Peanuts are not only a versatile ingredient, but a popular snack as well, especially in peanut-growing regions like the American South. Peanuts show up all over the Southern culinary footprint, from ...

Boiled peanuts are a traditional and healthy snack food in many parts of the South. Most Southerners say that appreciation of boiled peanuts is an acquired taste, however, and not necessarily ...

If there's anything that makes me feel homesick, it's the scent of boiled peanuts. Although I grew up primarily outside the South, my family moved to Central Florida when I was in high school, and it ...

Hot summer is the perfect time for cool treats like popsicles and ice cream. But in South Carolina, soaring temperatures also mean it’s time for the state’s official snack: boiled peanuts. From ball ...

A bag of boiled peanuts from Lowcountry. Credit: Jessica Elizarraras A familiar smell wafted from an unknown source when we made it to Lowcountry’s opening night on November 25 of last year. Was my ...

WARNER ROBINS — Timmi Moore ducks into a sliver of shade to hide from the midmorning sun. But not too much. Passersby along this roasting strip of Middle Georgia roadway need to know she is open for ...

A Jacksonville gourmet boiled peanut entrepreneur closed his first brick-and-mortar restaurant last week slightly more than a year since it opened. Randeez Nutz Express, 14985 Old Saint Augustine Road ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tin Roof Columbia hosted its inaugural "Boil-Off" boiled peanut competition. The festivities started at noon on Saturday, with teams arriving as early as 6 a.m. to start cooking.

Timothy Grainger scoops up a pile of boiled peanuts and places them on a scale inside a bright orange trailer on Highway 61 in Charleston. Cars rush down the two-lane West Ashley thruway as he tips 4 ...