Chomp!
October 8, 2015
By Ron Aiken In our freezer was a turkey. Outside was rain, flooded roads and moisture beyond belief or recall. Dinner was due, rain or no, and it was…
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Firefly Hickory Tea Smoked Salmon
October 8, 2015
By Kay MacInnis Here is the entrée recipe from our recent adventure in Charleston. If you haven’t expanded your grains to include farro, I would encourage you to! I…
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The Daily Grace
October 8, 2015
By Cathy Monetti [row] [col col=8] ONCE IN A THOUSAND YEARS It was four days filled with high stakes, tremendous anxiety, scary possibilities. The rain came and we watched…
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Wordless News
October 2, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Historic Rains Likely for Carolinas, Virginia; Hurricane Joaquin Gains Power Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio.…
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Shrimp and Three Cheese Tortellini
October 2, 2015
By Jan Pinnington Healthy Hands Cooking Here’s a quick and healthy meal in a skillet that will please even the pickiest eaters. Ingredients 2 lbs. shrimp, cleaned and deveined…
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4 Ways To Avoid The Rainy Day Blahs
October 2, 2015
By Jillian Owens If you’ve checked out the weather forecast lately, you’re probably feeling about as despondent as I am. Columbia is about to be…
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Saving Lighthouses & Fire Towers
October 2, 2015
By Tom Poland Windmills? They Lack Star Power Growing up landlocked in eastern Georgia, the coast seemed as far away as the Keys. I might as…
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How to Reduce Cholesterol through Lifestyle Changes
October 2, 2015
By Mike DuBose with Blake DuBose and Surb Guram, MD Part II of the Lowering Cholesterol without Statin Drugs Series The human body is a miraculous thing. All of…
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Chomp!
October 2, 2015
By Ron Aiken Chomp! Vs. The Children! It was a classic scenario. Parent gets home (the parent is Chomp!), surveys available protein around which to build a dinner.…
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Carolina Gold Rice Cake with Blueberry Vinaigrette
October 2, 2015
By Kay MacInnis Here is the recipe for this week, and it’s really easy and tasty. Y’all have got to try this one! It is so good and can…
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Blurred lines – a new take on fall essentials
October 2, 2015
By Brian Maynor With cooler weather and a lot of rain over the past week it’s easy to slip out of our summer mindset and focus on fall. One…
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Chomp!
September 25, 2015
By Ron Aiken Mid-Week Dinner Surprise! The surprise to begin with is you’re getting a mid-week dinner cooked for you in the first place, you greedy soul, you. I mean,…
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Savory Pumpkin Delight
September 25, 2015
By Kay MacInnis Fall is here, which means pumpkin time! Pumpkin adds such great flavor to foods and is so easy to cook with. More importantly, pumpkin is a…
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Are Gym Memberships Worth It? The Pros and Cons
September 25, 2015
By Mike DuBose and Joel DuBose At some point in their lives, many people join a gym or fitness club. It’s often prompted by not liking how their clothes…
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I’ve Caught the Swamp Rabbit Bug
September 25, 2015
By Reba Hull Campbell [row] [col col=8] My job involves working with SC cities and towns as part of an organization sharing information to help their leaders make their hometowns the…
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Turkey Cranberry Pinwheels
September 25, 2015
By Jan Pinnington Turkey Cranberry Pinwheels have a touch of sweetness your kids will love. Ingredients 1 whole grain (or gluten-free) wrap – 7” to 8” 2 Tbsp. whipped…
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A Race Just Shy of Crazy
September 25, 2015
By Amy Coward I’m just going to say it. There’s running a race. And there’s insanity. And what I witnessed this past Saturday was heavy on the latter. A…
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Now it’s time to rethink your weekend denim
September 25, 2015
By Brian Maynor Last week we looked at the original work fabric, denim, and while it’s appearance has changed over the years the fact that it is still around…
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Origins of my heritage
September 25, 2015
By Temple Ligon Now through the first week this coming January is an exhibition of the work of 16C Italian architect Andrea Palladio, arguably the most influential architect in…
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Carolina Trivia
September 25, 2015
By Tom Poland Do You Know That … Back home a beer was hard to come by. It was my fate to grow up in a dry county on…
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Wordless News
September 18, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Obama Invites Texas Teen To White House After ‘Bomb Hoax’ Incident Wordless News is a project by illustrator +…
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Concussions and Athletes
September 18, 2015
Team Elite Concussions have become a regular event in sports. It seems like every day you read about an athlete that suffers a concussion and has to be held…
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Carrot and Cauliflower Soup
September 18, 2015
By Jan Pinnington Enjoy this fall favorite soup bursting with nutrition and flavor. Ingredients 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 1/2 onion, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 1…
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The Eyes Prevail
September 18, 2015
By Tom Poland The sky, weather, and beautiful settings … May your eyes carry the day. All narratives and images from Photo of the Week. Look Skyward Angel…
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Understanding Cholesterol
September 18, 2015
By Mike DuBose with Blake DuBose and Surb Guram, MD How to Lower Cholesterol without Statin Drugs Series: Part 1 of 4 Cardiovascular disease is responsible for 1…
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Rethink your workwear denim
September 17, 2015
By Brian Maynor Denim has undergone some major transformations over the years, but its has maintained it’s relevance since debuting back in the 1800s. Not many fashion pieces…
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Love Where You Live
September 17, 2015
From JoAnn Turnquist: It is a joy to introduce our next guest blogger in our “Love Where You Live” series. Ed Madden is the inaugural Poet Laureate for the…
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Greek Salad! Greek Festival! Grexit?
September 17, 2015
By Ron Aiken Back in May, Chomp! got hitched. Following the wedding we honeymooned in Greece, a destination we pinched pennies for months on end to afford, visiting the…
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Broccoli Lemon Chicken
September 17, 2015
By Kay MacInnis This is one of those easy recipes that you keep in the front of your recipe file. There are a few recipes that are the standards…
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God and Faith: “What is Truth?”
September 13, 2015
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. In nearly all the film adaptations of the life of Jesus – including the acclaimed HBO mini-series, The Bible (2013), and The Passion…
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Healthy Tailgate Recipe: Chorizo-Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
September 11, 2015
Team Elite The first home Gamecock Football game is right around the corner! Don’t ruin your diet by munching on wings, chip, and burgers all day! Try this…
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Wild Caught Baked Cod
September 11, 2015
By Jan Pinnington HealthyHandsCooking Ingredients 4 to 6 Wild Caught Cod Fillets 1 – 2 tbsp. butter, melted Garlic Powder Dried Oregano Creole Seasoning (such as Tony Chachere’s)…
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I Want to Make Your Blog Better.
September 11, 2015
By Jillian Owens I started a blog five years ago. I’d never blogged before, hadn’t written since college, and didn’t identify as being a writer. All I had was…
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Wordless News
September 11, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Rainbow appears from World Trade Center on eve of 9/11 Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…
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Wordless News
September 11, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Rainbow appears from World Trade Center on eve of 9/11 Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…
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Chomp! Bacon! Bombs! Bots?
September 10, 2015
By Ron Aiken “What can you wrap bacon around, guys?” This was a real question I recently overheard someone say. Well, I thought she was a real person until…
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Chomp! Bacon! Bombs! Bots?
September 10, 2015
By Ron Aiken “What can you wrap bacon around, guys?” This was a real question I recently overheard someone say. Well, I thought she was a real person until…
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Why Should Kids Have All The Fun? – Back-To-School Essentials Everyone Will Love
September 10, 2015
By Brian Maynor School is well underway, but if you missed out on your own back-to-school shopping never fear, there is still time to score some of the…
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Why Should Kids Have All The Fun? – Back-To-School Essentials Everyone Will Love
September 10, 2015
By Brian Maynor School is well underway, but if you missed out on your own back-to-school shopping never fear, there is still time to score some of the…
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Space
September 10, 2015
By Temple Ligon To understand space, to think in spatial terms, is to take three or four years in design education. Sculptors and architects have this in common.…
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Greek Yogurt Cheesecake with Poached Figs
September 10, 2015
By Kay MacInnis This recipe is really good if you like cheesecake. And I really like cheesecake. It seems as though it has a lot of ingredients and steps,…
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Wordless News
September 3, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Are Women Better Tasters Than Men? Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday…
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Wordless News
September 3, 2015By Maria Fabrizio The story here: Are Women Better Tasters Than Men? Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is a weekday…
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Honey Is For Everything!!!
September 3, 2015
By Ron Aiken That headline deserves three exclamation points, I don’t care what you say. Probably deserves more, but you and I can talk about that later. Right now, we’re…
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Exactly how do you break fashion rules?
September 3, 2015
By Brian Maynor Last week we looked at the major trend of discarding the old fashion rules perpetuated for years in favor of just being you, so this week…
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Exactly how do you break fashion rules?
September 3, 2015
By Brian Maynor Last week we looked at the major trend of discarding the old fashion rules perpetuated for years in favor of just being you, so this week…
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Melon-Strawberry Salsa
September 3, 2015
By Kay MacInnis I love this recipe! It’s a great way to make good use of some of the watermelon that I always have left in the refrigerator. No…
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There’s a New Blog in Town
September 3, 2015
By Jillian Owens Last week’s blog was all about choosing your company wisely. While sometimes this can mean a radical paring down, sometimes we’re presented with the…
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Cruising Into The Past
September 3, 2015
By Tom Poland Charleston Harbor Has It All: History, Nature, Beauty, & Commerce I’ve been going to Charleston for many years. Vacations, film assignments, book signings,…
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Brush Up on the Basics During Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month
September 3, 2015
By Mary Pat Baldauf On the evening of March 18, I noshed on some dark chocolate covered espresso beans left over from a road trip to see Modest Mouse in…
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