Mable Clarke will host a one-day fish fry to raise funds the fix storm damage to the histoically Black Soapstone Baptist Church in Pickens. She stepped away from the popular ...

THAN 20 YEARS AT THE OLDEST BLACK CHURCH IN THE UPSTATE HAS NOW COME TO AN END. SOAPSTONE CHURCH IS NOT ONLY KNOWN FOR ITS RICH HISTORY, BUT ITS FISH FRIES THAT HAVE BROUGHT IN MONEY NEEDED TO ...

We’ve been covering the traditional fish fry put on by Soapstone Church for years. Now the church matriarch’s dream of owning a food truck has become reality.

The fish fry sustained Soapstone until 2020 when a new bank bought the church’s mortgage and called the outstanding $50,000 loan due. By this point, Soapstone had nine members, all related in ...

Chef Mable Owens Clarke previews a fish fry on Saturday and the oldest Black church in Upstate South Carolina that it’s supporting. Find a link for tickets in our As Seen On section.

Motondi was born in Tabaka, Kisii, the home of one of Kenya’s oldest traditional handcraft industries and the renowned center for soapstone. When he was younger, making models of fish, birds ...