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MIKE
AND CHESTA ANDERSON are no strangers to good food. Avid
cooks and enthusiastic eaters, they have traveled extensively
- always seeking out special food finds. Chesta is a native
South Carolinian and Mike is a South Carolinian "by choice".
They reside in Mt. Pleasant with their two toy poodles, Brianna
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BOB
AND ALLISON ASKINS live in Columbia with their two children,
Andrew 13, and Abby, 8, a Boykin spaniel, Duck, 1, and a labradoodle,
Indie, 2. Allison writes about food for The State and Bob is
acting registrar at the University of South Carolina. He also
enjoys photography. They met in a media law class during graduate
school at USC. In their spare time, they love to cook, learn
about South Carolina products and break bread with friends.
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MELINDA
HEMMELGARN is a registered dietitian, former Food and Society
Policy Fellow, and self-described "change agent."
Through her "Food Sleuth®" columns, she shares
her passion for the relationship between food and health, and
helps readers think beyond their plates. As a Slow Food enthusiast,
she believes that eating regional foods, in harmony with the
rhythm of the seasons, tastes best and enhances the quality
of our lives. Melinda recently won top honors for four of her
articles, including Praise the Lard (published in the
winter issue of Edible Lowcountry), in the 2007 Communications
Contest of the National Federation of Press Women-Missouri Affiliate. |
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RHONDA MATTHEWS admits that
she has probably cooked for your banquet, taught your child
Home Economics, calculated your grandmother's feeding tube
rate, run your child's 4-H day camp, and taught you how to
get the most bang for your food dollar. As part of her duties
as a Clemson University County Extension Agent, you'll hear
her on "Food for Thought" on Your Day on SC Educational
Radio and you'll see her on "At Home Southern Style"
television program shown on SCETV.
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SARAH
O'KELLEY believes that Southern food just might be the answer
to most problems. Growing up in Georgia she enjoyed the bounty
of her grandparents' gardens, which led to a rude awakening
when she discovered that not all tomatoes possessed that sweet,
earthy magic. To this day she cannot imagine a better bite of
simplicity than a tomato sandwich on white bread with plenty
of Duke's mayonnaise. Of course, six years in New Orleans created
a whole new list of food favorites, and their booming green
market put her back in touch with the real heroes of the culinary
world - the farmers. These peoples' stories inspired her as
she wrote for Emeril Lagasse, Eyewitness travel guides and Gambit
Weekly. Sarah wants nothing more than to highlight the importance
of buying and eating locally. She enjoys doing just that in
her quaint, crumbling cottage at Folly Beach. |
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COLLEEN
TROY is a freelance writer and business owner based in the
Charleston, SC area. A transplant to the Lowcountry from New
York City, she was drawn by the landscape, and by the food.
"When you live in New York, it's hard to imagine what people
eat in other places. But in Charleston, we found a great culinary
tradition and growing ethnic options." |
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FORD
WALPOLE lives and writes on his native John's Island, on
a piece of the same property along the Abbapoola Creek his family
farmed for generations. He teaches English at James Island Charter
High School and the College of Charleston. Ford and his wife
English have two children: English Calhoun, 5, and Ned, 2 1/2,
both of whom help tend to the family's garden, 2 sheep, and
3 dogs. |
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MEGAN
WESTMEYER is the Program Coordinator of the Sustainable
Seafood Initiative
at the South Carolina Aquarium. Megan is passionate about her
work with local fishermen and each day works to preserve their
profession and its heritage. When she
is not working, you are likely to find her in the kitchen -
cooking from scratch - just like her mother. |
