eat local

The Glass Onion's, Chris Stewart and Sarah O'Kelley

What is your favorite local food?

Chris: Any Local Fish! Sarah: I second Chris!

What is your favorite seasonal dish or recipe?

Chris: Field Peas...I love the field pea falafel we made last summer!; Sarah: Soft Shell Crabs...love our technique of cold smoking them and then frying them!

If Charleston were a vegetable what would it be?

What is your favorite local food?

Favorite local food presently would be smoked shad roe with a touch of horseradish, but this is seasonally driven and a hint to Jimmy Lucas [ smoker extraordinaire] that the time is nigh.

LLF Talks with Local Palate Publisher and CEO, Joe Spector about local food, local biz and moving the needle. Big thanks to the Local Palate for sponsoring Eat Local Month! 

What is your favorite local food?

The Grocery
What is your Local Plate Special?  Our entire philosophy is based around The Local Plate.  However, there are certain dishes that highlight Spring and they are only available right now like the soft-shell crab with English pea puree, sautéed pea shoots, English peas, our house-made pancetta and baby carrots, drizzled with a preserved lemon vinaigrette.  It really shows off spring in the Lowcountry.



Swamp Fox Restaurant

Chef Steve Klatt’s Farmers Market Menu is designed to utilize much of the fresh seasonal product available locally and showcased in our Marion Square Farmers Market.  Chef’s goal is to create a guest experience celebrating the bounties of the Lowcountry with dishes prepared with respect to the traditional ways of the South.

Verde

Iacofano's
What is your Local Plate Special?
Pan Roasted Local Flounder braised local greens, green pea risotto, fennel & radish salad & a hibiscus honey vinaigrette
Flounder (Crosby’s Seafood, Murrells Inlet)
Braised Greens (Thackary Farms)
Peas, Fennell & Radishes (Blackbird Farms)

Give us a brief history of your restaurant.

Once again this past week reminded me why I love Charleston so much!  Charlestonians are such a creative and caring bunch of people.  The week began with working on our upcoming Eat Local Month and the Chef’s Potluck where we already have a stellar line up of chefs committed to participating including; The Glass Onion, FIG, The Fat Hen, SNOB,

Keeping with the theme of our January member meeting, we want to offer inspiration and motivation to achieve your personal goals for 2012 while supporting your local economy.

If you vowed to take better care of yourself this year, consider investing your dollars in local businesses that promote health and wellness:

Thanksgiving is an excellent time to eat local and buy local, and here at Lowcountry Local First we have so much to be thankful for! This year we have experienced incredible growth, adding more members and putting on more events. We have an excellent group of business members, individual supporters and volunteers who promote our message.