User talk:Sallie Robinson

''Celebrity chef, television personality, and cookbook author Sallie Ann Robinson is six-generation native of Daufuskie Island,South Carolina, renowned for her culinary expertise, entertaining persentation, and knowledge of Southeastern United States Gullah culture.

Robinson has maintained a notable presence on national television and in popular magazines for more than a decade. Her television appearance have been many and include the December 2008 pilt for Georgia Public Broadcasting's Dixie Divas in the kitchen. She has has also made guest appearences on such noted programs as The QVC Show, The 700 Club, CN8's Your Morning Show, and The Food Network. In addition to her high visibility as a recognized television personalitity, Robinson has been freguent favorite subject of magazines and newspaper journalist. Some have profile her as an author while others have focused on her ongoing efforts to preserve the legacy of the Gullah culture. Articles showcasing her life and work have been presented in such publication as: The 2005 Old Farmer's Almanac; Southern Living(April 2005 and Sept 2004); National Geographic (Dec 1987); (2004); Hilton Head Monthly (May 2008); The South Magazine (Oct-Nov 2006) and in the Garden and Guns (2009).

Ironically, Robinson first attained national prominence as a charater named Ethel, one of the students portrayed in famed author Pat Conroy,s novel, The water Is Wide. Since its publication in 1972, the novel has inspired stage adaptation as well as two major movies productions, all of them helping to introduce the world via her fictional alter ego. Additionally, portraits of members of Robinson's family, including her grandmother, Louvinia Robinson,are featured in Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe's 1982 book Daufuskie Island: Aphotographic Essay. Moutoussayy-Ash's title can be compared to work by the late Savannah photographer Jack Leigh, and like his, it successfully documented a unique culture at a time of important historical transitionals.

In 2003,the University of North Carolina published Robinson's first book, Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way. The successfully combined sea island recipes with personal memoirs and drew critical praise from diverse reviewers. Publisher Weekly noted the following: "This book honors a love of her childhood and her family, and that love is interwined with food. Introducing most recipes are reminiscences of loading the wood stove, trips to the store across the water, fishing for sheepheads, washing clothes on washboard and cooking "long pots' (slow-cooked meals)." And PW Daily for Booksellers observed that, Robinson shared her memories and recipes from a culture and a place outside the normal realm of everyday American and provides a provocative glimpse of a time gone by..Beautiful photographs..."

The University of North Carolina Press followed up on the success of Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie way with the publication of Robinson's Cooking the Gullah Way Morning, Noon and Night in 2007. Once again, critics and readers alike praised the author,for the storytelling quality of memoir in the book, the authenticity of the tasty result achieved when trying them.

Robinson works with other native on the Daufuskie Island Day Celebration,which is observered on every fouth Saturday in June. The event has become an annual one that pays tribute to the history, customs,dialect, and distinct culture of the island natives. Similarly, Robinson also works as a Gullah tour guide on Daufuskie Island sharing facts and true feeling about a unique place dear to her heart since June 2008.The tour might be described as edutainment that allows partcipants to enjoy a boat ride from either Hilton Head or Savannah to the island. The tour of the Island itself consists of visits to Robinson's former dwelling, island churches, schools, a library, museum,and the beach providing a rare and yet comprehensive experience of the Gullah culture. Robinson does a cooking/tasting demostration at Honey Horn sometime monthly or bi-monthly on third Wednesday of the month. On occassion Robinson enjoys volunteering for events and if you would like a Down Home Gullah meal she can do you up a cook book lunch, dinner or private party. And when that's not enough for Robinson to do she is a Certified Nursing Assisting (CNA).Sallie Robinson (talk) 07:52, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Sallie Ann RobinsonSallie Robinson (talk) 02:45, 5 January 2010 (UTC)