To celebrate the Local Palate’s fiftieth issue, we rounded up a list of our fifty most popular recipes.They’re a combination of staff favorites, social media darlings, and the most visited recipes on thelocalpalate.com.
For Your Sweet Tooth
Strawberry Filled Cake with Fresh Strawberry Buttercream
One of the first recipes to come out of TLP’s test kitchen, these gingerbread cookies are our most popular Pinterest recipe, with more than 4,700 repins.
Melt-In-Your-Mouth Sweet Potato Pie
In five and a half years we’ve collected countless variations of chocolate chess pie recipes, but our readers prefer this one above all others.
Peninsula Grill’s Ultimate Coconut Cake
Chocolate Whoopie Pies with Mint Ice Cream
We put a Southern spin on the classic French dessert.
Favorites From the Bar
The perfect rum beach-sipper.
An easy, low-alcohol spritz for day drinking.
Mrs. Wilson’s Rosemary Lemonade
This non-alcoholic beverage is so popular with our Pinterest followers we couldn’t not add it to the list.
Small Bites, Salads, and Sides
Six simple ingredients plus a pinch of salt is all it takes to make this popular salad from TLP’s Pinterest board.
Peaches in Prosciutto Over Lemony Ricotta and Herb Salad
Grilled Peach, Red Onion, Goat Cheese, and Pecan Spinach Salad
Collard Dolmades with Sweet Potato Yogurt
Blackberry Farm Pimento Cheese
Don’t even think about tossing out those watermelon rinds this summer.
Date, Pecan, and Bacon Cheese Ball with Curried Peach Preserves
Pimento Stuffed Carolina Gold Rice Balls
“A Field Guide to Field Peas” is thelocalpalate.com’s all-time most viewed article.
Everything Crab
Our readers and social media followers have such a weakness for recipes with crab, we felt it deserved its own category.
Batter-Fried Hard-Shell Blue Crab
With almost 10,000 views, this spicy, fried treat from Charleston, South Carolina chef Frank Lee is thelocalpalate.com’s most popular recipe.
Blue Crab Soup with Spring Onions and Corn
Main Dishes
Braised Red Curry Beef Banh Mi Sandwiches with Pickled Vegetables
Sandwiches get a lot of love on our Pinterest board, but this bad boy from Charleston, South Carolina’s Bon Banh Mi got the most repins with nearly 500.
Head-On Gulf Shrimp with Lima Beans, Cornbread, and Buttermilk Aioli
Shrimp and Grits with Belle’s Sausage Gravy
There’s no way this Southern staple wasn’t making the list.
Feast & Forest Chicken Pot Pie
Cauliflower “Chicken” Fried Steak
Texans would call this dish sacrilege, but this vegetarian option found its way near the top of our most-viewed recipes on thelocalpalate.com.
“Spiced with curry and aromatics, country captain is a fragrant stewed chicken served with rice and studded with raisins, slivered almonds, and other condiments. Its origin story is murky, but the dish has long been associated with Charleston and Savannah.”
Leftover Turkey Pot Pie with Roasted Vegetables and Granny’s Biscuit Topping
The Sweet Treats in Charleston 
Bourbon Goes in More Than Just a Glass 
Emeril’s Crawfish 
It’s Pie Time You Got to Baking 