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A great believer in the power of apples, I try to add an apple a day to our diet. I came to this gradually, by learning which I liked and which I didn’t like, and which ones suited my style of cooking.

The Lowcountry’s interstates are fairly clear for drivers commuting Wednesday morning.

Wednesday morning will start off with patchy and dense fog in Charleston, then forecasters say the day will be sunny and warm with a high near 85.

Summerville needs to change its motto — "Flower Town in the Pines" just doesn’t seem to fit these days.

Like most of the dishes on the menu at Butcher & Bee, this fish preparation features a collision of local ingredients and Middle Eastern traditions. Here, the latter is represented by chraimeh, a sweet and spicy sauce associated with Tripolitan Jews.

Buckwheat is officially a fruit, not a grain. But it’s milled for flour, which in the U.S. is most commonly used for pancakes. In Russia and China, where buckwheat is far more popular, the seed is the basis of noodles, beer, ice cream and porridge.

Akilah Worley lives in North Charleston.

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"People are highly motivated to signal their uniqueness, even when it comes to something as small and dumb as ordering a beer." – New York Magazine, Sept. 9, 2016

The full menu for Scarecrow, the third and final component in the Wise Buck complex stretching parallel to the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry, wasn’t released prior to its opening this month. But a press release promised "food…stripped of nonessential ingredients," which provides some sense of how chef Ray...