Cooking, Gullah-Style
Mount Airy's Geechee Girl Rice Cafe is a unique restaurant. The majority of the menu is based on the cuisine of the Gullah, an African-American people who live on the Barrier Islands of South Carolina. We just stumbled on this article on Gullah cooking over at Gourmet:
Over the last few years, though Gullah culture has been under attack from the forces of real estate development. The islands of St. Helena, Daufuskie, and Edisto--historically Gullah strongholds--are rapidly being transformed into vacation destinations. However, it's still possible to find traces of Gullah culture, especially if you're willing to look in out-of-the-way places. On the island of St. Helena, Frogmore stew--a boil-up of assorted seafood, pork sausage, and corn on the cob--is still popular. It's named after the town of Frogmore, a crossroads of the most visible Gullah settlement on the island.
Forgotten Cuisines of America [Gourmet]
Geechee Girl Rice Cafe [MenuPages]
Geechee Girl Rice Cafe [Official Site]
