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We had 86 chefs, 441 gourmet dishes, four world-class chef/judges...and it took place in just three days, Iron Chef-style.

The Myrtle Beach Chapter of the American Culinary Federation had its seventh annual culinary competition Jan. 29-31. All the action, including photos of the chefs' dishes, can be found at:

http://www.myrtlebeachrestaurantnews.com/culinarycompetition.html

        There is a Web site in Myrtle Beach at MyrtleBeachRestaurantNews.com that gives daily news about the area's some 2,000 restaurants. A new feature of the site is a discussion board called "Ask the Chefs."

Several of Myrtle Beach's finest chefs participate, and they each check in at least a couple times a week to answer people's cooking questions. One of the most active chefs is Tim Head, ...

Coming to Myrtle Beach for New Year's Eve? This link lists some parties and other festivities:

http://www.myrtlebeachrestaurantnews.com/newyearseveparties.html

Each year Croissants Bakery & Cafe has special Saturday morning Breakfast with Santa events. The first one was Dec. 8, and two more are scheduled for Dec. 15 and 22. They start at 9:30 a.m. and cost $12 per person.

The breakfast is a buffet with French toast, quiche, bacon, sausage and lots and lots of Croissants' incredible baked goods. The price includes a ...

If you're coming to Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving and would like to enjoy Thanksgiving Day dinner at a restaurant, you can go to the following Web site for some fine recommendations:

 http://www.myrtlebeachrestaurantnews.com/thanksgivingmeals.html

This is the view of Surfside Pier from a restaurant called Latitude 22.

Surfside Beach, which is just south of Myrtle Beach, is a quiet little community known as a family beach. Each year on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend they hold a festival full of old-timey family fun.

 This year's events on Sept. 1 include:

 8 a.m., volleyball tournament, on the beach at 1st Avenue South.

1 p.m., sand sculpture ...

Van Mixson shook up the American culinary world in 2006 when, as a 22-year-old, he took first place at the most prestigious culinary competition in South Carolina. This year he defied the odds and dumbfounded certified chefs more than twice his age by winning the second year in a row.

Mixson is a banquet chef at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, ...

We're a seafood sort of town, so let's talk about the two seafood market/restaurants we have in the Myrtle Beach city limits.

Beside U.S. 17 Bypass at 21st Avenue North we have Phillips Seafood Market, which opens daily starting at 10 a.m. It's tucked off to the side of the bigger main Phillips Seafood restaurant that's open for dinner.

Presiding over this market since it ...

When NASCAR Café opened here in Myrtle Beach a little more than 10 years ago, I remember saying then I was extremely impressed with their food quality. During the ensuing decade my family has visited there several times, and we've never had a disappointing meal.

In 1997 H&C Racing of Knoxville operated the restaurant, but in 2006 a Baltimore-based developer called The Cordish Company took it ...

Shrimp and grits may be an upscale Carolina coastal dish these days, but it always has been and always will be a staple in most any Southern cook's comfort food collection.

Back when "creek boys" spent their days angling for fresh seafood, many a coastal family's protein included a lot of shrimp. Sometimes they ate it three times a day, which is why a bowl of ...