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Deborah Miller

Big Oak Drive In & BBQ

by Deborah Miller A long weekend on Emerald Isle was in the works and as visions of sun, sand, and seafood swam in my imagination, a light bulb moment pushed through the haze of vacation anticipation. NC Food was about to publish a guest post by John E. Batchelor, author of Chefs of the Coast: Restaurants… Read More →

Filed Under: Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, Products, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Big Oak Drive Inn, Deborah Miller, Salter Path NC, shrimp burger

La Cacerola Home Style Honduran

by Deborah Miller If you weren’t paying attention, you’d almost miss La Cacerola Café and Restaurant, tucked as it is between the Latino Super Market and Guess Road Mini Mart. The three of us were celebrating a special date, and no ordinary lunch would do for this occasion. Though rescheduled from the actual anniversary date,… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Deborah Miller, Ethel Mariee Sorto, Honduran cuisine, Honduran food, La Cacerola, pupusas, Randolfo Sorto, Rosa Godoy

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

North Carolina’s Official State Symbols That Taste Good, Part 1

by Deborah Miller Every state has its official list of chosen symbols. We all know, or should know, that our State Bird is the Cardinal and State Tree is the Dogwood. But why, and how, do such random things like dog, reptile, and even dance become official? In case you just moved to the Tar… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Eastern NC, Food, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Blueberries, Deborah Miller, milk, NC State Symbols, Strawberries, sweet potatoes

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

Halgo

by Deborah Miller (with tasty comments from Joy Salyers) Joy surely wasn’t looking for a European Deli and Grocery while Googling (it’s a word now, right?) for something else.  It was one of those happy accidents. From the corner came “Deborah!  We’ve got to go here!” and I knew there was another adventure in our… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Products, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Deborah Miller, Durham NC, Halgo European Deli & Grocery, Pierogi

THE Perfect Plate of Barbecue

by Elijah Gaddis Somewhere high on my list of favorite conversations is the one about a favorite plate of barbecue. It’s kind of like picking a fantasy team, I imagine. You dream up some alternative world where somehow your favorite meat, fried corn product, slaw, and those all too rare sides could somehow coexist on… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, Restaurants, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized Tagged With: Allen and Sons in Chapel Hill, Barbecue, Barbeque, Bill's BBQ, Blackbeard's in Conetoe, Deborah Miller, Elijah Gaddis, Gary's in Wayne County, Grady's BBQ, NC BBQ, Parker's BBQ, Skylight BBQ, Stamey's in Greensboro, Wilber's BBQ

A Taste of Home, One Memory at a Time

by Deborah Miller Mother’s Day is bittersweet. For all intents and purposes, I’ve already lost my Mom. She is 5 years into dementia and no longer remembers who I am. She imagines she loves me. She even says so sometimes, just like she tells everyone she encounters from staff to stranger.  She used to hug… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Food, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: Deborah Miller, luscious lemon pie, Mudhens

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!

by Deborah Miller Daddy was a traveling salesman. As regional sales director for Blue Cross/Blue Shield in the late 50’s/early ‘60’s, he drove all over North Carolina trying to sign up companies for a new plan called “group insurance.” He was gone a lot, and often late for dinner, but he was still the guy… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Food, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: chicken pie, Deborah Miller, Elkin NC, First Baptis Church, Peggy Snow. Hugs From The Kitchen

North Carolina Blueberries

by Deborah Miller I didn’t actually GO blueberry picking with Joy Salyers and Elijah Gaddis, but I heard all about it and got to enjoy the bounty.  Heck, I don’t even know where they went. But that Monday, I came into work to find a large container on my desk filled almost to overflowing. So… Read More →

Filed Under: Food, Products, Uncategorized Tagged With: Blueberries, Deborah Miller, Elijah Gaddis, Harold Huntington, Joy Salyers, NC Blueberry Council, Pender County NC

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