“There’s nothing better than pulling fish out of the creek and coming home to make the red rice to have with fried spottail,” says Stephen. “It’s all very basic to us down here but exotic to others.”
On Sunday, September 22, Stephen and Evie Colbert, in partnership with Buxton Books, will take the stage of the Gaillard Center to discuss the inspiration behind their new cookbook, Does This Taste Funny? (Celadon Books, September 2024) and the fun they had producing it. Ticket prices start at $75 and include the book. For more information, visit gaillardcenter.org.
Stephen and Evie at their home on Sullivan’s Island.
A five-year-old Stephen’s recipe for vegetable soup.
Their sons, Peter and John, helping to make brownies years ago.
Evie’s late mother Patti, a beloved Spoleto party host and noted gardener.
Heading to the dock house with Benny the Boykin spaniel.
Hanging with family and friends at sister Madeleine and Bunky’s Sullivan’s Island house.
Brother-in-law Bunky Wichmann tends to his soft-shell crabs.
The Colbert family gathers at their beach home often and had lengthier stays during the pandemic and last summer’s writers strike.
Stephen and Benny on an Intracoastal fishing adventure.
Evie with her late father Peter McGee, whose deviled eggs are featured in the cookbook.
Stephen throws a cast net for bait near his favorite fishing hole.
Evie re-created her mother’s pickled shrimp receipe.
Does This Taste Funny? is a food- and family-filled homage to life in the Lowcountry
