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Ray Linville

Would You Order Livermush at a Classic Family Diner?

by Ray Linville Want to step back in time and explore early food traditions of our state? Then stop at a family-owned diner that has been in business for more than 50 years. When you do, expect to find items on the menu that link back to days long ago. The menu boards immediately caught… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Anson County, cafeteria, Charlotte, diner, festival, food, foodways, livermush, Livermush Expo, Livermush Festival, meat, menu, Piedmont, protein, Ray Linville, vegetable, Wadesboro

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

Learning About Cheese Making (and Feeding a Baby Goat)

by Ray Linville To watch cheese being made, taste some artisan cheese samples, and take home a package or two, I headed to the Blue Ridge area of our state to travel part of the Western North Carolina Cheese Trail. Little did I expect to be bottle-feeding a day-old baby goat. Within minutes after arriving… Read More →

Filed Under: Destinations, Food, Products, Recipes, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: agriculture, cheese, cheese trail, dairy, farm, farmers market, goat, Got to Be NC, Ray Linville, sustainable agriculture

Mountain Trout Is N.C. Good

by Ray Linville Imagine fishing in a fast-flowing, rocky mountain stream and reeling in trout for dinner. Such experiences have always been part of the food culture in the Blue Ridge region, whether for the Cherokee with prehistoric ties to its hills and streams or the families who settled there after the Trail of Tears… Read More →

Filed Under: Destinations, Food, Recipes, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: agriculture, aquaculture, Blue Ridge, Cherokee, farm, farmers market, fish, Got to Be NC, Haywood County, heritage tourism, Mountain, Ray Linville, trout, wildlife

Foods Made in N.C. Often Continue Family Traditions

by Ray Linville Have you ever wandered through a festival that showcases the best flavors and tastes of North Carolina? Imagine attending an event that highlights the best of N.C. agriculture and celebrates specialty foods made in our state. The three-day, family-friendly Got to Be NC Festival  held each May at the State Fairgrounds in… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Eastern NC, Food, New South, Products, Recipes, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: agriculture, festival, Got to Be NC, Ray Linville, sausage, specialty food, vineyard

Simmering Stew Brings a Community Together

by Ray Linville The center of small town is not always a town hall, courthouse, or church. Sometimes it’s a pot of bubbling stew as it is each fall in Mount Gilead, a community of slightly more than 1,000 residents in Montgomery County. Although the community is small, just about everyone knows about the Brunswick… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: Brunswick Stew, Montgomery County, Ray Linville, stew, vegetables

Sweet Potatoes: Providing Fresh Food for the Needy

by Ray Linville Please contact the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina directly f you are needing food: 919-875-0707 North Carolina produces about half of all the sweet potatoes grown in the United States, and it has consistently ranked as the top producing state for more than 30 years. More than half of… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Eastern NC, Food, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: food bank, hunger, nutrition, Ray Linville, sweet potato

Lumbee Fish Market: As Fresh as Being on the Coast

by Ray Linville Drive to the beach along U.S. Highway 74 and tune in a local radio station. If you do, you might hear an ad for Lumbee Fish Market in Pembroke  that is so intriguing that you want to visit. It’s a market with fish that you might not expect in a location about… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: fish, Lumbee, Ray Linville, RobesonCounty

Time for Persimmon Pudding

by Ray Linville Cool temperatures mean fall fruits and vegetables. When the summer temperatures drop, one tree becomes more noticeable as its round fruit ripens and takes on an orange-brown hue. Is it time to pick persimmons and make pudding? Many of us remember days from childhood when we asked if the persimmons could be… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: Colfax NC, Colfax Persimmon Festival, festival, fruit, Gene Stafford, Guilford County, persimmon pudding recipe, persimmons, pudding, Ray Linville

Food, Service, and Prices from Yesterday at the Chicken Coop

by Ray Linville A few places serving food in our state are caught in a time warp and remain unchanged since the days that they opened. Price’s Chicken Coop, established in 1962, in the South End of Charlotte is definitely one. Seeing the name of Chicken Coop, you know exactly what to order. The classic… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Restaurants, Uncategorized Tagged With: Charlotte, chicken, fried chicken, Mecklenburg County, menu, Ray Linville

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