We’re trying something new. A Food & Folklore Channel — audio or video podcasts of Food & Folklore events. You can listen to the “Caribbean Connections” Food & Folklore stories from the MP3 links below – in 3 Chapters. (Click on the chapters) Chapter 1 Andy Shallal gets the night started with stories about Eatonville, [...]
This post has been updated Zora Neale Hurston was no stranger to the Caribbean. While in Miami, Florida, she gravitated towards the music and dance of the Bahamas and sailed to Nassau without a thought to what her patroness or anyone else would think. Zora wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God and, being a hoodoo [...]
When I think of beer, I always think of what I’m going to eat with a cold brew or two on the side. Steamed crabs? Chinese food? Lobster? Curry? Jerk chicken? To every beer there is a season. One of my favorite places to go get beer advice for a dinner menu is Rodman’s on [...]
Eatonville’s Executive Chef Garret Fleming made a big splash last night at the National Geographic Museum with…Cucumber, Mint and Honey Tea Sandwiches for a reception for the “America I Am” exhibit, now on display through May at the National Geographic Society Museum. Chef Fleming’s prep was capture for Eatonville Restaurant kitchen channel. March Food & [...]
Celery Root found its way into a puree garnished with fennel at Eatonville’s New Year’s Eve dinner. That was 2010. This is 2011 and Chef Garret Fleming added another twist for Saturday Night Sips – pickled local turnip and celery root slaw stacked on top of bourbon-braised BBQ veal cheeks on a black pepper buttermilk [...]
The secret’s out. Lately I’ve had to buy my black-eyed peas at least 5 days before New Year’s? Otherwise, I may be missing out on something special for the next 365 days. For a long-long time African Americans have enjoyed the tradition of serving black-eyed peas and greens to bring prosperity and good luck into [...]
Michel Martin interviews Eatonville’s Chef Garret Fleming and Gullah Cuisine’s Chef Charlotte Jenkins on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Tell Me More” Listen…
Eatonville prepared the tasting table for Chef Charlotte Jenkins‘ book signing at the Anacostia Community Museum. Chef Jenkins’ visit was one of the many Gullah themed programs for the museum’s exhibit “Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner.” Members of the Chef Jenkin’s family and the Charleston, SC Club of Washington, DC turned out in full [...]
Chef Charlotte Jenkins arrived in DC today. After lunch, she and Eatonville’s Chef Garret Fleming joined Michel Martin in the NPR studios to talk about Gullah and lowcountry cuisine, and Food & Folklore. The interview is for an upcoming episode of Martin’s national radio program “Tell Me More.” Scheduled broadcast date is Tuesday, December 27. [...]
Who’s that at Eatonville? Sunday afternoon (Dec. 5) it’s Dr. SaFiya D. Hoskins host of “Beauty, Brains & the Bottom Line” on WOL (1450 AM) with her sister. Sunday was also a special day for a special person. And this-is-the-TRUTH!
