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New South

Pruning Peach Orchards: A Lifetime Skill and Dedication

by Ray Linville Nothing says spring like the arrival of flower blossoms, particularly in the Sandhills and eastern North Carolina with blooms on acres and acres of peach trees. Many in North Carolina believe that our state’s peaches are the best (they’re right) and that peaches are native to the South (they’re wrong). Cultivated in… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Eastern NC, New South, Products, Uncategorized Tagged With: agriculture, Got to Be NC, Moore County, peach, Ray Linville, Sandhills, Triad, Triangle

Stan’s Pimento Cheese

by Evan Hatch Stan’s is one of those North Carolina answers. Like Duke’s. And Sweet. And “Yes I want slaw on that.” The question is, “What is the bestest pimento cheese ever?” It is rich. It is mayonnaisey. It is so creamy. It is from Burlington. I have not always taken a lot of pride… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Eastern NC, Food, New South, Products, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Burlington NC, Department of American Studies in Folklore at UNC-Chapel Hill, Emily Wallace, Evan Hatch, It Was There for Work: Pimento Cheese in the Carolina Piedmont, Stan's Pimento Cheese

Making Mac and Cheese Better with N.C. Mountain Cheese

by Ray Linville What’s the most important ingredient in macaroni and cheese? Except for the love that the preparer personally adds, is one item more important than anything else? The questions may seem frivolous because today the recipe at home can be quite simple – unless you’re Thomas Jefferson, who was so consumed with serving… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, New South, Products, Recipes, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: agriculture, Ashe County, Ashley Christensen, cheese, Chef James Hemins, dairy, farmers market, Got to Be NC, Jeff Lee, macaroni, Ray Linville

North Carolina’s Official State Symbols That Taste Good, Part 2

by Deborah Miller These are the things that keep me up at night. I’m an unashamed “wonderer.”  My friends all laugh at me when I’d ask “those” questions.  You know, “why are some raindrops big and some little?” and “who ever figured out how to eat an artichoke in the first place?”  Yes, they’d even… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Eastern NC, Food, New South, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Deborah Miller, North Carolina’s Official State Symbols

Old Havana Sandwich Shop

by Evan Hatch The Old Havana Sandwich Shop faces Main Street in downtown  Durham, North Carolina. Business and life partners Elizabeth Turnbull and Roberto Copa Matos surely pinched themselves when they first saw the limestone edifice that became their restaurant.  Arched porticoes, vaulted windows and polished wood floors lend this space a warm and historic… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, New South, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cuban cuisine, Durham NC, Elizabeth Turnbull, Evan Hatch, Old Havana Sandwich Shop, Roberto Copa Matos, Salsa dancing, Saludos Compay

A Food Sisterhood Flourishes in North Carolina, and then some

Just in case you weren’t paying attention, North Carolina got some seriously good props this week from the New York Times. The North Carolina Food Sisterhood, to be exact, and it’s a nice change from all the athletic and political press we’ve grown used to. We’ve always been an agricultural state and women have long… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, New South, Products, Restaurants, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: A Food Sisterhood Flourishes in North Carolina, Andrea Reusing, April McGregor, Ashley Christensen, Eliza MacLean, Jennifer Curtis, Katie Button, Kim Severson, Marcie Cohen Ferris, Margaret Gifford, Phoebe Lawless, Vivian Howard

Happy Thanksgiving!

by Deborah Miller The holidays seem to turn the nostalgia dial up to eleven for many of us, especially when it comes to food.  We find comfort in the familiarity of the menu and we want them prepared the exact same way we had them at our table.  I certainly wouldn’t put my mother’s green… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Eastern NC, Food, New South, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: cultural foodways, Deborah Miller, food folklore, Michael W. Twitty, Thanksgiving traditions

Van Loi II. Heaven.

by Evan Hatch My parents used to live in Graham, North Carolina. The burgs of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham were cultural destinations. Only 20 minutes down the road were concerts, exotic food, funky places to drop money, a better selection of cheeses. In July, 2014, my parents moved to Whitsett, North Carolina. Only 20… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, New South, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Chinese BBQ, Evan Hatch, Greensboro NC, Pho, Van Loi II, Vietnamese Restaurant in NC

Mobile Food for the Literati

By Ray Linville Where do you go for food when you’re at a literary festival on a weekend and the places open on weekdays are closed? When the N.C. Literary Festival was held this year in Raleigh, the answers to feed the hungry public were food trucks. The festival drew thousands to author readings and… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, New South, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Centennial Campus, Charlotte, Durham, festival, food, menu, mobile, N.C. State University, Raleigh, Ray Linville, rodeo, Triad, Triangle, truck, Twitter, Wilmington

A Different Taste of Life

by Malinda Dunlap Fillingim Recently, I was able to participate in a Burmese feast. Students and others brought dishes representing the rich cuisine of the Burmese people. I delighted in the best sticky rice I have ever eaten, enjoyed sugary potatoes, drank something I think was coconut based, and consumed foods with layered textures. This… Read More →

Filed Under: Eastern NC, Food, New South, Uncategorized Tagged With: Brunswick Stew, Burmese, Karen refugees, Malinda Dunlap Fillingim

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