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Sol Weiner

A Feast For the Eyes

Text and photos by Sol Weiner At the North Carolina State Fair, a 100-pound watermelon is not just a 100-pound watermelon, nor is the first-prize pumpkin pie just a dessert. Like The Treachery of Images by René Magritte, which famously declared “This is not a pipe” below an image of that very object, food on… Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Destinations, Food, Uncategorized Tagged With: canning, cookoff, garden, Raleigh, Sol Weiner, state fair, Wake County

Hurricanes, Pigs, and People

Text by Sol Weiner, photos by Sol Weiner and Tom Clement (unless otherwise noted) Perhaps it seems insensitive, almost crass. With as much life and property lost in a storm like Hurricane Matthew, news outlets—with the pressure to constantly produce material—still run stories not about people washing away, but about pigs. And chickens. And turkeys…. Read More →

Filed Under: Eastern NC, Food, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bladen County, Duplin County, environmental justice, farms, Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Matthew, meat, Robeson County, Sampson County, Sol Weiner

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