In The Kitchen
Monthly Meetup Inspires Plant-Based Pop-Up
Since March, black creatives, entrepreneurs, and millennials have joined together for Convened: The Dropping Pin Meetup. The monthly meetings, led by Dropping Pin’s founder David White, Jr., are now a popular minority-based networking event and it recently inspired a plant-based pop-up. The Dropping Pin has been an online platform to inspire millennials of color to travel…
Read MoreSmithfield Foods Supports Disaster-Relief Efforts in the Carolinas Following Hurricane Dorian
Smithfield Foods, Inc. is donating 80,000 pounds of protein to Food Bank of the Albemarle, Lowcountry Food Bank, and Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina to support ongoing recovery efforts in the Carolinas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. The donation, equivalent to more than 320,000 servings, is part of Smithfield’s signature hunger-relief initiative, Helping Hungry Homes®, and will…
Read MoreNew Website Helps Diners Find Black-Owned Restaurants
By Lisa Fitch, Our Weekly News Los Angeles Contributor More than 2,000 Black-owned eateries are featured on the new internet-based restaurant locator eatblackowned.com, which launched June 21 intending to support Black-owned restaurants. “There’s only one thing that everyone in this world has in common: we all love great tasting food,” creator Edward L. Dillard said. “We…
Read MoreChucktown Bar & Grill – Good Food, Good Entertainment, Good Place To Meet Friends
By Barney Blakeney Just mention the words “Chucktown Bar & Grill” and many people, exalting accolades to finish the statement, know just what you’re talking about. In the two short years since Cedric Smalls opened the West Ashley food, beverage and entertainment venue its reputation for good eats and first class entertainment has spread far…
Read MoreContainer Bar Charleston to Extend Food Hours on Fridays Featuring Late-Night Eats from Sap-Lai Charleston
Starting Friday, August 9, Container Bar Charleston is extending their food hours on Friday nights to offer a late-night menu provided by Sap-Lai Charleston. From 10p.m. to 12 a.m., customers will have access to a full menu of south-east asian eats sure to curb all of the nighttime cravings. The late-night menu will feature Dumplings,…
Read MoreIllVibeTheTribe Hosts Fresh Future Farm Fundraising Art+Food Market August 10
Saturday, August 10, the illest Tribe is turning their talents to help save North Charleston’s beloved Fresh Future Farm! IllVibeTheTribe will be curating an art and food market where proceeds benefit the farm’s initiative. Fresh Future Farm recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to buy their land so that they can remain a fresh food and community…
Read MoreJamaica’s Power 106 to broadcast live from the Sixth Annual South Carolina Reggae Jerk & Wine Festival
Celebrate Jamaica at the Sixth Annual SC Reggae Jerk Festival as you feast on the scrumptious jerk seasoned foods and sway to Reggae music, both originated in Jamaica. This charity event will once again be held at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens on Sunday August 25, 2019 from noon to 7:00 pm. Guests receive a complimentary…
Read MorePetition to Rename Space Once Honoring Robert E. Lee Could Honor Leah Chase
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor A petition has been launched to rename Lee Circle in New Orleans after famed restaurant owner Leah Chase. Chase passed away on June 1 in Madisonville, Louisiana at age 96. Her restaurant, “Dooky Chase’s Restaurant,” which she owned with her husband, the late Edgar “Dooky” Chase II, who died in…
Read MoreLowcountry Food Bank Announces 2019 Summer Meals Pop Up Picnics July 11 At Three Locations
July is traditionally a time of year when Lowcountry Food Bank (LCFB) Summer Meals participation decreases, even though thousands of children do not have enough food to eat on any given day during the summer. LCFB is serving free summer meals through mid-August and all children age 18 and under are welcome. Please…
Read MoreMa Gloria’s Trinidad Restaurant and Catering’s Menu Built For Summer
By Damion Smalls Since opening in March, Ma Gloria’s Trinidad Restaurant and Catering has developed a gratified following that has made the Black woman-owned business a welcome addition to North Charleston. The family-run operation is now inviting those who love food, but haven’t yet tasted their offerings for themselves to rectify that situation this…
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