Bruschetta is much like a small open-face sandwich, but with an important difference – it requires a European-style rustic bread with firm body and a chewy crust. Bruschetta used to be simple. Originally, bruschetta was thick slices of coarse bread toasted over coals then rubbed with garlic and drizzled with olive oil.
Roll out the red carpet! The 7th annual Beaufort International Film Festival is here --- and that means you'll be catching up on all of the nominated flicks leading up to the Awards Ceremony on Saturday night. Add a little gourmet delight to your movie experience with some tasty recipe ideas!
It's gotten almost comical. Friends who come to our house for dinner or a party know not to dare eat anything until I've taken a photograph! I even carry a small camera in the pocket of my chef's jacket at catering events to snap quick pictures of the food we're serving before it's scarfed up by hungry party guests.
It's late December and I'm on the website. The weekend of January 26 and 27, the Marriot Hotel on Hilton Head will host the judging of the wines that will be available for tasting at the 28th Annual Hilton Head Island Food and Wine Festival.
I 've recently become a partner with DIY Weddings Magazine and am now writing a wedding catering advice column 4 times a year. This issue of Lowcountry Weekly features my first column originally published in December 2012 along with food photography by the incomparable Susan DeLoach!
Let's start off the year with a blast. No, not a party – but a big blast of cold air called the Mistral Wind. Since I am not a meteorologist, I defer to the experts who explain the Mistral Wind to be a strong, cold and usually dry regional wind in France, coming from the northwest and accelerating as it passes through the mostly southern Rhone Valley.