I know I may be a little prejudiced, but, I have to say - this was one great festival! I wanted to share some pictures with you ... but, next year - y'all have to come on down and experience it for yourselves!!
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Our market featured local artists, farmers and specialties.
Guests strolled through the market before entering the tasting tents. |
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Gascoigne Bluff was a beautiful setting for the festival. The moss-draped trees
provided a lovely canopy for our tents and shade for our guests. |
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Over 25 local restaurants prepared dishes for our tasting tents. |
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It's the Georgia coast - there had to be oysters! The entire festival
highlighted local cuisine prepared by local chefs - so, of course everything
was fresh and genuine Southern! |
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Trust me - nobody went away hungry! |
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One of the best parts of working on the Festival was meeting some of the
talented chefs on The Golden Isles. Chef Matthew, from Little Saint Simons,
is a lovely person and gifted chef who is building an amazing
garden and restaurant featuring fresh, local foods. |
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Cheers to a great day! |
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There were plenty of "spirits" flowing. One of the great mixologists from the
King & Prince serves up specialty cocktails featuring Southern artisanal spirits. |
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On Saturday I was responsible for our demo tent - The Culinary Creations
Cooking Stage. It was a great job - I got to work directly with
our invited culinary talent, and some super volunteers! |
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Here's the line-up - Ted Dennard, Ford Fry, Libbie Summers,
Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart - WOWZA!! |
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Ted Dennard, the founder of Savannah Bee Company was a blast - fun and
laid back. His demo featured some great smoked salmon with a honey glaze,
a honey cheesecake and a honey-sweetened lemonade with mint.
He's the hometown hero and an all-around great guy! |
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Chef Ford Fry from Atlanta (JCT Kitchen, no 246, The Optimist) served up
creamed Carolina Gold Rice with local shrimp - of course, it was delicious.
Here's a shout out to Timmy Stubbs, Native Seafood, for providing our
shrimp. Looking forward to a ride on the shrimp boat sometime soon, Timmy. |
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Libbie Summer is one cool chick! She's a food stylist, cookbook
author and blogger who preaches the gospel of "food-inspired living".
She put together an amazing "food-inspired table" with corn as
her theme. It was a true WOW! |
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Libbie and her husband Josh - signing books and chatting
with guests under the oaks. |
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There she is - Nathalie Dupree the Grand Dame of Southern Cooking - holding
court, cracking jokes and making biscuits. Working with Nathalie was
absolutely one of the highlights of the Festival for me. |
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That's me - prepping tasting portions of Nathalie's biscuits for guests
in the demo tent. Nathalie Dupree's Two Ingredient Biscuits
with a dollop of honey butter and a drizzle
of Savannah Bee honey on top - that's pure heaven! |
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The day ended with a Low-Country concert featuring The Mosier Brothers
and Mudcat. Mudcat roused the crowd with their lively march around
the grounds before taking the stage. |
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A great end to a great day of food and spirits. Mudcat brought it home
with a concert -- music flowing through the oaks and a backdrop
of a colorful sunset over the water.
It just doesn't get any better than this! |
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