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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every summer when we were growing up, my family made the 13-hour drive from our house in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Edisto Island, South Carolina. My parents would wake my sisters and me at four in the ...

An 89-year-old first-time cookbook author, Emily Meggett, celebrates the cuisine of South Carolina's Gullah Geechee community and its African and Southern traditions. Last year we celebrated a chef ...

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. ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on July 10, 2023. Click here for that audio. Kardea Brown’s debut cookbook “The Way Home” looks back at her past as a Food Network star and celebrates the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. To me, crab rice is one of the most underrated, well-kept, and well-loved recipes from out of the Lowcountry, the geographic and cultural region ...

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 ...