Authors Lunch with Mary Martha Greene and Bren McClain in Conversation (Beaufort, SC)

Apr 15, 2025 @ 12pm - 2pm | Location: Belfair Clubhouse, 200 Belfair Oaks Blvd, Bluffton, SC, 29910

Apr 15, 2025 @ 12pm - 2pm
Location: Belfair Clubhouse, 200 Belfair Oaks Blvd, Bluffton, SC, 29910
Hosted by: USC-Beaufort Center for the Arts

Join us for an authors lunch with Mary Martha Greene, The Cheese Biscuit Queen Kiss My Aspic!, and Bren McClain, One Good Mama Bone.

Mary Martha Greene is back and serving up generous portions of fabulous Southern cooking and lively storytelling in this sequel to her best-selling book The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All. In this new book, Queen Mary Martha exclaims, "kiss my aspic!," and invites readers into her world of Southern hospitality. She tells the kinds of stories that some might wish were kept within the family and shares recipes just as juicy and delicious as the best gossip. Greene's real-life characters sparkle with humor and Southern charm.

If you come for the stories, you will certainly stay for the food. Organized by course, recipes include Shrimp Remoulade Deviled Eggs, Pride of the Pee Dee Chicken Bog, Chocolate Pound Cake with Pecan Fudge Icing, and Chatham Artillery Punch. Charmingly illustrated with vintage photographs and complete with a foreword by Cassandra King, author of Tell Me a Story: My Life with Pat Conroy, The Cheese Biscuit Queen, Kiss My Aspic! is the perfect addition to all kitchens celebrating food, family, friends, and Southern culture.

Mary Martha Greene is a South Carolina native and government relations consultant who perfected her entertaining skills for making friends and engaging clients during her forty-year career. The author of The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All: Southern Recipes, Sweet Remembrances, and a Little Rambunctious Behavior, she divides her time between Beaufort and Columbia, SC.

Bren McClain’s critically acclaimed debut novel, One Good Mama Bone, has been described as “Charlotte’s Web for grown-ups.” Bren has just completed her next novel, which is inspired by a South Carolina woman, who, in 1951, defied the federal government and refused to give a right-of-way to run a four-lane blacktop through her farm. The story is set against the backdrop of the building of the Savannah River Plant to manufacture the materials for the hydrogen bomb.

Tickets: $60

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Hosted by USC-Beaufort Center for the Arts.