Recipe Swap: South Carolina traditions meet Missouri tables

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Our family has just returned home from a trip to the South Carolina coast for my cousin's wedding at the beach. It was an extraordinary time, including family, friends, a gorgeous wedding and lots of fantastic food. While we spent a day in Charleston, I purchased a cookbook featuring many rich Charleston traditions and great seafood recipes. Nearly every page has at least one seafood recipe. While we were on our trip, we ate at local seafood eateries to enjoy the freshest seafood and glass after glass of ice-cold Southern sweet tea. Just including these recipes takes me back there with many great memories of a weekend and a wedding I will never forget.

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