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‘Chopped’-style contest highlights Saturday’s SoDel Fest

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LaTisha Dismuke is a fan of the Food Network show “Chopped.”   On each episode, contestants prepare an appetizer, entree and dessert using the show’s ingredients—no matter how odd.  “Adaptability is a big deal,” noted Dismuke, owner of A Taste of Jazz, a Millsboror catering company that combines her culinary talent with her musical abilities. (She will play the saxophone on …

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Restaurants wrestle with pricing to cover industry cost hikes

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Bardea Food + Drink is one of the restaurants trying a temporary surchange to help them beat inflation. Photo by Valeria Boltneva/Pexels Since Valentine’s Day was on a Monday, many restaurants had four nights of solid reservations. The business was welcome, considering that most experienced a disastrous January due to mask mandates, bitterly cold weather and ailing staff. But a …