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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the kitchen with Gullah Geechee chef Gina Capers-Willis Gina Capers-Willis calls herself a Geechee Girl. Her roots come from ...

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 ...

Daufuskie Island native Sallie Ann Robinson joins the James Beard Foundation Hall of Fame for her Gullah cookbooks.

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 ...

When it’s time to make fried chicken, 89-year-old cook and cookbook author Emily Meggett always starts by grabbing a brown paper bag. A woman who appreciates simplicity, she relies on only four key ...

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 ...

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, ...

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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 ...