Food Trends to Watch for in 2012

Andy Ricker and Sean Brock


Predicting food trends is an inexact science (though some people are actually paid to do it). At any rate, here’s our stab at what we suspect will be crossing our plates in 2012.

Locavorism, Redefined
Taking his lead from the Cook it Raw crew, Charleston’s Sean Brock is striving to revive the cooking of the South's antebellum period, teaming up with foragers and historians to rescue heirlooms from obscurity or extinction. We’re hopeful... Read more >

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Ask a Chef: Sean Brock, Where Should We Eat in Charleston?

Sean Brock
We asked 2010 JBF Best Chef: Southeast award winner Sean Brock of McCrady’s in Charleston to tell us the best places to eat in his hometown.

1. Late-Night Dining
Tattooed Moose
843.277.2990
1137 Morrison Drive
“This place is a favorite of all the employees at McCrady’s for after-work snacks. They use duck fat in their fryers!”

2. Quintessential Charleston Cooking
Hominy Grill
843.937.0930
207 Rutledge Avenue
“Chef Stehling is using great products to replicate the iconic dishes of the Low Country. One of our favorite places to take out-of-town guests.”

3. Family Dinner
Monza
843.720.8787
451 King Street
“It’s always a lot of fun to relax with a bunch of different pizzas and pitchers of beer at this great little spot. I love the smell of the woodburning oven.”

4. Date Night... Read more >

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Chefs & Champagne Auction: Charleston, South Carolina Getaway

Charleston carriageThe Chefs & Champagne online auction is still going strong! We're still adding exciting packages, like this amazing trip to Charleston, a culinary stronghold that has produced the past three winners of our Best Chef: Southeast Award. You and a guest will spend one night at the luxurious, oceanfront Sanctuary Hotel at Kiawah Island Golf Resort and one night at the Mills House in the historic heart of the city. Take in the area's culinary marvels with a $100 gift certificate towards a dazzling seasonal, Southern-inflected dinner at McCrady's, home of 2010 JBF Award winner Sean Brock. To ensure you see Charleston properly, upon check in you'll receive a VIP Pass to the

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The Bookshelf: The Charleston Chef's Table

As we scanned the names and dishes that fill the pages of food writer and critic Holly Herrick’s new cookbook, The Charleston Chef’s Table, something struck us: the city of Charleston, where Herrick works and lives, boasts three back-to-back medals for Best Chef: Southeast, with Robert Stehling, Mike Lata, and Sean Brock winning in 2008, 2009, and 2010, respectively. If that streak doesn't convince you to hightail it to the Lowcountry culinary mecca, perhaps Herrick’s book will: it profiles more than 60 of the city’s restaurants, complete with beautiful photography, appealing regional recipes, and bits of local culinary history. To entice you even more,

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