Tag: South Carolina

The luxury property is also home to a 7,000-square-foot spa, private infinity pool, and a stellar restaurant.

White bread and juicy summer tomatoes never had a better friend than this condiment, crafted in 1917 by Eugenia Duke.

For Leah Bailey, the beauty of Lowcountry style begins with architecture and building materials. “To me, a typical Lowcountry home has a big front...

Lexington and Concord, Boston and Philadelphia, the Delaware River and Valley Forge. When we reflect on the birth of the nation, these are the places that naturally come to mind. But as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and America’s beginning, we want to give the South its due. Travelers will find America’s Revolutionary history preserved in four cities that played crucial roles in the early development of our nation: Williamsburg, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; Salem, North Carolina; and New Orleans, Louisiana.

I crest the Waccamaw River Bridge on an August evening when a storm is looming in the distance. I haven’t been back to Pawleys Island in nearly a decade, but the smell of the Georgetown paper mills and the rhythmic thunk of the bridge’s seams under my tires call up the years I spent visiting this tiny spit of South Carolina Lowcountry. My father, the poet James Dickey, loved what he called the “unbroken openness” of the island’s salt marshes and the spooky beauty of its live oaks. He bought a second home here long before I was born. When he died in 1997, we buried him at Pawleys in an 18th-century graveyard under a tree cloaked in Spanish moss.

The Emmy winner reflects on trips to the city and its many layers of history, from waterfront landmarks to a groundbreaking new museum.

Hilton Head has little to prove as a first-rate beach destination. The 12-mile barrier island, nestled along South Carolina’s coast, stashes 26 championship golf courses, an impressive farm-to-table scene, and a 60-mile network of bike paths between its shorelines. Unlike other resort towns, however, Hilton Head feels folded into the landscape itself.

Lindsay Beck’s grandmother always had “a whole spread of pies” at family dinners and even grew her own rhubarb to use in them. Growing up watching her, Beck was inspired to use fresh ingredients to create her own desserts. Now the pastry chef at CAMP Modern American Eatery in Greenville, South Carolina, she crafts sophisticated sweets with a touch of nostalgia.

High yield and hardy, okra thrives in the unrelenting heat of the South’s summer months. Thought to have been introduced to Louisiana from West Africa during the early 18th century by enslaved Africans, the plant’s resilience and diverse uses made it integral to the region’s foodways.