SC Cooking & Cuisine

South Carolina's holiday table is a delicious blend of tradition and comfort foods.

Expect to see a variety of foods including ham with red-eye gravy, turkey and gravy, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, sweet potatoes, and homemade biscuits.  Don’t forget the Hoppin' John for New Year's luck! Of course, no meal is complete without dessert – pecan pie, coconut cake, fruit cake, and apple pie.  South Carolina’s tradition-rich cooking, from the blends of African, Caribbean, and European heritages, brings families together around flavors passed down through generations.

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Author photo of Patricia Brandon and the cover of Rise of the Pale Moon.

Author Patricia Brandon and "Rise of the Pale Moon"

May 7, 2026, 5:30 PM

Join us at the next installment of the Speaker at the Center with Author Patricia Brandon where she will discuss her historical fiction novel, "Rise of the Pale Moon." Set against the backdrop of the Revolutionary War era in coastal South Carolina, Rise of the Pale Moon weaves a compelling tale of three young women from distinct backgrounds: an indentured servant from London, a chattel slave raised on the Montague Hall plantation, and a Catawba Indian captured by the Cherokee and traded into slavery.

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