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MY IMAGINATION BEGAN filling in the contours of Emily Meggett’s life story the minute I heard the rumors about a legendary South Carolina cook and her phenomenal red rice recipe 30 years ago.
African American woman. Descendant of the Gullah Geechees, a proud people who protect their cultural traditions from outsiders seeking to exploit their ancestral ways. Beloved by her community. Probably follows an old “receipt” passed down orally