Author Archive: Pee Dee Foodie
Since January 2010, PeeDeeFoodie.com™ has been the online home for Kevin's exploration and promotion of the food, foodies and food culture of the South Carolina. With a background in business and a degree in accounting, he may be an unlikely foodie until you hear that he earned that degree in New Orleans. Kevin is a husband, father, self-described geek, and host of the blog's new companion podcast, the Pee Dee Food Show, now available on iTunes, Blackberry, Zune, and direct RSS. Learn more about Kevin on his Contributor page under the About tab.
Review: Playa Azul
The food is made fresh to order using fresh ingredients. Taken together, this authentic Mexican (not Tex-Mex) menu is unlike anything we’ve experienced in recent years. We say, “Go ahead, leave the Taco Bell behind and try this true taste of Mexico.”
Category: Restaurant Reviews
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 [...]
Category: Podcast
Let Them Eat Cake! becomes a PeeDeeFoodie.com Community Sponsor
We are proud to welcome Let Them Eat Cake! as a new PeeDeeFoodie.com community sponsor. Thanks to the support of Jackie Travis and her team at this unique, local specialty cake shoppe, our blog and podcast will be able to continue to serve the foodies of our region.
Category: Announcements, Sponsored Posts
Carolina Creole … Genuine Lowcountry Flavor in Your Pantry
If you’re part of our Pee Dee Foodie community, you know that it’s not often that we do product reviews. Yes, we have on occasion done them, but they are few and far between. That said, one product that we’ve seen on the shelves at our local Pig piqued our interest. Carolina Creole. As you [...]
Category: Products & Services
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 [...]
Category: Featured Articles, Postcards
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
Review: Ann’s Kitchen & Taste of Thai
Ann’s menu is as mouthwatering as it is well-prepared. Each plate’s colors and flavors wrap around your hunger, providing it with a gratifying embrace. That is, unless you tend to spicy side of life. Those same flavors, at your request, will also provide you with a wedgie that you won’t soon forget.
Category: Featured Articles, Restaurant Reviews
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 [...]
Category: Featured Articles
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
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
