Some recent lectures, publications, and cooking demos.
My deconstruction of my namesake, Hoppin' John, appeared in the Winter issue of Gastronomica. You can read it here on my blog.
March, 2011: Charleston Art & Antiques Forum Historical Dinner at the Miles Brewton House I was invited to plan an historically accurate dinner at one of the finest and most historically important homes in America. You can read about it on my blog here.
October 2, 2010: Grand Marshall of Pig Island Celebration of Beer and Barbecue on Governor's Island in New York.
Details here.
September 10-11, 2010 Monticello
September 29, 2010: A Lowcountry Evening With a Tasting of Lowcountry Fare.
I spoke on Lowcountry Cooking at the Smithsonian. My friend
anna saint john, who sells my products at the
Bethesda Central Farm Market, catered the sold-out event (Champagne punch and lemonade, boiled peanuts on the tables, Carolina (chicken) pilau, cornbread, green bean/benne salad, and sweet benne wafers).
You can listen to my appearance on A TASTE OF THE PAST, which aired on August 19, on Heritage Radio's website here.
Annual Conference; Charleston SC.
June 11-12, 2010 Beans + Rice: A Culinary and Cultural Odyssey. Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres Street. I spoke about hoppin' john, the dish, from a lowcountry perspective. I followed
Dr. Jessica Harris, my dear friend and colleague, who is the preeminent scholar on the foods of the African diaspora, and
Dr. Judith Carney, Professsor of Geography at UCLA, who spoke about the diffusion of Beans and Rice in the New World. Several years ago I spoke with Drs. Harris and Carney at
The Caribbean, Lowcountry, Atlantic World Conference in Charleston. They're no easy acts to follow!