Coastal Companion

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Sustainable Seafood – South Carolina

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In South Carolina local chefs are doing their part to going green with the help of the Sustainable Seafood Initiative. Created in October 2002 by several of Charleston’s finest chefs and restaurants, the South Carolina Aquarium, Coastal Conservation League, Johnson and Wales University and the University of South Carolina, the Sustainable Seafood Initiative was formed to address the status of certain seafood species in the wild. Initiative participants, including a variety of top chefs, restaurants and catering companies make every effort to obtain seafood from sustainable and, whenever possible, domestic and local sources.

Funded by the South Carolina Aquarium, the Sustainable Seafood Initiative has grown to include more than 80 restaurant partners in Charleston, Beaufort, Hilton Head and the Grand Strand – and each partner is an integral part of the annual sustainable seafood festival held at the Charleston Maritime Center in October. This year the event boasted record attendance and sales numbers of visitors joining in the festivities to provide support for the conservation program. Favorite events include the “Local Chef Face-Off” as well as the “High School Recipe Contest.” For more information please visit the South Carolina Aquarium ‘s website.

Genuine Granny Delivers Old Fashioned Christmas – Fernandina Beach, Florida

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Sweet Granny’s, a Florida bakery announces expansion of bakery basket services in time for Christmas season.

Fernandina Beach; Amelia Island, FL (PRWEB) — With all the challenges the modern family faces in planning a traditional Christmas celebration including distance from relatives and lack of time, one family in Florida hopes to ease some of the burden with baskets of home baked goodies. Sweet Granny’s, a family run bakery in Fernandina Beach/Amelia Island, headed by a genuine granny has expanded their storefront to accept internet orders for holiday favorites, including their most popular gift baskets filled with cookies, brownies and hand-dipped chocolates.

“We don’t pretend that our baking is a cure for all that ails a family, but sharing some old fashioned Christmas baking along with memories can help strengthen family bonds over the holiday season,” explains Natalie Goolsby, Business Manager for Sweet Granny’s, “Things should never be so stressful that we forget to take time to enjoy good things and each other.”

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Wine for The Holidays – St Augustine, Florida

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Add some exquisite taste to your holidays at the 7th Annual Wine for the Holidays to be held from 6-8 p.m. at Government House in St. Augustine’s historic Plaza de la Constitucion. Featuring great wines, beautiful cheeses, dried fruit, savory hors d’oeuvres, sinful desserts, spiced eggnog, and mouth-watering chocolates, the event is sure to please even the most discriminating palate. Put on your favorite holiday attire or period costume for this scrumptious event and then join with hundreds of historic re-enactors in the spectacular, candle-lit Grande Illumination and British Night Watch parade.
This event takes place at the Government House Museum from 6 to 8 p.m.
Cost: $30 per person, includes parade candles

Savannah Residents Publish Cookbook Featuring Local Restaurants

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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Savannah residents Debra Zumstein and Wil Kazary will be at 700 Kitchen Cooking School at the Mansion on Forsyth Park on Thursday, November 29, from 5:00pm – 7:00pm, signing copies of their newly released cookbook, Carolina Cooking: Recipes from the Region’s Best Chefs (Gibbs Smith, Publisher, $19.95, Paperback). Featured in the cookbook are numerous recipes from Chef Darin Sehnert of 700 Kitchen Cooking School at The Mansion On Forsyth Park, along with over a hundred recipes from other top restaurants in the Carolinas and Georgia.

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An Afternoon Garden Party – St Augustine, Florida

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Enjoy this fête galante complete with British Isles Musik and dance. Bring your dancing shoes along with a proper 18th century cup and eating utensils. Food and drinks are provided for a late afternoon repast before the onset of the British Nightwatch and Grande Illumination, The Garden Party takes place at 4 p.m. in the Hispanic Garden, located at the corner of St. George and Hypolita streets.
For more information, please call 904.829.5318 or visit the website at www.britishnightwatch.org