About huggingthecoast.com food blog / Doug DuCap  

Editor of huggingthecoast.com, a daily updated celebration of coastal food featuring original recipes and food writing. (Over 100 original recipes so far!)

Editor, NowPublic Cuisine. Southern Food Editor, Wandering Educators.

Grand Prize Winner of the Taste of the South Recipe Competition which was judged by Matt and Ted Lee, the James Beard Award winning authors of The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook: Stories and Recipes for Southerners and Would-be Southerners.

Unlike most traditional chili recipes which rely on the usual beef and beans, Charleston Chili was created using succulent pulled pork barbecue, country ham, boiled peanuts, and black-eyed peas.

After the competition, Ted Lee described the combination of the flavors in the Charleston Chili as, “…fantastic…clearly an original idea that followed through.”

The full recipe for Charleston Chili is available here.

3 of my original onion ring recipes appear in the new Rings of Tradition Vidalia Onion brochure, alsong with a recipe from Top Chef contestant and Good Stuff Eatery restaurateur Spike Mendelsohn!

You can pick up the new Vidalia Onion brochure free of charge in your local supermarket, or you can read the online version of the Vidalia Onion brochure here.

You can also see a new recipe for Vidalia Onion, Bacon, and Cranberry Pinwheels which I created to celebrate our inclusion in the brochure here.

Semi-Finalist, Redwood Creek Campfire Classic Recipe Competiton.

Formerly from the NYC Metro Area, I'm a happy resident of Charleston, SC, in love with the beautiful palm trees, relaxed lifestyle, incredible food, and mild weather. I also love to travel.




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