Shrimp and Grits

Chef Melinda

I took a cooking class today at a local kitchen shop.  It was terrific.  A real class act.  The store is called Cooks and it has any and every thing you may need in your kitchen.  And if you don't need it, the knowledgeable sales clerks will convice you - you do.  The menus are internet posted, as well as sidewalk sandwich board cited, so it makes it quite easy to browse the upcoming schedule and select a menu you are interested in preparing.  Today was Taste of Low Country and for $25 I spent the afternoon with fifteen or so other folks making the best shrimp and grits I've ever had.  We topped the meal off with individual apple cobblers and even had a glass of wine thrown in....red or white, diner's choice.  Now I pride myself on my own shrimp and grits recipe, but some changes are coming.  I can't divulge all the secrets, but I'll let one slip...okra.  Go figure. 

I sat next to a darling couple from Asheville.  I told them I was dear friends with some good folks from Fairview, and they said they really live in Fairveiew but figured I would have no idea where that is.
It's a small, small world.  The rest of the people were from all over the place, all on vacation.
As it turned out, I was the only local.  I love that.