6-22-12: The Flavors of Smith Island

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Beginning in the 1950s, Frances Kitching operated a restaurant and inn on Smith Island that she went on to run for 25 years.  In 1981, Ms. Kitching and the writer Susan Stiles Dowell published a cookbook that brought the cuisine of Smith Island, including its famous ten-layer cake, to a wider public.  Mrs. Kitching’s Smith Island Cookbook has just been published in a 30th anniversary re-print. 

Susan Stiles Dowell talks with Tom Hall about her experience on Smith Island.