Lowcountry Cuisine Spring 2018

LC 4 www.LowcountryCuisineMag.com | www.CharlestonRecipes.com Editor’s Note – Meet Krysta Chapman......................................................................... LC 5 Vote in this Year’s Golden Spoon................................................................................. LC 46 features Meals onWheels: Try a FoodTruck................................................................................ LC 6 HowDoes Their Garden Grow? Two Farms toWatch......................................... LC 10 Set the Tone for the Event and Hire a Caterer........................................................ LC 15 Island Flavor – ATaste of Daniel Island..................................................................... LC 21 Strawberry Fields Forever .............................................................................................. LC 24 Culinary Artistry: Two Local Chefs .............................................................................. LC 30 Pink on the Horizon for Local Shrimp? ..................................................................... LC 33 Shrimp‘n’Grits – a Southern Staple............................................................................ LC 37 RESTAURANT PROFILES Your Neighborhood Japanese Restaurant - Fuji................................................... LC 39 A Sense of Community - Rivertowne Public House............................................ LC 41 Dinner with the Family - Cuoco Pazzo...................................................................... LC 45 RECIPES ANDWINE PAIRINGS Wine Down Already this Spring! ................................................................................. LC 27 It’s springtime, the weather is nice and oenophiles across the Lowcountry are ready to enjoy a perfect bottle alongside an equally perfect meal to celebrate the change in seasons. Recipes: Try these strawberry recipes for your next springmeal. ............... LC 47 ABOUT THE COVERS As the saying goes, “we eat with our eyes first,” and, with the perfectly seared Day Boat Scallops from Eli’s Table, nothing could ring truer. Chef Billy’s effortless display of culinary artistry had my mouth watering throughout the cover shoot. The delicate scallops are served over a bed of butternut squash puree and roasted root vegetables, topped with crispy leeks that add the perfect touch of texture. One visit to ACME Lowcountry Kitchen and you’ll see why they’re one of the top spots for getting your shrimp ‘n’ grits fix in the Charleston area. Of all the options they offer – and we’re talking at least seven different kinds – the BBQ Shrimp ‘n’ Grits is something special. With beautiful, local shrimp and fried grit cakes, you get all of the flavors you expect, with a twist on the normal dish. Finishing off the plate is bacon (because why not?), and two flavorful sauces: a smoked gouda and barbecue. --Krysta Chapman Table of COntents C uisin e L o w c o u n t r y Celebrating the Flavors of Charleston Spring 2018 Edition Publisher/Editorial Director Bill Macchio [email protected] Editor Denise K. James [email protected] Managing Editors Krysta Chapman Brian Sherman Art Director Dana Coleman Designer KIM HALL Production Manager Cristina Young Webmaster George Conklin Internet Sherman Paggi Calendar Assistant Rachel Maile Writers Gray Bostick • Pamela Brownstein Krysta Chapman • Michael Cochran Samantha Connors • Stacy E. Domingo Bill Farley • Mike Gibbons Kalene McCort • Emily Paschal Diane Pauldine • Enid Spitz Theresa Stratford • Jeanne Taylor Anne Toole • John Torsiello Photographers Jennifer Cady • Brandon Clark Brian Sherman • Thomas Runion Jeanne Taylor • Rick Walo Jess Wood Sales Manager Cullen Murray-Kemp [email protected] Independent Media Consultants Jennifer Burke [email protected] Margaret Burns [email protected] Brandon Clark [email protected] Jason Dailey [email protected] Heidi Hein [email protected] Wayne Petzold [email protected] Matthew Prosser [email protected] Bert Wood [email protected] Administration & Bookkeeping Diane Pauldine Ginger Sottile Distribution U.S. Post Office, Harris Teeter, publix, CVS bert wood [email protected] Lowcountry Cuisine is published locally by a team of independent contractors. Lowcountry Cuisine is published by Media Services, Inc. 1013 Chuck Dawley Blvd., Mount Pleasant, S.C. 29464 Copyright © Media Services 2018. All rights reserved. Reproduction electronically or in print format without the expressed written consent of the publisher is strictly prohibited and a violation of U.S. copyright laws. Inquiries to: Lowcountry Cuisine P.O. Box 22617, Charleston, S.C. 29413 843-881-1481 [email protected] C UISIN E L O W C O U N T R Y Celebrating CHARLESTON Flavor HowDoesTheir GardenGrow? TwoLocalFarms toWatch Spring2018Edition LowcountryCuisineMag.com SHRIMP SEASON IS HERE ..andPairsWellwithGrits! WineandDessert FindYourPerfectMatch PlanningaParty? CallaCaterer! lowcountrycuisine lowcountrycuisine LC 113 www.MountPleasant.Restaurant | www.MountPleasant.Menu | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com/ECEats C UISIN E L O W C O U N T R Y Celebrating CHARLESTON Flavor HowDoesTheir GardenGrow? TwoLocalFarms toWatch PlanningaParty? CallaCaterer! WineandDessert FindYourPerfectMatch Spring2018Edition LowcountryCuisineMag.com SHRIMP SEASON IS HERE ..andPairsWellwithGrits!