ISSUE 51, BLACK CULINARY HISTORY, Part 5: Romeo Govan, the Life of a Gullah Country Cook
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ROMEO GOVAN (1843-1915) For the first decade and a half of the twentieth century no Gullah caterer in South Carolina rivaled Romeo Govan for the finesse of his fish cookery and the pungency of his story-telling. Whenever public men wanted to party outdoors, Romeo Govan would be contracted, and whether a fishing expedition on the islands, a barbecue at a lake, a militia encampment, or civic anniversary, his cauldron and grills would be trucked to the site so he could perform his magic. He became so famous, the public men came to him.
ISSUE 51, BLACK CULINARY HISTORY, Part 5: Romeo Govan, the Life of a Gullah Country Cook
ISSUE 51, BLACK CULINARY HISTORY, Part 5…
ISSUE 51, BLACK CULINARY HISTORY, Part 5: Romeo Govan, the Life of a Gullah Country Cook
ROMEO GOVAN (1843-1915) For the first decade and a half of the twentieth century no Gullah caterer in South Carolina rivaled Romeo Govan for the finesse of his fish cookery and the pungency of his story-telling. Whenever public men wanted to party outdoors, Romeo Govan would be contracted, and whether a fishing expedition on the islands, a barbecue at a lake, a militia encampment, or civic anniversary, his cauldron and grills would be trucked to the site so he could perform his magic. He became so famous, the public men came to him.