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Southern Cousine

Eating, Food

Georgia Ice Cream and Texas Fried Steak at the Cotillion Southern Cafe

Pardon the interruption, but some meals are just so awesome that I have to blog about them.  Cotillion Southern Cafe is located in Wildwood, Florida just outside of Florida’s Friendliest Hometown (The Villages).  My parents took me there on my last visit.  They said the restaurant was a place that I would want to blog about it. At first the rebellious inner child that exists in all of us no matter what…

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Pairing Challenge

Shrimp and Grits Pairing Challenge – The Vote

The first time we cooked shrimp and grits was disastrous.  Until we moved to the South 7 years ago, I had never eaten grits for breakfast let alone at dinner paired with shrimp.  The Southern staple was foreign to me outside of a humorous scene from My Cousin Vinny.  But after sampling shrimp and grits at a few different restaurants, I was hooked and had to try it at home.  How hard…

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Pairing Challenge

Beer Versus Wine – The Perfect Shrimp and Grits Pairing

Congratulations to last months Beer Versus Wine Challenge winner –The Wandering Sheppard!  Part of the honor includes coming up with the next month’s challenge.  Below is The Wandering Sheppard’s post and challenge food.  Like last month, participants have until next Tuesday, April 1 (no joke) to turn in their suggestion before we take it to a vote.  For more on the rules, click here. I’m a married man. So as I signed…

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Charlotte, Eating, Food, Travel

A Charlotte Classic – McNinch House Restaurant

New to Charlotte and a little unsophisticated on the dining palette, I asked colleagues and friends where to go for our first anniversary dinner six years ago.  The unanimous answer was the McNinch House in Charlotte’s Historic Fourth Ward.  “Very romantic!”  Everyone raved.  “Perfect for a night out to celebrate your first year of marriage!”  I was intrigued.  “Tell me more?”  I asked.  I learned that the restaurant was located in a…

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