Peat & Pearls Florida — 2018 Event Recap
Peat & Pearls is a celebration of hard work and good taste. Our 2018 event — held in the picturesque, colonial-era seaport of Pensacola, Florida — brought together award-winning chefs and premium oyster producers from across the country for four days of culinary storytelling, fine food, wine and spirits.
‘Like it was going out of style’
Northwest Florida has long been known as the “Redneck Riviera,” and few foods so well epitomize this region as mullet. Now, in the face of growth and development, an unlikely partnership is working to preserve Old Florida traditions.
Pretty & Gritty
Pensacola, Florida, once played host to Spanish conquistadors and some of the finest oysters in the South. After decades of struggle, shifting tastes and changing fortunes are bringing this historic seaport and its storied seafood out of their shells.
Mullet & memory on the Redneck Riviera
Northwest Florida has long been known as the “Redneck Riviera,” and few foods so well epitomize this region as mullet. Now, in the face of growth and development, an unlikely partnership is working to preserve Old Florida traditions.
‘You can tell a lot about a man by the way he wears his hat’
Deep in Florida’s Apalachicola National Forest, cowman Jake Summers keeps a curious tradition — and the culture it embodies — alive
Panhandle to Pan
In “Panhandle to Pan,” Chef Irv Miller explores the food culture of Florida’s so-called “Redneck Riviera.”
Something in the Water
Eureka Springs is the weirdest little town you’ve never heard of.
Finding the Blues in the City of Five Flags
Chitlin’s, rock and rebirth in Pensacola’s Belmont-DeVilliers neighborhood.
Pearls before Wine
A culinary roadshow highlights the plight of the iconic — and imperiled — Apalachicola oyster.