EDISTO ISLAND — When "Ms. Emily" Meggett, 89, answered the phone at her sea island residence, she had to put this journalist on hold for a moment. That's because her neighbor was dropping off a cooler ...

Following the discussion, Brown will take part in a book signing. All Good Books will be on-site with copies of Make Do with ...

Kardea Brown has heard people describe her as an “old soul” for as long as she can remember. But not until she was in college at Oglethorpe University, surrounded by classmates living what seemed to ...

Before being celebrated in top culinary magazines or lauded in James Beard Award-winning restaurants, Lowcountry cooking was the defining cuisine of the coastal South. The city of Charleston, S.C., in ...

In the south, welcoming in the new year means more than watching the ball drop at midnight on New Year’s Eve, setting off ...

It struck me that during my first meeting with Emily Meggett — a meeting in which she was supposed to be vetting me, a first-time cookbook collaborator, to essentially write her remarkable life story ...

EDISTO ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - Lavern Meggett and her little sisters Marvette Meggett and Elizabeth Jones are finding warmth in the home-cooked recipes and memories of their late mother, Emily Meggett. ...

Gina Capers-Willis calls herself a Geechee Girl. Her roots come from Daufuskie Island, South Carolina and the Gullah islands off the Georgia coast. But she grew up in Savannah at a time when she says ...

New Year's Eve for chef Benjamin "BJ" Dennis as a child was celebrated with a watch-night service and the anticipation of eating a plate of Hoppin John', also known as Reezy-peezy. It was a family ...

Note: Emily Meggett died Friday, Apr. 21, 2023 at age 90 after a brief illness. In tribute to her, we're again sharing our 2022 profile of this queen of Gullah Geechee cooking. Lots of home cooks ...

Gee Smalls has built a career around creating spaces rooted in love and celebration. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, and an Atlanta resident for more than 30 years, Smalls is a seasoned chef, ...

Emily Meggett, queen of Gullah Geechee cuisine, passed away on April 21 after a short illness, her daughter Lavern Meggett confirmed. According to The New York Times, Meggett died Friday at her home ...