A Successful Charleston Jaunt!

This past weekend we finally got back to Charleston. We haven’t be able to take a really relaxing weekend there in over a year, which is way too long! We picked up Catherine from CoC on Friday evening and headed toward a place I’d heard about a while back. The Glass Onion, on Highway 17 South. Its locavore kind of place that serves both lunch and dinner at moderate prices. We went kind of wild and gamey, starting with Rabbit Liver & Pickles,  moving on to Sheepshead* & Rutabagas, Duck with Hoppin’John, and Quail with Grits & Greens. We finished up with probably the best bread pudding I’ve had since we were in New Orleans!

Saturday morning we introduced Catherine to a breakfast that we came up with earlier this year. Baked Apples (which are loaded with Walnuts, Raisins & Cinnamon) with a generous side of steel-cut oatmeal, topped with some Greek yogurt. It’s a very good winter comfort-food type of breakfast, just perfect for a screened-in porch on Folly Beach, with a cup of Café du Monde next to it!

With such a breakfast, we didn’t really feel the need for a formal lunch, so we made do with stop by WildFlour Pastry, which I had recently noted in Southern Living and Garden & Gun. As expected, everything was scrumptious! What you see are a Pecan Sticky Bun, a Raspberry Nutella Turnover, and a Scone with Sundried Tomatoes, Pesto & Mozzarella. I had hoped to bring back a pie or three, but I didn’t realize all their pies are made to order. So that’ll have to be for next time we go, or maybe when Catherine is coming back this way.
Saturday afternoon, we stopped by Crosby’s Seafood and picked some fresh local shrimp. Alice and Catherine used them in a wonderful Salad, modifying a recipe that a friend from Charleston gave us years ago. We really should make it more often, for it was delicious!

Sunday Lunch we wound up with some old friends at the Lost Dog Café on Folly Beach, which turned out to be pretty much what you’d expect to find on Folly, (actually a little better.) There was a roaring Sunday Brunch crowd, but we got seated after a not too long wait. The service was good, and the food well done for your money. We’ll go back!

*Sheepshead is a fish.