago, when DaVee Keesee was graduating high school, she found herself in that poignant moment many have dreaded. Where are you applying...
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All Day IPAs
Full disclosure and in hopes of protecting my own arse, the above column title and byline are not of my own creation, they are actually names of relatively new beers in a comparatively new, or at least more modern sub-style of a classic beer category, the American...
A Healthy Gut
Certified holistic health coach Stephanie Burg will be teaching a hands-on fermentation workshop at Spacecraft Studios in West Ashley this Saturday, April 26. The workshop, Fermentation 101 + Probiotics is geared toward education about the importance of healthy...
Spring Has Sprung
To be completely honest, I do love an American IPA. No, I’m not a hophead; far from it. While I tend to lean toward malt-centric brews, with a good classic porter being one of my favorite beers, I do adore the American hop plant and all the bitter goodness that comes...
Taking Homemade to The Next Level
“We don’t claim to be chefs. We just cook and prepare food very well,” says Jeannie Dillon of Foodies Café and Catering. Since its opening late last year on Sam Rittenberg Boulevard in what used to be a Kentucky Fried Chicken, Foodies has quietly built a reputation...
A Tasty American Wheat
Full disclosure, friends: I had my first Bell’s Oberon of the year this week. I know, I know. I can hear it now: “Beer Snob, it’s just barely spring! Hey, that’s a wheat beer! A summer beer! Aren’t you a self-proclaimed ‘seasonal drinker?” In my defense, the...
Wine Down at New County Park
The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission invites the Lowcountry to get another sneak peek of a future park this spring. In April, Wine Down Wednesday returns to Old Towne Creek County Park. Old Towne Creek County Park is not yet regularly open to the...
Spring Has Sprung
The Vernal Equinox is upon us. And although as you’re reading this column there just as likely a chance of ice and freezing rain as there is sunshine, you should be ready to switch beer gears. So it might be time to lighten up, however slightly, with your beer choice....
Popsicle Scene Heats Up
Guypaula Deen-Fieri, the bastard lovechild of two celebrity chefs, has announced that West Ashley will be the site of her next upscale pudding pop restaurant, Suck This! Not surprisingly, Deen-Fieri said her recipes marry the two disparate culinary styles of her...
There Will Be Beer
The craft beer revolution is well and truly upon us West Ashley. Where once we were limited to the workmanlike efforts of Palmetto Brewing and the scattered attempts from others, in 2007 the floodgates were flung open. Where once there was a barely discernible...
Dark Creamy Goodness
An unusual trend has been happening lately, I’ve re-stumbled upon a patch of stouts. No, not the average, boring Guinness variety associated with the recent Patrician festivities. I’m referring to stouts of a slightly sweeter, richer, creamier nature. In the stout...
