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Countdown! Less than a week ’til The Upstate Women’s Show!

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:00:33 +0000

We’ll be performing Saturday, August 28th at The Upstate Women’s Show in Greenville, SC. Our cooking demonstration: “Mac-tastic! Strategies for Mac-n-Cheeses that Rock!” is on the BI-LO Cooking Stage at 1PM. We’re also appearing at 5PM on the E Stage Sponsored by HRC Medical Center. Very psyched to have prep-support on the cooking stage by the G’ville cookware store The Cook’s Station, site of an epic Lee Bros. demo Spring 2010. Hope to see yall there!

New Lee Bros. recipes out now in Food & Wine Magazine!

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:06:54 +0000

In the September 2010 issue of Food & Wine Magazine, you’ll find “Party at the Drop of A Hat,” the story we wrote about a Charleston party with our friends, milliner-to-the-stars Leigh Magar and her husband, artist and architect Johnny Tucker. We developed recipes that channel Leigh’s mad-hatter-meets-southern-farmers-market spirit, and served them in the garden of her Charleston studio, with many fedoras, trilbys, and cocktail lids in attendance. Spicy Watermelon Gazpacho with Crab! Pan-Roasted Okra and Corn! Fried Triggerfish with Green Tomato Tartar Sauce! So much more summer left, y’all, gotta rock it!

“Take on the South” Airs Tonight at 7PM EST in SC!

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:54:16 +0000

Folks in South Carolina can watch “Take on the South: What is Real Southern Cooking?” our debate with our friend John T. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, on SCETV Monday, July 12th at 7PM and on Friday at 9PM. See the “Take on the South” web page for details.

Simple Fresh Southern Wins 2010 SIBA Award!

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:33:46 +0000

We were delighted to learn over the 4th of July weekend that The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern won the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Book Award in Cooking. We thank all the independent booksellers around the South who truly made the difference when it came to spreading the word, and supporting our cookbooks. Click here for more info on the SIBA Awards.

Grilling This Weekend?

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:26:47 +0000

If you’re grilling this weekend, try our Cheese Relish Burger, which recently appeared in the Associated Press “20 Burgers of Summer” Feature. It’s a burger topped with the Cheese Relish—a pimento cheese variation we found in the D.C. area—a recipe that appears in The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern. Have a great weekend, and Happy Father’s Day, Dads! Here’s the burger recipe.

Thank you, Smoke!

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:21:40 +0000

Smoke Southern Barbecue Revival is truly a one-of-a-kind restaurant in Blythewood, SC! After the “Take on the South” taping, Tom, Heath, Dan, and the gang hosted a positively epic dinner at their roadhouse/backyard-woodpile/performance-shed/fire-pit after the taping. Heath’s kitchen rocked a menu from Simple Fresh Southern: Garlic-Chile Soft Shell Crabs! Ambrosia with Shrimp! Duck with Raspberries and Rose! Oh, and let’s not forget the pick-your-own suckling pig and lamb stations, too. Wildflowers on the tables, awesome live music, and a first for us: a bellydancer performing at a booksigning (definitely won’t be the last!). Thanks to all the guests and performers. And for those who didn’t make it off the wait list, we will definitely be back at Smoke soon!

Columbia, SC was a Blast!

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:16:17 +0000

Many thanks to Walter Edgar, SCETV, and the Institute for Southern Studies at USC for inviting us to appear on “Take on the South,” debating our friend John T Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, on the subject: What is REAL Southern Food? The show premieres July 10, 2010 on SCETV, and on other Public Television stations throughout the South thereafter. We’ll post air-times/dates for “Take on the South” on our website, Twitter, and Facebook when available.

We’re on All Things Considered today!

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:47:39 +0000

Listen to us cook the Shrimp and Deviled Egg Salad Rolls in Linda Wertheimer’s home kitchen: http://bit.ly/b25hnc

Simple Fresh Southern nominated for a James Beard Award!!!

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:26:08 +0000

James Beard Cookbook nominations: American Cooking: My New Orleans, Real Cajun, The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor

Late-Breaking: Signing in the Hudson Valley!

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:47:08 +0000

Folks in and around Hudson, NY, come by Spotty Dog Books and Ale, 440 Warren Street, this Saturday, March 20 at 5PM for a signing with tasting (Ginger Lemonade and Cheese Relish from Simple Fresh Southern!), as part of DeFrost: A Benefit for WGXC Radio. Hope to see you there!