South Carolina restaurants
on Karen Mulford’s ‘menu’
By Marybeth Bianchi
Feature Editor
Historians, cooks, those who like
to dine out or at home can find
something of interest in a new
book co-authored by a Southport
resident.
South Carolina's Historic
Restaurants and Their Recipes is
no ordinary cookbook.
The revised edition features 19
new restaurants, in addition to the
31 included in the original 1984
cookbook which sold more than
13,000 copies. It lists more than
130 recipes of dishes that can be
found at the restaurants which are
located in structures that are at
least 50 years old. A black-and
white drawing of the establish
ment, along with some back
ground on the building and the
restaurant, are included in the four
pages devoted to each location.
Karen Mulford of Southport
joined with Dawn O’Brien of
Charlotte to research, write and
revise the book because since it
was first published many of the
restaurants had been closed,
remodeled or changed names and
cuisine.
"A revision was definitely
needed," Mulford said. "The book
involved lots of tasting and travel
ing for both of us. We criss
crossed the state, stopping at dif
ferent towns which claimed to
have restaurants in historic build
ings."
The authors worked through
chambers of commerce and histor
ical societies to locate the
restaurants, which cither one or
both visited and sampled the
cuisine.
"Some were gracious and
delighted to be in the book. For
others it was like pulling teeth,"
Mulford recalled.
All of the recipes were tested in
the authors’ kitchens and many
had to be scaled down to serve a
family - not a large crowd at a
busy restaurant.
The testing was a family affair at
the Mulford house. In the book’s
foreword, Mulford said her hus
band Jon favored seafood dishes,
while pasta dishes drew raves
from her two sons, Scan and
Justin. All three are cooks who arc
comfortable in the family’s recipe
testing kitchen.
While there are restaurants from
across the entire Palmetto Slate
there are many which area resi
dents can sample during a day trip
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Cooking up something good in her Southport kitchen isn’t new for
Karen Mulford, who co-authored the revised edition of South Caro
lina’s Historic Restaurants and Their Recipes. She traveled to many of
the restaurants featured, researched the history of their buildings and
tested their recipes.
to Myrtle Beach, Murrells Inlet or
Charleston. Not surprisingly,
Charleston offers the greatest se
lection of historic restaurants, 17
in all.
Mulford and her family have
been living in Southport for about
a year. She’s now employed by
Margaret Rudd and Associates but
still works as a freelance writer.
She is a copy writer and six-year
veteran writer of restaurant
reviews in the Charlotte area. She
has written numerous articles and
award-winning juvenile fiction.
She also teaches a class called
"Writing for Fun and Money"
through Brunswick Community
College.
South Carolina's Historic
Restaurants and Their Recipes is
published by John F. Blair of
Winston-Salem and is available at
area bookstores.
MEETING PLACE
Southport 55 and Over meets
At the December 2 meeting of the Southport 55 and Over Club Monica
Rathke gave a presentation on the work of the Brunswick County Literacy
Council.
Instead of the usual gift exchange for Christmas, a motion was made and
passed to donate $100 to the Salvation Army.
The next meeting will be December 16 at 10 a.m. at the Stevens Park
clubhouse. A Christmas party will follow.
Lakes club attends ‘festival’
Members and guests of the Boiling Spring Lakes Homemakers Club at
tended the Festival of Trees at the Wilmington Hilton on Wednesday, De
cember 2.
The December meeting will, be the annual Christmas luncheon at the
Chart Room of the Sea Captain Restaurant on Tuesday, December 15, at
11:30 a.m. Members arc urged to bring a spouse or other guest and bring a
grab bag gift for both themselves and the guest. Members will also bring
gifts of toys for Hope Harbor Home and non-perishable food for VIC. A
brief program will be presented on how to trim fats and calories from tradi
tional Christmas desserts.
Members will be helping make garlands to decorate the Brunswick Town
visitors center for the annual Christmas open house, and will prepare baked
goods for that event.
AARP chapter meets Dec. 10
Chapter 4180 of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP),
will hold its annual Christmas meeting on Thursday, December 10, at noon
at the Sandfiddler Restaurant near Southport.
"No agenda is planned for this meeting," announced president Jimmy
Wolfe. "We’re just going to get together for some good fellowship and
Christmas cheer.”
Oak Island Senior Citizens
iJCraft Shop
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Come, in and browse.
Handmade Gifts for Christmas Giving
Paintings by Local Artists
Complete lines of tole supplies, fine art materials, books,
basketry supplies, DMC thread, counted cross stitch fabrics,
‘ general craft supplies.
5610 Oak Island Drive, Long Beach, 278-5224/V.\J -
New Hours Monday-Salurday 10:00-4:00
Aglow meets
Jan Blake of Wilmington will be
the guest speaker for the December
meeting of Southport Women’s
Aglow.
The meeting will be at 10 a.m.
Saturday, December 19, at the
Southport Senior Citizens Center on
Atlantic Avenue. Refreshments will
be served at 9:30 a.m.
Blake, who overcame problems
associated with depression, al
coholism and attempted suicide, is
now the North Carolina state prayer
coordinator for Aglow International.
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Linda's
‘Vision Center
209 Yaupon Drive
Yaupon Beach, 278-3182
Swinson-Wolfe vows are said
Elizabeth Ann Wolfe and Kelvin
Eric Swinson, both of Raleigh, were
united in marriage at noon on De
cember 5 in Winter Park Pres
byterian Church in Wilmington. The
Rev. Matt Highfill officiated at the
double-ring ceremony. Cindy and
Susannah Sellers were vocalists.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride was attired in a heavily
beaded gown with a V-neckline and
cathedral-length train.
Laura Gatyas of Wilmington
served as maid of honor. The at
tendants were Debbie Goodwin and
Susan Mathews, both sisters of the
groom; Alice Medford; Debbie
Wolfe, Sylvia Harriss, sister-in-law
of the bride; afid Libby Harriss, the
bride’s sister.
Racheal Haddock and Jennifer
Goodwin, the bride’s nieces, were
flower girls.
The bridal attendants were attired
in royal blue velvet gowns with long
sleeves and V-backs accented with a
bow.
Andrew Mathews and Wesley
Goodwin, the bride’s nephews, were
ringbearers.
Burris Swinson served his son as
best man. Ushers were Donald
Swinson, brother of the groom;
Donald Dollyhigh; Kerry McKen
zie; Mike Jones; and John Harriss
and Larry Wolfe, brothers of the
bride.
The newlyweds received their
guests at the Figure Eight Island
Yacht Club. Alexis Lane, the bride’s
niece; Aaron Haddock, the bride’s
nephew; and Heidi Cox hosted the
reception.
The bride is the daughter of
George and Brenda Harriss of Wil
mington and the late James Larry
Wolfe. She is the granddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Wolfe of Long
Beach, Elmer Sellers of Southport
and the late Ocia Mae Sellers. She is
a senior civil engineering major at
North Carolina State University and
is employed as an interpreter for the
deaf.
The groom, son of Ruby and
Burris Swinson of Wilmington, is a
ST. JAMES PROGRAM
The St James AME Zion Church
school will present a Christmas pro
gram, "It Happened in a Town
Called Bethlehem" on Saturday, De
cember 12, at 7 p.m. The public is
invited to attend.
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MRS. KELVIN E. SWINSON
junior at North Carolina State Uni
versity majoring in religion. He is
employed by United Parcel Service.
After spending the New Year’s
holiday in New Mexico, the couple
will reside in Raleigh.
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WILMINGTON to...
New York.$198
Los Angeles.$338
San Francisco.$338
Pittsburgh.$198
Washington, D.C. . .$118
Miami $198
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by Fit, Dec. 11, 1992
Travel must take place between
Jan. 5 & Feb. 14,1993

Home for the 9{oCicCays
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To enter the weekly "Shop at Home" contests sponsored by Southport
Oak Island Chamber of Commerce and area merchants, shopper
should complete a registration form and drop it in a designated box at
one of the chamber members listed below. Persons must register each
week to be eligible for prizes. All forms will be discarded after each
weekly drawing. Drawings will be held each Monday through Decem
ber 21, at the chamber office. Winners will be listed in the following
edition of The State Port Pilot and officially notified by the Chamber
of Commerce.
Entry boxes at:
Swayne's, 807 Howe St., Southport; Lynne's Hallmark, 1034 Yaupon Dr., Yaupon Beach
Century 21,201 Yaupon Dr., Yaupon Beach; Carolina Cape Divers, 609 Yaupon Dr., Yaupon Beach
Edna’s Kitchen, 106 SE 58th St., Long Beach; Nice & Pretty, Long Beach Road, Southport
Good Vibrations, Long Beach Road, Southport; The State Port Pilot, 105 S. Howe St., Southport
Lynn's of Southport, Howe Street, Southport; McDonald's, Beach Road, Southport
Christmas Pelican 5821 E. Oak Island Dr., Long Beach; Elizabeth's Florist, 707 Yaupon Dr., Yaupon
Beach; Flashback Photo, Live Oak Village, Southport
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