One ingredient, endless applications. Every Southern kitchen needs a little buttermilk.
The Curb Appeal of Roadside Produce Stands
Maters! Corn! Cukes! Follow the hand-painted signs to a whole meal’s worth of fresh produce, right on the side of the road.
Pop Goes The Cake: Soda-Infused Recipes
North Carolina’s favorite sodas add a sweet twist to three classic cakes. Load up your picnic table with these irresistible treats.
Summer Tastes Better with Campfire Cooking
The height of fine (outdoor) dining: threading an entire meal onto sticks and dangling it over the flames.
Calabash Shrimp
Calabash-style means perfectly fried seafood with a light, crisp, ethereal battered crust.
A Recipe Box Holds the Kitchen’s Riches
You don’t need a treasure map to find the most valuable item in any home cook’s kitchen. Just look for the family recipe box — a link to loved ones, and a peek into the past.
12 Recipes Every North Carolinian Should Know How to Make
By showing us why these specific foods in these specific places are special, this delicious dozen reveals something wonderful about North Carolina foodways and proclivities.
Carolina Dogs
North Carolinians love a Carolina dog “all the way” — topped with chili, slaw, onions, and mustard. Nothing more, and nothing less.
Banana Pudding
A Southern interpretation of an English trifle, banana pudding knows no season, only devotion.
