Charleston Wine + Food is a multi-day wine and food festival that takes place the first full weekend each March, and I have covered it as a media person, and/or participated as talent for all of its going-on 18 years excepting one. The following interview took place live in the midst of the Culinary Village at this year’s festival, and I’m sharing it now because I already have the 2024 festival on the brain. Not only is my behind the scenes planning well underway, but tickets go on sale to the public on October 19. I lovingly call it my Super Bowl, because it is, and the connections and education from it seeds much of the work I do. One of those relationships is with Alyssa Maute Smith, my conversation partner here and the festival’s Executive Director. Alyssa, a native Charlestonian, stepped into the Interim role in April of 2022, having successfully served as the festival’s Marketing + Communications Director for 6 years, then in 2023 was officially granted the title. There’s no mistaking the energy of Charleston Wine + Food, and Alyssa's enthusiasm for the work and for this community she calls home is a good compass for its future. And I’m proud to call her my friend.
Sammy Monsour & Kassady Wiggins: Salt & Shore Cookbook / Joyce LA (Charleston, SC)
Michael Toscano: Le Farfalle, da Toscano, Porchetta Shop, & Fugazzi (Charleston, SC & NYC)
Southern Fork Sustenance: A Conversation with Writer & Podcaster Deb Freeman about Edna Lewis and Virginia Foodways
Roosevelt Brownlee: Jazz Chef and Soul Food Master (Savannah, GA)
Sandra Gutierrez: Latinísimo and the Home Cooking of Latin America (Cary, NC)
Tim Gardner: Lula Drake Wine Parlor (Columbia, SC)
Tuan Nguyen: Le's Sandwiches & Cafe (Charlotte, NC)
Southern Fork Sustenance: Talking Cookbooks and Editor Judith Jones with Author Sara Franklin
Rollen Chalmers: Rollens Raw Grains (Levy, SC)
Shaun Brian Sells: Cudaco (James Island, SC)
Adrian Lipscombe: Chef, 40 Acres Project (Austin, TX)
Juan Cassalett: Malagón Mercado y Tapería (Charleston, SC)
Wes Eason: Sunburst Trout Farms (Waynesville, NC)
Dave Smoke McCluskey: Corn Mafia (Augusta, GA)
William Dissen: The Market Place (Asheville, NC)
Jael Skeffington: French Broad Chocolates (Asheville, NC)
Philippe Feret: Hilton Head Social Bakery (Hilton Head Island, SC)
Southern Fork Sustenance: Talking "Why Wine?" with Author and Editor Ray Isle
Robbie Robinson: City Limits BBQ (West Columbia, SC)
Dayna Lee: Comal 864 (Greenville, SC)
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