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PDFS 018 – Interview of Jackie, Bill, & Sarah Travis
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Welcome to the Pee Dee Food Show™, your online and on-air authority on our region’s food culture. We thank you for the download and are pleased that you’re joining us. In Episode 018, we had the pleasure of sitting down with one of Florence’s premier families of foodies. Jackie Travis is owner/operator of Let Them [...]
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Da Massimo Ristorante Italiano to Open Downtown
Massimiliano “Max” Borghesi, local friend of PeeDeeFoodie.com will be the owner and operator of an exciting new Italian restaurant in downtown Florence. The venture is set to be open for lunch and dinner and focusing on lighter Roman and Northern Italian fare with prices peaking at about $10 for lunch and $20 for dinner. It [...]
Category: Announcements
Family Welcomes Should Always Include a Great Meal
This week we are in Louisiana. The Bayou State is home of the Big Easy, Cajun Country, and much of our extended family. Our roots stretch well beyond Charleston, where I was born, back to Broadway and Tchoupitoulas streets in the section of New Orleans known as Uptown. That’s where my parents grew up, among [...]
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Abingdon Manor: Lemon Tart
“Mininal ingredients, easy to prepare and delightfully flavorful, this dessert is great after a seafood entree.” – Chef Patty Griffey
Category: Abingdon Manor, CONTRIBUTORS
Creating a Coke® Cake and a Huge Birthday Smile
This year, like last year, we knew that some reference to Japan had to be included in our daughter’s birthday cake. That was a given. She’s a big fan of everything Japanese, from video game characters to room decor. If it’s Japanese she’s interested in it. What was new for this year was an added fascination [...]
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Abingdon Manor: Key Lime Parfait
When we lived in Miami we had many of our own key lime trees in the yard and always had plenty of limes. You can only drink so many gin & tonics so I had to use those limes for something else. Key lime pie has always been a favorite, and this twist is a [...]
Category: Abingdon Manor
The Foodscapes Legacy
Foodscapes in Lake City, South Carolina will be closing on April 29, 2012. We just couldn’t let that happen without sharing a few words about what Foodscapes and its owner and chef, Katherine Fridl has meant to those who appreciate locally grown produce and creatively prepared dishes — each without compromise. As members of the [...]
Category: Opinion
Tuesday Tip: How To Save A Loaf
Happy Tuesday! I hope you’ve all been enjoying the nice spring weather, and getting those gardens in shape. Speaking of shape, if you’re like many people this time of year, you’re scrambling to get fit for summer so you can shop for that new bathing suit. This often means crash diets and low carbs. This [...]
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Saturdays with Sarah: My Juice Cleanse
Happy Saturday! For many of us, spring comes around, and we think of fresh starts; new beginnings. We often apply this in our diets: trying new things, starting an exercise program, trying to eat healthier, etc. For me, I decided to try a juice cleanse. My roommate and I decided that for Monday thru Friday, [...]
Category: CONTRIBUTORS, Healthy Eating
Tuesday Tip: Temperature Control
Happy Tuesday, I hope you all had a great Spring Break full of fun and great food! Unfortunately, I had a terrible bout with food poisoning from some bad sushi. It was a great way to jump start a summer weight loss plan (7 lbs in 2 days…ugh), but wasn’t real fun. Since my ‘adventure’, [...]
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Saturdays with Sarah: Eating Healthy on Vacation
Happy Saturday, everyone! Today I’m going to talk to you about one of the hardest tricks in the book: eating healthy while on vacation. You’re away from stress, away from work, away from the grind of the everyday routine, and for many of us, we go away from our healthy lifestyles. We forget about workout, [...]
Category: CONTRIBUTORS, Featured Articles, Healthy Eating
Watching My Weight: Week 12 of 16
After a brief hiatus last week due to travel and busy schedule I’m happy to be back with another weight loss progress report. Just to recap, I’m using Weight Watchers® Online for Men for my weight loss plan and the related iPhone application. My weekly blog posts are for the purposes of (a) adding to my own accountability [...]
Category: Featured Articles, Weight Loss
