Much of Gullah Geechee culture is connected to the waterways and the foodways. The waterways (ocean waters surrounding the Sea Islands where Gullah Geechee people live) were pathways to freedom for ...

Emily Meggett, queen of Gullah Geechee cuisine, passed away on April 21 after a short illness, her daughter Lavern Meggett confirmed. According to The New York Times, Meggett died Friday at her home ...

It struck me that during my first meeting with Emily Meggett — a meeting in which she was supposed to be vetting me, a first-time cookbook collaborator, to essentially write her remarkable life story ...

Authentic Lowcountry cuisine like she-crab soup along with Gullah Geechee sweetgrass basket weavers and other folk-artists will be on hand this weekend for the inaugural Lowcountry Cultural Festival.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Deirdre Grim, food is relational. And since she took on the role of executive director of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market last ...

An 89-year-old first-time cookbook author, Emily Meggett, celebrates the cuisine of South Carolina's Gullah Geechee community and its African and Southern traditions. Last year we celebrated a chef ...

This is an opinion commentary by arts and culture columnist Maxine L. Bryant. Much of Gullah Geechee culture is connected to the waterways and the foodways. The waterways (ocean waters surrounding the ...

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Editor's Note: The venue for the Forsyth Farmers' Market Gullah Geechee Farmsgiving has changed. The new venue is O'Hara Hall, 2170 E. Victory Drive, Savannah (Catholic Pastoral Center). For Deirdre ...

Last year we celebrated a chef who got a book deal at age 89. Emily Meggett from Edisto, S.C., was a queen of Gullah Geechee cooking, and her cookbook became a bestseller. NPR culture correspondent ...