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First Gentleman Davis promos new cookbook celebrating Furman’s bicentennial

First Gentleman Charles Davis speaks about upcoming cookbook. Photo: FOX Carolina

Last updated September 24, 2025

By Tina Underwood


Furman University First Gentleman Charles Davis is calling all cooks to submit recipes for a new cookbook that celebrates the university’s bicentennial. He joined FOX Carolina’s “Access Carolina” and host Margaret Burnquist to talk about the collection of favorite recipes that will become the second cookbook Davis has launched since he arrived at Furman with President Elizabeth Davis in 2014. “In the Kitchen with Furman: Celebrating 200 Years” is accepting recipes and the stories that go with them from faculty, staff, students and friends of the university. Davis also demonstrated a Texas Caviar recipe a friend shared with him during his time in the Lone Star State.

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