Eat, drink, and be merry at these appetizing festivals and classes  
  
          
  
           
                                      
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Once an endangered species, The Fire Apes are now thriving  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The new Cornbread Nation 5 takes readers on a scrumptious tour through Southern foodways  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Caterer Caroline Bevon opens the lid on festival-inspired picnic fare  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          In the town of Bishopville, South Carolina, on three acres of former cornfields, one extraordinary man has planted and...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Airy Hall’s Kendrick Mayes finds art in articulated skeletons  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Spread your roots across the city in gardens that thrive on a little community TLC  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Remembrances from a year spent gathering and arranging the floral bounty of Lowcountry gardens—adapted from Southern...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Local students play with food for a cool art project benefitting Louie’s Kids and Slow Food Charleston  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The joy of being washed awake by a Charleston downpour  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A storyteller’s welcome home  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The joy of being washed awake by a Charleston downpour  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          A storyteller's welcome home  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The Glass Onion’s fun-loving chefs serve up communal comfort food for the New Year  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The Swedish-born owner of Helena Fox Fine Art exhibits her most treasured possessions  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Charleston’s own Matt Lee and Ted Lee revisit some favorite Lowcountry cookbooks  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Get a taste of Charleston’s tea-growing tradition  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          FIG chef-owner Mike Lata talks about his road to culinary success and what’s next for the 2009 Best Chef Southeast  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Raising pork the right way at Walterboro’s Keegan-Filion Farm  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          With Charleston and now Greenville simmering, the eating gets better and better in South Carolina  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Simple Blessings: Hominy Grill chef Robert Stehling celebrates the holiday harvest family-style  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Corn mazes—complete with hayrides, pumpkin patches, and other fall festivities—are cropping up around the Lowcountry  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Seasoned riders and those new to the sport trot over to these stables and trails