More than $30,000 was raised for the Hiwassee River Heritage Center during the 11th Annual International Cowpea Festival’s Cook-off, held on Saturday, Sept. 9, in Charleston, surpassing previous amounts collected
Café Roma’s Chef Cody Headrick’s white chicken chili, a savory blend of purple hull peas, hot sauce, whole kernel sweet corn and red pepper, won the International Cowpea Festival’s Cook-off,
Each year, the International Cowpea Festival and Cook-off organizers come up with a theme for the event. In the past it has been Three-PEA-eat, YipPEA, and even Holy COWPEA. This