RECIPE BY WENDY PERRY
Corn pudding: not just a side dish. Chef Wendy likes to serve her grandma’s version as a dessert, topped with a dollop of cinnamon whipped cream.
RECIPE BY STEVE GORDON
Combine two North Carolina favorites for one delicious dessert.
RECIPE BY CROOK’S CORNER | PHOTO BY TIM ROBISON
A recipe created “almost by accident” turns into a sensation.
RECIPE BY MARY COWX
A marriage of two beloved Southern foods, pimento cheese cornbread is everything you never knew you wanted.
RECIPE BY LYNN WELLS | PHOTO BY MATT HULSMAN
Sunshine in a bowl: It’s not really summer until the first peach cobbler of the season. This classic recipe is a sweet end to any summertime supper.
RECIPE BY LYNN WELLS | PHOTO BY MATT HULSMAN
Lynn’s go-to chicken salad, a twist on a classic, might just become your favorite, too.
RECIPE BY LYNN WELLS | PHOTO BY MATT HULSMAN
Tender shrimp, vibrant veggies, and penne pasta come together in this super creamy seafood supper.
RECIPE BY LYNN WELLS | PHOTO BY MATT HULSMAN
A Southern favorite receives a new spin in this baked casserole recipe sure to please your family.
RECIPE BY LYNN WELLS | PHOTO BY MATT HULSMAN
Take this dreamy pound cake to the next level with vanilla cream cheese frosting.
PHOTO BY MATT HULSMAN
Invented in the early 1940s, these unique tea sandwiches — minced vegetables served on white bread — were such a staple in Charlotte.
RECIPE BY COMMUNITY COOKBOOK SERIES | PHOTO BY MATT HULSMAN
Enjoy your figs at the dessert table with a slice of this decadent cake.
To commemorate our 90th anniversary, we’ve compiled a time line that highlights the stories, contributors, and themes that have shaped this magazine — and your view of the Old North State — using nine decades of our own words.
From its northernmost point in Corolla to its southern terminus on Cedar Island, this scenic byway — bound between sound and sea — links the islands and communities of the Outer Banks.
Us? An icon? Well, after 90 years and more than 2,000 issues celebrating North Carolina from mountains to coast, we hope you’ll agree that we’ve earned the title.
After nearly a century — or just a couple of years — these seafood restaurants have become coastal icons, the places we know, love, and return to again and again.
