Outside the southwest city limits of Asheboro, N.C. Highway 49 — a connector between Raleigh and Charlotte — splits. Veer off to the right, past the old Yates Country Ham building and the Asheboro Animal Hospital, and you’re traveling on
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Thomas Fanning Wood achieves a dream of becoming a doctor much sooner than he could have imagined. there is no time for an apprenticeship, not during the height of war. (Volume 2, Part 3)
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At a young age, Kevin McCabe learned that good meals come from the water on the Outer Banks.
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The soda fountain at a Yanceyville drugstore brings a community together and preserves a classic institution.
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In 25 Secrets Revealed: A Culinary Tour, Kevin McCabe adds extra flavor to traditional boiled shrimp with celery seed and black pepper.
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Kevin McCabe’s recipe for macaroni salad in 25 Secrets Revealed: A Culinary Tour adds a coastal twist with albacore tuna.
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Professional orators and eager listeners gather in Laurinburg for a festival that honors the storytelling tradition.
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Many of North Carolina’s most memorable political leaders come from small, rural communities. Recent examples include Jim Hunt, Jesse Helms, Terry Sanford, Sam Ervin, and Kerr and Bob Scott. The Man from Mount Gilead, a new book by veteran newsman
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Inside Elias’ Butcher Shoppe in Roanoke Rapids, one butcher gives his customers his absolute best.
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Where we go isn’t important. All that matters is that we go.
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