Mount Pleasant Magazine | Mount Pleasant, SC
Mount Pleasant Magazine informs Mount Pleasant homeowners and residents as about people, places and things around our area.
A hamburger is sometimes nothing more than a slab of previously frozen meat, topped with a few onions, maybe a skinny slice of something that passes as cheese and slapped unceremoniously between two halves of a tasteless bun. A mediocre burger might do to extinguish your hunger, possibly between innings of a baseball game or while … [Read more...]
No Need to Run on Empty Running at peak efficiency requires a delicate balance of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins in order to maintain the energy required to sustain your regular workouts. A consistent, healthy diet is the most important part of staying energized and focused, but there are many high-energy foods, including fruits, whole grains … [Read more...]
Bread is a staple; no doubt about it. And the Great Harvest Bread Company, located in Belle Hall Shopping Center in Mount Pleasant, takes that staple seriously. Owned and operated by Jerry and Germaine Ward, who have passion for real food, the East Cooper store has been open for three years. “We’re all about whole grains here,” Jerry Ward … [Read more...]
November/December 2012 Ingredients For the cake: Unsalted butter for greasing 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 3/4 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. salt 4 eggs, at room temperature 2/3 cup granulated sugar 1 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract Confectioners sugar for dusting For the syrup: 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup granulated sugar 2 to … [Read more...]
November/December 2012 A multitude of traditional Greek dishes are served at Easter, while the Christmas and New Year’s holiday cuisine focuses primarily on baking. Christopsomo –Christ’s Bread – is a customary bread consumed either on Christmas Eve or during Christmas day lunch. In addition, several forms of traditional Christmas … [Read more...]
Christophe Artisan Chocolatier-Pâtissier, I'ON, Mount Pleasant, SC The bell ting-a-lings as you walk into the magically aromatic shop called Christophe Artisan Chocolatier-Pâtissier. Nestled in the village of I’On in Mount Pleasant, the boutique is dedicated to the creation of delectable chocolates and pastries. This is a love … [Read more...]
One of the luxuries of living on the coast is that you have access to an abundance of local seafood. We Southerners are passionate about our food, and having fresh ingredients at our fingertips is just one of the advantages of residing in the Lowcountry. It should come as no surprise that seafood abounds on the menus of most Mount Pleasant … [Read more...]
Crazy about seafood and enamored with the place they both have always called home, John and Mary Caroline Rhea decided in 2008 to merge their passions by creating a cocktail sauce that would capture the essence of their native Mount Pleasant and, as they like to put it, “give seafood the respect it deserves.” Today their young but growing … [Read more...]
The atmosphere is festive, a cross between a country marketplace, a state fair and a small-town carnival, complete with funnel cakes, the peanut man and the come-hither aroma emanating from the Kettle Korn machine. Zeus, with its Greek gyros, the French crepe stand and Rio’s raviolis, officially Rio Bertolini’s Fresh Pasta Co., add an … [Read more...]
