Lowcountry Cuisine Spring/Summer 2019

lowcountry cuisine LC 39 www.LowcountryCuisineMag.com | www.CharlestonRecipes.com A few years ago, before Lowcountry Cuisine was part of the Mount Pleasant Magazine family, Publisher Bill Macchio decided the greater Charleston area needed its own food awards. Such a food-oriented metropolis shouldn’t rely totally on national kudos, after all; there ought to be a way for people living here in the Lowcountry to show love for the restaurant around the corner. With that, the Golden Spoon Awards were born. The first year Mount Pleasant Magazine published winners for The Golden Spoon Awards was 2015. The idea caught on quickly – neighborhood eateries were excited to have locals visiting and raving about food, service and ambience, and readers had a fantastic excuse to go out for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Soon enough, The Golden Spoon Awards gained traction, and, today, they are an important staple in our food publication. If you’re reading this and getting hungry, we can’t blame you; we’ll just tell you that now is the time to vote for this year’s round of great restaurants. The 2019- 20 list of winners will undoubtedly be robust with new restaurants, seasoned favorites and our trusted editor’s picks. As always, you’ll probably give your favorite restaurant five spoons in the categories of food, service, value, ambience and cocktails. Stay tuned to see who the winners are in an upcoming issue of Lowcountry Cuisine! Visit www.GoldenSpoonAwards.restaurant to cast your spoons now. Happy eating. Show Love for the Restaurant Around the Corner Vote in the 2019-2020 Golden Spoon Awards SHOW YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT SOME LOVE Vote for you favorite Lowcountry restaurant(s). • Quality Of Cuisine • Quality of Service • Selection of beer, wines and cocktails • Ambience of restaurant • Overall Value VOTE HERE www.GoldenSpoonAwards.restaurant Your vote will automatically be entered to win free dinners! Each of the categories above is represented by a spoon, and the more spoons a restaurant has, the better. Vote for as many DIFFERENT restaurants in the tri-county as you would like! Winners will be announced in an upcoming edition of Lowcountry Cuisine. Brought to you by Lowcountry Cuisine. C UISIN E L O W C O U N T R Y Celebrating CHARLESTON Flavor HowDoesTheir GardenGrow? TwoLocalFarms toWatch Spring2018Edition LowcountryCuisineMag.com SHRIMPSEASON ISHERE ..andPairsWellwithGrits! WineandDessert FindYourPerfectMatch PlanningaParty? CallaCaterer! www.LowcountryCuisineMag.com | www.MountPleasantRestaurant.com | www.CharlestonRecipes.com lowcountrycuisine LC C UISIN E L O W C O U N T R Y Celebrating CHARLESTON Flavor Dive In FavoriteWateringHoles TheFoodTube Charleston’sonTV LowcoutryCui sineMag.com FANCY! HolidayFashion, Food,Drinks CoconutCake • Page’sOkraGrill • RecipeonPage62 PhotobyKrystaChapman. C uisin e L o w c o u n t r y Celebrating Charleston Flavor Kids in theKitchen SlicingUpPizza forEveryone 2018-19GoldenSpoonEdition LowcountryCuisineMag.com YOUVOTED! GoldenSpoon Winners2018 New-AgeBrunching PuttingPancakes in thePast BistroToulouse: Pan-seared localwreckfish served witha carrot-gingerpuree, haricots vertsand royal trumpet mushroomsoverabeurreblanc. C A e in C UISIN E I L O W C O U N T R Y Celebrating CHARLESTON Flavor Spring2019Edition LowcountryCuisineMag.com RustyRudder: Grilled tunaover fried sushi ricewithapineapplehoisin glazeandwasabiaioli. Cook theCoverpage19 AsSeenOnTV Old-school dinerson the smallscreen OYSTERSALL YEARLONG!? Everyseason isoysterseason. Opa! Going (out for) Greek PutonYour Chef Hat Chefsdish on their favorite spring recipes C UISIN E L O W C O U N T R Y Celebrating CHARLESTON Flavor AsSeenOnTV Old-schooldiners on thesmallscreen Spring2019Edition LowcountryCuisineMag.com OYSTERSALL YEARLONG!? Everyseason isoysterseason. Opa! Going (out for) Greek RappahannockOysterBar: Oysterson thehalf shell. Cook theCoverpage115 PutonYour Chef Hat Chefsdishon their favoritespringrecipes