Green Tomato Pie By Executive Chef Steve Stone

One fall a few years ago, when 82 Queen Executive Chef Steve Stone couldn’t find enough apples readily available to make apple pie, he utilized what was available in the Lowcountry – green tomatoes. Treating sliced green tomatoes like apples in a traditional apple pie with sugar and cinnamon, Stone developed a Green Tomato Pie […]
Knock On Wood

BUILT BY A LUMBERMAN OF YESTERYEAR, FLOWERS AND FAMILY FLOURISH IN THE LIGHT OF PAM AND BRANDT SHELBOURNE’S HISTORIC HOME. Light streaming through the windows of Pam and Brandt Shelbourne’s dining room falls across a wood floor that glows with the soft patina of age. It comes to rest on the natural finish of a […]
Hope and Feather

Founded out of an acute awareness for the need of an avian conservation center in South Carolina, The Center for Birds of Prey offers us a bird’s eye view of ourselves and the world we live in. “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul,” wrote Emily Dickinson. It is doubtful that […]
Painting Connections

In a time where people are becoming more divided, one Lowcountry artist encourages her viewers to put differences aside and instead focus on the similarities and connections people can make with one another. Art has been in Anita Laudone Harley’s life for as long as she can remember. As a young child, she eagerly spent […]
The Voices of McLeod Plantation

With a focus on the story of the enslaved, The McLeod Plantation Historic Site offers visitors the opportunity to explore the landscape of history from a new perspective. As the lights flash, the rails are lowered, and the bridge opens to allow a vessel to pass beneath it on Wappoo Creek, traffic comes to a […]
The Power of Play

The North Charleston Police Department is showing the Lowcountry what successful outreach looks like, one game at a time. Zi’kia Lewis was always drawn to sports. From a young age, the North Charleston native had all the desired abilities to excel on any field or court; speed, strength, agility, and a competitive spirit. In high […]
Pumping Iron

With a dedication to creating heirloom-quality cookware, Smithey Ironware Company is more than just a flash in the pan. It’s a big day at Smithey Ironware Company, and inside the company’s new North Charleston digs, the air hums with anticipation. This is the day the tight-knit team releases their newest creation: a hand-forged carbon steel […]
Patchwork Stories

Using bits of fabric, artist Peggie Hartwell lends her talents to amplify voices that need to be heard. Today’s world is filled with conversation. Social media allows people to say whatever is on their mind, whenever they want to say it, and so they put it out into the world, often multiple times a day. […]
Heart of Clay

Using the freshest ingredients and the principles learned in the red clay fields of Georgia, Chef Geoff Rhyne has bottled more than flavor in his Southern hot sauce. If you’re from the South, you know a little bit about red clay. You know that it sticks to your shoes, and makes your flowerbed a stone-cold […]
The Seven Seamstresses

In the billowing folds of brightly-colored African textiles, Francis + Benedict founder Katie Walters envisions a future of dignity and sustainability for the women of Togo, West Africa. Just after dawn in Togo, West Africa, Ayékinam steps from her new home. She walks miles of dirt road to her job, with her head held high […]