Signature Tastes of Charleston

Do you remember enjoying a meal at that famous restaurant, and wishing you could get the recipe for it? Or visiting a city for the first time, and eating at that cute little café that everyone raved about? Well now, you literally have your cake and eat it too. Or at least the recipe for the cake.The Signature Tastes of Charleston captures the actual recipes from the restaurants that define the culinary tastes, as well as trivia and facts, about the city. With almost 70 recipes from every corner...from the Slightly North of Broad Oyster Stew, to the famous Black Cat burger at Poe's , these are the restaurants and signature recipes that define the Holy City.Blue Crab Butterbean SoupHigh Cotton 199 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 29401Ingredients for Soup2 C. Yellow Squash, medium chop1 Large Red Bell Pepper, small chop1 Large White Onion, small chop1 1/2 C. Cooked Butterbeans or Lima Beans, blanched1/2 lb Smoked Sausage, medium chop1 Fresh Jalapeno, minced1 Tbsp Garlic, minced1 Tbsp Creole SeasoningTabasco, to tasteSalt, to taste4 C. Chicken Stock3 Tbsp Butter1 lb Picked Blue CrabMethod for Topping:1. Sauté the 1 pound of blue crab in butter with a pinch of parsley, lemon, and salt and pepper to taste.2. Divide evenly amongst the bowls and garnish with a pinch of cornbread crumbles and cup chopped scallions.Method for Soup:1. In a medium pot, melt Butter.2. Add squash, red pepper, onion and jalapeño.3. Sauté for 5 minutes.4. Add sausage, beans, garlic and Creole seasoning.5. Simmer 5 minutes.6. Add stock and salt, season to taste.7. Simmer 30 minutes.