{"id":85722,"date":"2020-02-17T22:16:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T04:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=85722"},"modified":"2020-02-17T22:16:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T04:16:51","slug":"elizabeth-warren-berthas-kitchen-and-yams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/elizabeth-warren-berthas-kitchen-and-yams\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Warren, Bertha\u2019s Kitchen and yams"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Seb Peltekian<\/strong>
\nMedill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. \u2014 We sat in Bertha\u2019s Kitchen, a soul food restaurant. Our food \u2014 corn, rice, glazed yams, and, in Nirmal\u2019s case, fried chicken \u2014 rested on trays in front of us.<\/p>\n

Bertha\u2019s Kitchen was honored with a James Beard Award in 2017. However, something told us that the reporters weren\u2019t there to cover the menu options.<\/p>\n

Looking up from our trays, we watched through the window as a van parked. The reporters descended upon the non-descript car, snapping photos and filming as if it was the most interesting van in the world.<\/p>\n

A slender woman wearing a bright blue shirt and running shoes stepped out of the car and entered the restaurant.<\/p>\n

The reporters huddled around her as she walked up to the counter and spoke with the employees. Some of them asked if they could take photos with her. She agreed.<\/p>\n

Sen. Elizabeth Warren then greeted us.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u201cCan I get a photo with you?\u201d Brandon asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cSure,\u201d the Democratic presidential candidate responded.<\/p>\n

Next was Nirmal\u2019s and then my turn to take famous Warren selfies.<\/p>\n

Warren sat down at another table behind us, ate cornbread, rice, yams, and spoke with the gentleman sitting there.<\/p>\n

She then circled around, visiting the few other tables and quickly exchanged words with the people seated at them.<\/p>\n

Our table was last.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe cleaned his whole plate,\u201d she said, pointing at Nirmal\u2019s empty tray.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good food, the yams were especially great,\u201d I told her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were perfect. Not too sweet and with just a pinch of cinnamon,\u201d Warren answered.<\/p>\n

Warren was in the Palmetto State to gain support, especially from the state\u2019s African-American Democratic voters (a large and highly sought after group). With the South Carolina primary only two weeks away, I\u2019m sure we would have like to ask Sen. Warren a hundred questions. But at least we got her to clarify her position on yams.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Sen. Elizabeth Warren dines at Bertha\u2019s Kitchen in North Charleston, South Carolina, in the lead up to the Feb. 29 Democratic primary. (Nirmal Mulaikal\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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