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Recipes

Asian Greens at the Market

Trend: Asian Veggies at North Carolina Farmers’ Markets This spring you might notice a few new faces at your local farmers’ market. Sure you’ll see spinach, arugula, eggs, and asparagus, but tucked in between these market mainstays you might also notice bok choy, yu choy, tatsoi, mizuna, even Japanese eggplant. These Asian varieties have begun… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Food, New South, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: Asian Greens, bok choy, Ever Laughter Farm, Farmer Will Cramer, farmers market, Gand Asia, Hillsborough NC, Japanese eggplant, Lantern, Li Ming's Global Mart, Matt Lardie, mizuna, Orange County, Stir-Fried Asian Greens with Garlic and Ginger, tatsoi, yu choy

February is NC Sweet Potato Month!

Sweet Potatoes ‘R’ Us Just how important is the sweet potato in the NC swing of things? Well, not only does it have a 501(c)3 charitable foundation and a newsletter, it has its own blog. I’m hard pressed to think of another vegetable that can make such a claim. The sweet potato is the official… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Food, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: All Saint's Episcopal Churchwomen, Concore NC, Frances Dowell, NC Potato Commission, NC Sweet Potato Month, Snow Hill NC, Spencer the sweet potato, The Churchmouse Cookbook

Burns Day: A Time to Celebrate Scottish Food Traditions in North Carolina

by Ray Linville Where in North Carolina is Scottish food celebrated, and when can you find authentic Scottish food in our state? Travel no farther than to the multi-county Sandhills where many residents still celebrate Scottish heritage, particularly today – known to many as Burns Day in honor of the birth of Scottish poet Robert… Read More →

Filed Under: Destinations, Food, Recipes, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized Tagged With: Burns Day, Grandfather Mountain, haggis, Highland Games, Irn-Bru, Laurinburg, Robert Burns, Scotland County, Southern Pines, St. Andrews Society of North Carolina, Triad

Moravian Cookies

Here’s part two of our peek inside just one of our NC communities rich in tasty traditions. We hope your holidays are filled with sugar and spice and all things nice! Best, Joy & Deborah ___________________________________________ Moravian Cookies by Matthew Lardie Chances are you’ve tasted, or at least seen, the thin, ginger-snap-like cookies that show… Read More →

Filed Under: Destinations, Food, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: Edna Spach, Matt Lardie, Moravian cookies, Old Salem, Pearl Edwards, The Old Salem Museum & Gardens Cookbook, The Shops at Old Salem, Trinity Moravian Church, Winston-Salem NC

Christ the King Moravian Sugar Cake

From Murphy to Manteo, our state is a ribbon-wrapped highway where almost all roads lead to a tasteful discovery. Sharing the stories behind both well-known and hidden treasures, our NCFood blog invites you along with us on a tasting journey. With the holiday season well upon us, we thought our sweetest gift to you would… Read More →

Filed Under: Food, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: Christ the King Church, Durham NC, Frances Dowell, Love Feasts, Matt Lardie, Moravian Sugar Cake, The Shops at Old Salem

Welcome to the Table

Are you a closet chowhound with a passion for our state’s culinary history? A connoisseur of little country cafes, old recipes, and backyard barbecues? Do you turn every road trip into a chance to learn more history, and also a chance to find a new local delicacy or a great new restaurant? If you answered… Read More →

Filed Under: Destinations, Food, General, Products, Recipes, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: NC culinary history, NC Food

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