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Go Blue(Berry) For Georgia!

Go Blueberry for Georgia

November 6th is Election Day. Let’s make Georgia Blue with blueberries.

GOAL: I am collect 12 to 15 blueberry recipes from friends to create a quick and easy blueberry cookbook that will be a fundraiser for Georgia democratic candidates, Stacey Abrams who is running for governor and Lucy McBath who is running for Congress in the 6th district. Fill out the form if you are interested. Deadline for entries is August 15th.

If you want to contribute a recipe, sign up via this Google form https://goo.gl/forms/LgoWTeQCMw4Xeta12

I have created a blog for this cookbook, Go Blue(Berry) For Georgia!

WHY BLUEBERRIES? Although Georgia is known as the Peach State, blueberries are Georgia’s most lucrative fruit crop, by far. Things are changing in Georgia, so let’s embrace blue (berries).  I am looking for recipes blueberry muffins, blueberry pie, blueberry buckle, blueberry vinaigrette, blueberry baked brie and more.

 

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food restaurants

What’s New in Savannah?

Two Tides Brewing

Things are developing all over historic Savannah. It’s hard to keep up with all the hotels and restaurants opening here. Follow me on Facebook for weekly updates.

Here’s a brief rundown of what’s new.

Little Duck Diner

Little Duck Diner has been opened several months, and I went a few weeks ago. There’s breakfast all day, and lots of duck dishes sprinkled throughout the menu.

HUSK opened in January. I haven’t been yet, but I have heard good things.

Naan on Broughton is now open. It’s a bit pricey for me, but the garlic naan is delicious.

El Coyote is opening soon in the space where The Florence used to be. I hear that they’re opening later this month.

Two Tides Brewing is opening in March. It will be a small microbrewery on DeSoto Row and 41st.

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business food savannah

Is Crowdfunding Free Money?

Big Bon Pizza

To finance a business or an artistic endeavor, many people have turned to crowdfunding to secure funding.  Crowdfunding is defined as “the funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet.”

Kickstarter is one of the most well-known crowdfunding platforms, but it is not the only one. Indiegogo and GoFundMe. Plus there are crowdfunding platforms that are for particular industries like PieShell for food and beverage industries.

Several friends of mine have created Kickstarter campaigns to raise funds for their projects, and I have supported them either by spreading the word and/or donating money. I have also consulted for an artist who needed help with promotion for their Kickstarter. Recently celebrities have used Kickstarter in order to fund films they want to make. They look to their fan base instead of studios for support.

Crowdfunding has led to the democratization of asking for money. Before crowdfunding sites, raising money used to be relegated to getting money from friends and family, applying for a loan or writing a grant (non-profit).

The current rise in crowdfunding for business has yielded concerns about the accounting treatment of those funds. Is it a gift? Is it income? It is unearned revenue?! Kickstarter used a reward based model of crowdfunding, where the backer receives a form of reward which may be of little value, and can even be akin to a donation. However, the backers cannot deduct the donation unless the Kickstarter is created by a nonprofit with a (501)c3 status.  Indiegogo now list equity offerings through First Democracy VC, a registered venture capital funding portal

Since moving to Savannah, I have heard about two successful Kickstarter projects, Big Bon Pizza and Paprika Southern.  Big Bon Pizza raised over $11,000 to build their wood fire pizza food truck. Paprika Southern over $6000 to print their southern women’s lifestyle magazine.

To answer the question, ‘is crowdfunding free money?’  The answer is no. Time is money. You have to put in a lot of time developing a campaign and detail the objectives of your project. If you are considering doing a crowdfunding campaign, make sure that you have time to promote your campaign and deliver rewards that people will enjoy.

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food historic savannah

Rise Biscuits and Donuts Is Now Open In Savannah

Rise Savannah

Breakfast Sandwiches
I have been in Savannah for two years, and I have disappointed in the lack of breakfast places and bakeries downtown. Now that has changed with the opening of Rise Biscuits and Donuts. Rise started in Durham, North Carolina and now it is about six cities in the Southeast. The Savannah location is the first one in Georgia. If you work downtown, you will be happy to know that Rise opens early at 7AM. It is located at 10 West Broughton Street.

rise ribbon cutting photo by Bunny Ware
Photo by Bunny Ware

 

Yesterday I stopped by for the ribbon cutting, and I enjoyed a bacon egg and cheese biscuit as well as a chocolate doughnut and a Cheerwine doughnut. The Cheerwine one has an icing that tastes like the North Carolina’s favorite soda, Cheerwine.  I highly recommend Rise and I like that they also give back to the local community. 10% of the sales on their opening day  July 1st will go to the Low Country Down Syndrome Society. Follow Rise Biscuits on Facebook.

 

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events food

The Potlikker Papers

sorghum syrup

John T. Edge of the Southern Foodways Alliance came to Savannah to talk about his new book that chronicles food and the modern South over the last 60 years. The book is called ‘The Potlikker Papers‘.  In case you don’t know, potlikker or pot liquor is the liquid left behind after cooking greens. Anyway,  I love learning about Southern food. It has a rich history. I took copious notes on my iPod of the things John talked about during his talk at SCAD’s Alexander Hall. If any of the following interests you, then you should buy the book.

  • Edna Lewis
  • Black woman Political reckoning
  • Boiled peanuts in potlikker
  • Joe Randall
  • Clinton GA
  • 1955 – 2015 covered in the book
  • Georgia Gilmore Montgomery Bus Boycotts
  • Carpooling
  • Jackson, MS
  • Restaurants were battlegrounds, lunch counters
  • Jack Geiger
  • Wholesome Way
  • Food is power
  • Food is capital
  • Fannie Lou Hamer started a food cooperative and a pig bank (meat share)
  • Stephen Gaskin hippie
  • Monday night class Summertown, Tennessee
  • Sorghum and soybean
  • Active Southerners
  • Russell Sugarman, Mahalia Jackson
  • Grits and Fritz
  • Edna Lewis Honed the black pastoral
  • Clayborne Food editor of the New York Times during the 1970s
  • Elizabeth Terry, chef
  • Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham
  • Nathalie Dupree established a cooking school in the basement of Rich’s department store.
  • Glenn Roberts lead the grain movement. Started with corn, then Carolina rice. Heirloom corn from Moonshiners.
  • Sean Brock
  • Rodney Scott Barbecue in Hemingway, SC.
  • Barbecue is American folk food
  • Danny Meyer’s opening of Blue Smoke in the early aughts.
  • Barbecue, a democratizing answer to white tablecloth restaurants
  • Chingo Bling, Houston musician now comedian
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food savannah

Sunday Dessert: Strawberry Bread Pudding

Strawberry Bread Pudding

My weekend was sweet. Friday, I met Jovan and Matthew from The Farmer and The Larder. They were in Savannah doing a pop-up dinner at White Whale Craft Ales. I know Jovan and Matthew through my friend Nicole, so it was great to see in person and not just via Facebook and Instagram. They gave me some homemade biscuits and bread to take home, and I was immediately inspired to make a bread pudding from their donation. Saturday morning, I went to Forsyth Farmer’s Market and bought some fresh strawberries. Then I got some heavy cream from the local grocery store. Later I scoured the internet for a strawberry bread pudding recipe, and I found one that had most of the ingredients that I have. I found a great strawberry bread pudding recipe by a fellow southerner, Trisha Yearwood.  It was delicious.  I would like to make a gluten free version using cornbread.

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food savannah

It’s the Season For Social: Savannah Events

Foxy Loxy Courtyard

Creators Foundry

 

From now until the end of the year, there will  be lots of events to attend in Savannah.

Here’s a sample of what going on this week.

Also check out the Savannah Film Fest this week and the Trustees Garden Pop-up

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food home cooking

Look What I Made: Green Tomato Relish

 

I have been experimenting in the kitchen with the fresh veggies I got from the Forsyth Farmer’s Market.  Last week I saw the green tomatoes, but I had no idea what to do with them.  Earlier this week, Indrani Sen asked on Facebook about recipes for green tomatoes.  Indrani who is a journalist, got a quote from me seven years ago when she wrote about the Unfancy Food Fest.   It was one of the first  New York Times articles about the Brooklyn foodie artisan movement.  Anyway, her query led me down a rabbit hole of green tomato recipes.  There’s green tomato salsa, remoulade, etc. I ended up using a Green Tomato Relish recipe from Food.com

Ingredients:

  • 3 chopped green tomatoes
  • 1 red onion, chopped
  • 1 red pepper chopped
  • 1/2 tablespoon salt
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 pinch of dill weed
  • 1 pinch of curry seasoning
  • 1 pinch of garlic pepper
  • 1/2 tablespoon of  coconut vinegar (from La Terra Natural Oils)

 

Directions:

  • Put everything in a pot and let simmer for 30 minutes.
  • Let cool and then put in a mason jar.

 

It’s great with breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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food home cooking

Breakfast of Champions

Chicken Salad Pita

I don’t have to eat “breakfast food” for breakfast anymore. It’s more important that I eat. Today, I had the rest of the chicken salad I made with a toasted onion pita and with melted cheese. It was kinda like a reverse chicken melt.  I do enjoy breakfast food, so I am getting a kick out of ready Extra Crispy which is a food blog all about breakfast.

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food home cooking

New Potato Casserole

roasted new potatoes with cheese and capers

Last week, I walked the Book Lady Bookstore,  and bought an old cookbook, ‘Comforting Food’ by Judith Olney. The cookbook was published back in 1979.  It’s crazy how vintage cookbooks don’t have photos, only illustrations.  I read a recipe for baked potato with eggs and anchovies.  Inspired by the recipe, I created a new dish. First, I roasted  the new potatoes, orange pepper and Vidalia onion.

First, I roasted  the new potatoes, orange pepper and Vidalia onion that I got from the Forsyth Farmer’s Market.  Then I added heavy cream, cayenne pepper, sea salt and cumin and one clove of garlic. I roasted for 20 minutes or so until the potatoes were soft. Then I sliced the potatoes and mashed them a little.  I added cheddar cheese and sour cream. Then I topped the potatoes with capers I bought from Brighter Day.