As Hurricane Florence battered the United States last week, foodies found ways to persevere through the devastation. Big Bad Breakfast, one such Alabama-based eatery – featured in the USA edition of Truth, Love & Clean Cutlery – is offering a 20% discount to all Hurricane Florence evacuees at both of their Birmingham locations.

Elsewhere, in Charleston, Mike Ray and Ben Johnson, partners of restaurant and bar One Broad Street, held a ‘Hurricane Party’ as the storm approached. As well as drinks – Dark and Stormies – and dancing, customers could participate in trivia contests, board games and more. Several employees set up tents to stay overnight at the building, which was structurally reinforced as a result of shelling during the Civil War.

Ray, who held his first Hurricane Party during Hurricane Joaquin in 2015, tells The New Yorker that the idea stuck. “We were, like, Come down, have a cocktail, have a wine, ride it out. We added a few menu items based on whatever was laying around. And it caught fire. It’s never stopped. People still talk about it.”

Elsewhere in Charleston, James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and chef Nathalie Dupree and husband, historian Jack Bass, recall the dozens of hurricanes they’ve survived over the years. Usually, the couple make a special ‘hurricane soup’ featuring whatever ingredients are available. “I just clean out the freezers,” Dupree explains. “We’re just using up stuff here.”

News: Other things you need to know:

• Yotam Ottolenghi has released a new podcast called SIMPLE Pleasures, following the release of his new book SIMPLE. Each episode features Ottolenghi creating dishes from the book and discussing culture, travel and food with special guests, including Nigella Lawson.
• Speaking of Nigella, this month marks the 20th anniversary of the British chef's landmark cookbook How To Eat. The British chef was celebrated in The Times modelling autumn fashion.
• Season 5 of Chef’s Table returns to Netflix this month. The new season of the award-winning documentary series will feature, among others, Bo Songvisava of Bo.Lan, Bangkok, Sean Brock of Husk, Nashville and Asma Khan of Darjeeling Express, London.