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SALLIE ANN ROBINSON STORY

Native Gullah Tour Guide 2019--

Pat Conroy and Sallie A. Robinson 1968/69--2016

Pat Conroy and Sallie A. Robinson 1968/69--2016

Tour Bus Guide

As a sixth generation native I enjoy sharing the history of a time gone by but not forgotten. This gives me great joy.   

Pat Conroy and Sallie A. Robinson 1968/69--2016

Pat Conroy and Sallie A. Robinson 1968/69--2016

Pat Conroy and Sallie A. Robinson 1968/69--2016

      My Teacher and A Friend

Pat Conroy was my teacher when I was in the sixth grade. He taught me many things I appreciate today and miss him dearly after his death in 2016.

My Gullah House

Pat Conroy and Sallie A. Robinson 1968/69--2016

Sallie A Robinson in Oprah Magazine July/August 2020

         Famous Gullah House

This is one of numerous Gullah homes on Daufuskie Island built around 1830-40.  I reside here today.

Sallie A Robinson in Oprah Magazine July/August 2020

Sallie A Robinson in Oprah Magazine July/August 2020

Sallie A Robinson in Oprah Magazine July/August 2020

During the shutdown because of COVID 19. A writer from Ophrah's magazine made her way to Daufuskie Island and road on her Gullah tour and saw the need to help tell Salli Ann Robinson story of being raised on a small Island, left for education and other means. She has return to help cleanup and fixup the Gullah areas and live the rest of her life giving back as much as possible.

Sallie and Sarah Molton 2003

Sallie A Robinson in Oprah Magazine July/August 2020

Sallie and Sarah Molton 2003

Sallie Ann and Sarah Molton are good friends and still touch bases with each other on occasion. 

Sallie and Andrew Zimmerman 2010

Sallie A Robinson in Oprah Magazine July/August 2020

Sallie and Sarah Molton 2003

T.V Personality

Andrew Zimmerman and crew filmed a show for Bazaar Food on Daufuskie in 2010. The show was in his top 20 best shows out of thousands of shows he did worldwide.

Sallie Ann Robinson's Cookbooks

Sallie Ann Robinson's Cookbooks

Sallie Ann Robinson's Cookbooks

In 2003, the University of North Carolina Press published Robinson’s first book, Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way. The book successfully combined sea island recipes with personal memoir and drew critical praise from diverse reviewers. Publication of her second cookbook, Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon, and Night, followed in 20

In 2003, the University of North Carolina Press published Robinson’s first book, Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way. The book successfully combined sea island recipes with personal memoir and drew critical praise from diverse reviewers. Publication of her second cookbook, Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon, and Night, followed in 2007. Once again, critics and readers alike praised the author for the storytelling quality of memoir in the book, the authenticity of the recipes, and the tasty results achieved when trying them. Her third cookbook, Sallie Ann Robinson’s Kitchen: Food & Family Lore from the Lowcountry, a collection of 100 new recipes, was released in September of 2019 by University of Florida. Chef Robinson conducts cooking demos locally and nationally (in 2011 she was the featured guest chef at The Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.), conducts tours/lectures about the history of Daufuskie Island and caters for private functions. 


The Pat Conroy Connection

Sallie Ann Robinson's Cookbooks

Sallie Ann Robinson's Cookbooks

Chef Robinson first attained national prominence as a character named Ethel (based on real-life events), one of the students portrayed in famed author Pat Conroy’s novel, The Water Is Wide. Since its publication in 1972, the novel has inspired stage adaptations as well as two major movie productions. Pat Conroy wrote the foreword to Salli

Chef Robinson first attained national prominence as a character named Ethel (based on real-life events), one of the students portrayed in famed author Pat Conroy’s novel, The Water Is Wide. Since its publication in 1972, the novel has inspired stage adaptations as well as two major movie productions. Pat Conroy wrote the foreword to Sallie Ann's first cookbbook and was a dear friend and mentor since the day he was her sixth grade teacher. This historic schoolhouse is a stop on the tour. Sallie Ann is a contributor author to the book Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy.

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