Hoppin' John In The Media
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For the latest on Hoppin'John in the media, visit
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John helped edit and translate the American
edition of Stéphane Reynaud's Cochon & Fils ("Pork & Sons"),
which won the 2005-2006 Grand Prix de la Gastronomie Française.
Chef Reynaud's restaurant, Villa 9 Trois in Montreuil, near Paris,
serves only pork. The American edition is published by Phaidon Press.
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John was awarded the first Lowcountry Culinary Legend Award
at the Charleston Food & Wine Festival on March 2, 2007.
The award recognizes his contribution as an individual to lowcountry cooking.
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The Washington Post (September 2006) ranks Hoppin'
John's Lowcountry Cooking as one of eight cookbooks about specific places that are
"the best of the best," a "masterpiece...providing a deep and true picture of local foodways."
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Describing John's delicious grits and cornmeal
(either of which can be used as polenta), the March 2006 Gourmet
proclaimed, "Artisanal food supplier and cookbook author John Martin Taylor...fueled
the back-to-the-stone-ground-grits movement."
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In the Wednesday, March 15, 2006 edition of The New
York Times, R. W. Apple's lengthy article quotes John as "the Lowcountry food maven,"
citing his description of local "meaty, juicy, salty" oysters from Hoppin' John's
Lowcountry Cooking, "garnished only by the glint of the January sun."
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John was both a presenter and a cooking instructor at
the 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, where he now
makes his home. The
festival attracted more than a million visitors this year, and, for the first time, the
festival included Food Culture as a theme.
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John wrote the foreword for Dick Schulze's Carolina Gold Rice:
The Ebb and Flow History of a Lowcountry Cash Crop. Publisher's Notes: Richard
Schulze draws upon both historical research and his own personal experience cultivating this
famous crop to provide the intriguing inside story of an agricultural powerhouse that once
gave rise to some of the largest fortunes in America. An expert on Carolina Gold Rice, Schulze
reintroduced the crop to South Carolina after nearly a century’s absence. 128 pp. ISBN 1-59629-
094-3 $19.99 available at www.historypress.net. Published October 2005.
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The July-August 2005 issue of Washington Spaces
includes a photo of and quotes from John's cooking class that he taught at the Embassy Row
home of DC designer Darryl Carter as a fundraiser for the National Symphony Orhestra.
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The August 2005 issue of Southern Distinction
magazine has a feature article on John by Dana Downs, whose music
is featured on this website. It includes John's recipe for Blue Cheese Straws.
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| The Carolina Gold Rice Symposium, held in
Charleston August 18-21, 2005, featured a filmed interview of culinary historian
Karen Hess by John. DVD copies of the half-hour interview can be purchased from
www.CarolinaGoldRiceFoundation.org.
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The Mid-April 2005 Southern Living
is their Favorites issue. "Tastes of the South" features John as an authority
on Lowcountry cooking and shows him throwing a cast net.
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The newly revived Oxford American
magazine features an article by John on Carolina Gold Rice.
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
includes John's esssay on the South.
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The October 2004 Gourmet
magazine lauds John's stone-ground grits, promising
"One forkful, and you will see the light."
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Down Home Dining with Al Roker:
Al Roker and John filmed at Middleburg Plantation
near Charleston for his special on African-American foodways
that first aired on the Food Network during Black History Month (February) in 2004.
Go to www.foodtv.com and search for Episode
ARSP12 for future showings.
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The November 2003 Saveur magazine featured
John's stone-ground grits and referred to him as the "alpha
grits grinder whose goods lit the fire behind this new movement."
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John has served as an Artist in Residence at Copia:
The American Center for Wine, Food & The Arts in Napa, and was one of the
contributors in Issue 1, Volume 6, which focused on culinary rituals and
taboos. His topic? "The Mayonnaise Belt." See www.copia.org for more information.
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The August 2003 Country Home magazine featured
John admitting his defeat at tomato gardening. See "Country Thoughts," page 20.
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John appeared on Bobby Flay's Food Nation
on the Food Network, making Frogmore Stew for a backyard party. He also played backup
for Charleston singer/songwriter Dana Downs, whose CD Subterfuge is now
available from her page on this site. The show first aired in January.
Repeat broadcast times can be found at
www.foodtv.com. Look for episode BF1C23.
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The January 2003 Gourmet included John's Food Lover's Guide to Charleston:
where to eat, where to shop, and where to buy the best breads, cakes, seafood, and
traditional lowcountry ingredients. Also included was John's recipe for Deviled Crab.
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The Nov/Dec 2002 Charleston Magazine was their food and wine issue,
and it featured a profile of John and included our She-Crab Soup in
its roundup of local mail-order products.
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Country Home
The November 2002 Country Home included a 24-page guide to casual entertaining,
with tips from a panel of nine experts, including John.
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Gourmet
John wrote about shrimp for the October 2002 issue of Gourmet.
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Ed Behr's lively and erudite quarterly,
The Art of Eating, declared John's grits "the best"!
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InStyle
Our She-Crab Soup was featured as one of the country's
"National Treasures" in the July 2002 InStyle magazine.
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COASTAL LIVING
The March/April 2002 COASTAL LIVING magazine featured John's
She-Crab Soup as "Lowcountry in a Can."
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GASTRONOMICA
The Fall 2001 issue of GASTRONOMICA included an essay on Boiled Peanuts by John.
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Weight Watchers
The September/October 2001 issue of -- get this! -- WEIGHT WATCHERS had an article on
John's healthy deep frying!
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InStyle
Charleston was the InStyle Traveler's May 2001 Destination, and our
She-Crab Soup was her first pick of must-buys.
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The New York Times Magazine
John was featured for the second time in the March 4, 2001, New York Times Magazine.
Playwright Jonathan Reynolds explored The Fearless Frying Cookbook
with humor and a sampling of recipes.
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The Colonial Williamsburg Tavern Cookbook
Fans of Hoppin' John's Charleston, Beaufort & Savannah may want to check out the
Colonial Williamsburg Tavern Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, www.randomhouse.com).
John styled the photographs for the book.
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Home Matters (Discovery Channel)
John has been featured on two episodes of this popular how-to program in the past year.
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Online With Oprah (www.oprah.com)
John was the featured chef of the month for June 2000 on Oprah's website,
with recipes from Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking.
Go to www.oprah.com, click on "Food," then "Art's Recipe Box" and
look in the section "June 2000" to see five of John's Recipes featured.
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The Food Network's Food Finds
The making of Hoppin' John's She-Crab Soup featured an interview with
John on The Food Network's Food Finds (Episode FI1BO2: Low Country).
Check out their website for the next rerun at
www.foodtv.com.
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Fine Cooking Magazine
Thanksgiving Issue 2000 (on sale mid-September), "Southern Sides"
July 2000, "Tips"
May 2000, "How to Bake a Ham So It's Tender and Juicy"
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Country Home Magazine
October 2000, "Country Thoughts" Column, "Honing Skills"
June 2000, "Country Thoughts" Column |
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