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Sarah Bryan

Benne for Good Luck

by Sarah Bryan   As Christmas of 2015 approached, I discovered yet another reason to be glad that I work for NC Folk. I already knew that my colleagues, Executive Director Joy Salyers and Director of Programs and Development Evan Hatch, are great folks to work with: they’re kind, smart, and deeply dedicated to NC… Read More →

Filed Under: Eastern NC, Food, Recipes, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized Tagged With: Sarah Bryan

Cataloochee Prune Cake

by Sarah Bryan   In some ways the border between the Carolinas is fluid. The two largest towns that are on or a few miles from the state line—Charlotte and Myrtle Beach—seem mismatched with their respective states. Charlotte could be mistaken for a bustling, shiny, businesslike version of the self-image of the state to the… Read More →

Filed Under: Food, Recipes, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Sarah Bryan

Collards a lo Cubano

by Sarah Bryan Verlie Helsabeck Freeman was a vivid woman. She had a cat named Mr. Cat, a set of dentures that she took out of her mouth and clacked at frightened great-grandchildren, and—as she warned overly curious visitors who might snoop around the house—a booger in her basement. (To readers who aren’t from North… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Food, Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged With: Carolinian-Cuban Collard Greens, collards a lo Cubano, Ellerbe NC, Sarah Bryan

Coke Is It: A Love Story

by Sarah Bryan It’s a moment that a lot of Southerners have had: when folks from somewhere else single out a characteristic of our speech or behavior that is evidently outlandish to the rest of the world, but that, until that moment, we hadn’t realized was at all weird. “You carried your grandmother to the… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Eastern NC, Food, Products, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Coca-Cola, Coke, Sarah Bryan

The African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina

Thelonius Monk, Billy Taylor, and Maceo Parker–famous jazz artists who have shared the unique sounds of North Carolina with the world–are but a few of the dynamic African American artists from eastern North Carolina featured in The African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina. This first-of-its-kind travel guide will take you on a fascinating… Read More →

Filed Under: Books, Uncategorized Tagged With: Beverly Patterson, Billy Taylor, Cedric Chatterley, Maceo Parker, Sarah Bryan, The African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina, Thelonius Monk, Titus Heagins

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