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Vit Goal Tofu

Text and photos by Evan Hatch Vit Goal Tofu Restaurant is elusive. The restaurant is situated around two corners, up a hidden drive, at the end of a nondescript strip mall, hidden behind a Big Lots that is difficult to access. Though centrally located minutes from I-40, near the crossroads of NC 54 and Hwy 55 in Durham,… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, New South, Uncategorized Tagged With: Durham, Kimchi, Korean, Pickles, vegetarian

El Restaurante Ixtapa

Text and images by Sol Weiner On a recent lunch break, fellow NC FOLKer Evan Hatch insisted that we go to El Restaurante Ixtapa in downtown Hillsborough. I’ve been hearing friends talk for months about Ixtapa’s no-frills combination of surf-and-turf options typical of Guerrero-style Mexican food. As Latino migration to North Carolina continues to grow,… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, New South, Uncategorized Tagged With: Hillsborough NC, Mexican food, Orange County

A Gift from the Cake Lady

Text and images by Evan Hatch I just left Tommy and Adell Coley’s house in Baptist Grove, near Fuquay Varina, North Carolina. I interviewed Mrs. Coley for a folklife field study that NC Folk is conducting for the Harnett County Arts Council.  Adell is the first of almost 30 area artists and tradition bearers to… Read More →

Filed Under: Eastern NC, Food, Uncategorized Tagged With: cake, Coley, dessert, gift, Harnett

Art of the Lowrider

Artwork by Ruben Olmos and Corona. Text and images by Evan Hatch.   Great lowrider vehicles draw attention. They capture the spectator’s eye with chromed detailing, art work, super-active hydraulics, audio systems, and tricked-out interiors. The Lowyalty Car Club, based out of Burlington, North Carolina, is home to some of the most creative and driven… Read More →

Filed Under: Musings, NC Field, Tradition Bearers, Uncategorized Tagged With: cars, corona, lowrider, material culture, Ruben Olmos

The Great Pumpkin Diaries

Text by Frances Dowell. Images by Randi Byrd. 240 lbs of gypsum, 80 lbs of lime, 50 lbs of kelp meal, 50 lbs of very well-aged chicken manure, and 30 lbs of bone meal went into the patch today. —Randi Byrd’s Facebook page, March 19, 2016   Every year Randi Byrd prepares the soil, chooses… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Food, Uncategorized Tagged With: Byrd, heirloom, patch, pumpkin, Randi, seed, serial

Finding Festival Food in Vanceboro

Photos and Images by Leanne E. Smith The Vanceboro Strawberry Festival & Rescue Day celebrates its namesake fruit, but it is also a fundraiser and outreach event for the Vanceboro Rescue Squad.  The town has a population of around 1,000 people, and it is centrally located between several other Eastern NC towns, being about 26… Read More →

Filed Under: Eastern NC, Food, Uncategorized Tagged With: Barbecue, community, East, festival, fundraiser, North Carolina, Strawberries, Vanceboro

Saltbox Seafood Joint

Text and photos by Monique LaBorde I’ve visited Saltbox Seafood Joint three times in the past year, but I only recently made it there in time to eat. Saltbox opens at 11am and cooks seafood until they run out, which is usually around 5 p.m. On a busy day, Saltbox can run out of their… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Uncategorized Tagged With: Durham, Five Points, lunch, Saltbox, Seafood

The Pit

The Pit BBQ in Durham, across from the famed Motorco, is part of the new Durham–a Durham of renovation and reinvention. The Pit is the perfect example of a business taking the traditions of a city steeped in Southern history, and presenting them with a modern aesthetic to a new generation. The Pit is gleaming… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, New South, Uncategorized Tagged With: Barbecue, BBQ, cheese, Durham, macaroni, Okra, Pit, Tea

Allen and Son Bar-B-Que

Text and Photos by Lauren Fulcher and Monique Laborde In the big cities of NC, it’s easy to forget that you’re in the south. Especially in college towns like Chapel Hill, it’s hard to find authentic southern cooking. If you drive out though just a few miles from Franklin Street, there’s a little place called… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Uncategorized Tagged With: Allen and Son, Barbecue, BBQ, Chapel Hill, Pig, Potato

First Local Berries of the Season

By Ray Linville Finding locally grown strawberries is a sure sign that spring has arrived. As I was driving in the Monkey Junction area of Wilmington on the last weekend in March, I noticed a berry stand that had been closed for months was open. North Carolina, the third largest producer of strawberries in the… Read More →

Filed Under: Destinations, Food, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized Tagged With: agriculture, Got to Be NC, New Hanover County, Pender County, Ray Linville, Strawberries, Wilmington

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