Celebrate Every Day - with Catering by Debbi Covington

17/07/2024

Basil (Ocimum basilicum): Called the “royal herb” by ancient Greeks, this annual is a member of the mint family. Fresh basil has a pungent flavor that some ...

03/07/2024

Why is it that almost everything tastes better when it's been cooked over an open flame? Meats, vegetables, breads and even some desserts (like grilled ...

19/06/2024

It's hot and thunderstorms pop up almost every afternoon and I'm homesick. I'm homesick for baseball. It's baseball season in my hometow ...

05/06/2024

When I was a little kid, around 7 or 8 years old, my parents had a favorite Italian restaurant in Fayetteville, NC – about 90 minutes from our home in Wilso ...

22/05/2024

Sheet pan meals are such a great idea. The conundrum is, for most sheet pan recipes, you still have to mess up a skillet to brown the meat. Not this one! Me ...

08/05/2024

If you’ve lived in Beaufort for more than ten years, you probably crossed paths with Steve Brown at one time or another. Owner of Steve Brown Catering, Stev ...

24/04/2024

Last Saturday, I catered a wedding reception on Lucy Creek. The bride and groom chose to have two stations. One station featured southern favorites like por ...

10/04/2024

I’m completely out of my element. I’m a card-carrying Christian endeavoring to cook a kosher Jewish meal that’s acceptable for Passover. I’ve catered severa ...

27/03/2024

Sunday Morning Easter Brunch   Easter is my favorite holiday! It's better than Christmas. It's better than Thanksgiving. Easter is the most i ...

13/03/2024

NEW recipes! Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. ☘️ ☘️☘️

“May the leprechauns be near you, to spread luck along your way. And, may all the Irish angels smile upon you on St. Patrick's Day.” Corned beef is a ...

28/02/2024

Mediterranean Dinner Party Dinner parties for four are getting to be regular events at our house. Vince and I love to entertain! Since LCW column deadlines ...

14/02/2024

Celebrating 30 Years of Forrest Gump It’s time to roll out the red carpet! The 18th annual Beaufort International Film Festival is almost here. Opening nigh ...

31/01/2024

Mardi Gras is often called Fat Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday, or Shrove Tuesday. It’s the last night of eating rich and fatty foods before the ritual fasting of ...

17/01/2024

I’ve gotta be honest. I’m not ready for some football. I’m not much of a sports fan, never have been. But, I do LOVE football food. Game day treats and tail ...

03/01/2024

Happy New Year! Don’t you just love the idea of a new beginning and a fresh start? I typically launch every January with an impossible list of rigid resolut ...

20/12/2023

Debbi with her birthday fruitcake When my brother Ray and I were in grade school, our Mama typically bought boxes of chocolate-covered cherries, sleeves of ...

20/12/2023

I love Christmas! I love December! What other month of the year is so overloaded with parties? It's so much fun to dress up a couple of times a week an ...

06/12/2023

Meatballs, sausage balls, spinach balls, crab balls, pecan pie balls, rum balls, bourbon balls, peanut butter balls, cheese balls, snowballs… ‘tis the seaso ...

06/12/2023

I just spent the last three days in my kitchen -- stirring and tossing and tasting and bagging and then stirring and tossing and tasting and bagging some mo ...

22/11/2023

It's hard to believe that Christmas is a less than five weeks away. So many parties, so little time! When I was at Michael's Salon on Wednesday, I ...

22/11/2023

It's hard to believe that Christmas is almost here. So much to do, so little time! What it is about December that pulls us into our kitchens with bags ...

08/11/2023

Some of us just aren’t equipped for cold temperatures. We love warm weather and abundant sunshine. It’s the first day of cold weather and what do we do? If ...

08/11/2023

A canapé is an hors d’oeuvre, a miniature and often decorative food, consisting of a small piece of bread or cracker, topped with some savory food, held in ...

25/10/2023

Beaufort is buzzing with excitement in anticipation of the 8th Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival. Pat Conroy is a legend around here. Everywhere you turn, ...

12/10/2023

Would you like to host a Halloween get-together that begins with delicious refreshments and libations and ends with some Lowcountry-style spookiness? The co ...

28/09/2023

It’s curious the things that turn us into home bodies. Vince and I used to go to the North Carolina mountains every August. We went to Myrtle Beach with our ...

13/09/2023

I love this time of year! Temperatures are cooling a bit; the days are still long, and sunshine remains abundant. Best of all, we’re beginning to venture ou ...