Bottoms Up!

American Theater, King St., Charleston

Wine & Food Festival in progress! Oddly no one was on the street offering samples of either. 

Note: These buildings are this color but at the moment so is everything else in Charleston. There is a thick layer of pollen on everything. Green cars for everyone!

Charleston Food & Wine Festival

Marion Square, Charleston, SC   

The Charleston Food & Wine Festival is in full swing with participants wining and dining all over town this weekend and all the booths were getting set up for action as I walked through Marion Square this morning.  I spotted John C. Calhoun posing on top of the directional sign but no one tossed any food my way.

A Taste of the South

Taste of the South Dinner, McCrady's Restaurant, Charleston, S.C.

The Charleston Food & Wine Festival hasn't officially begun but I can't imagine anything during the next week topping the seven course dinner that Chef Richard Blais, Chef Eli Kirshtein, Chef Sean Brock and their cast of enthusiastic helpers pulled off last night at McCrady's Restaurant's Taste of the South dinner. I can thank my trusty camera for letting me catch a glimpse of the behind the scenes operations in the kitchen while I tried to stay out of the way of all the happy chaos.

I am on the run but left unsorted photos uploading and will add the link here later. I told Chef Brock that I was used to being rewarded for taking pictures with a plate of food but I am more accustomed to the standard rubber chicken event luncheon. These were absolutely some of the tastiest treats I've ever eaten with my fingers while I watched these incredible chefs at work. When he gave me a bowl of the dessert billed as: chocolate, malt, peanut and caramel after I'd been watched a tub of chocolate simmering and bubbling I wandered off into a corner and licked my bowl.

Foodie folks should fasten their seat belts (not too tightly) for a great weekend! Enjoy the festival.