The November 2021 Issue

Eat, shop, learn, and celebrate what North Carolina has to offer this month.

A Charlotte business owner put down roots near this vibrant central corridor after finding a sense of home in its tasty international cuisine and welcoming multicultural community.

An ECU professor became a student of traditional Italian pizza-making, bringing his refined skills and love of good food back to his college town to open a café called Luna.

In his new travelogue, Chapel Hill author Bland Simpson tells stories of North Carolina through nature’s lens.

This flavorful, no-fuss fall side will become a new family favorite.

This colorful cabbage salad has plenty of crunch thanks to carrots, apples, and walnuts.

Coat caramelized squash with a sweet, spiced maple glaze and bake until bubbly.

Fall in love with this hearty, roasted-and-toasted side dish.

This beautiful, rustic pie tastes most delicious when made with old-timey butter piecrust.

Serve this near-charred dish alongside roasted carrots, fall greens, and October beans.

This beautiful and fragrant cornbread is sure to impress guests.

Preparing the perfect Thanksgiving entrée — especially outdoors, in the fickle weather of a North Carolina November — is a delicate process that cannot be rushed. Just ask the Ramblin’ Man.

Seven years ago, a couple moved to New Bern with a vision: open a coffee shop and change one little corner of the world.

In North Carolina, Thanksgiving pies — pecan, apple, sweet potato, pumpkin — have deep roots in farms from the mountains to the Coastal Plain. When bakeries wrap these homegrown ingredients in a buttery crust, pie makes perfect.

Both are charming. Both have Southern hospitality to spare. But when it comes right down to it, what’s the best way to unwind in North Carolina — keeping cozy in a cabin or kicking back in a cottage? Two writers tell all.

A couple has transformed Brightwaters, a former resort tucked among the hardwoods of Henderson County, into a compound of cozy cabins where vacationers are writing a fresh chapter on Blue Ridge getaways.

In a pair of rustic cottages on two remote strips of North Carolina shoreline, one family left time and responsibilities behind to watch waves crash on barren beaches and stars dance in the coal black sky.

A country doctor created an idyllic ghost town of 19th-century log cabins in rural Catawba County. Five decades later, his granddaughter continues to nurture Hart Square Village, a living museum of pioneer life for new generations.

A few things have changed in Manteo since the 1920s, when a boatbuilder constructed his house, piece by piece, using a Sears kit. Croatan Cottage now welcomes guests to recall a simpler time, when plans for a dream home came from a catalog.

At home and in her element, an Asheville cooking teacher with a love of log cabins shares words of wisdom and secrets of the wood cookstove.

Snuggle up with a stuffed bear and a furry throw from this Blowing Rock staple — because long winters are more relaxing in a mountain cabin.

Whether you’re decorating a seaside timeshare or a bungalow on the sound, The Ivy Cottage in Wilmington has the special touches that will transform your beach house into a beach home.

Whether you’re looking for an escape to peace and solitude or a glimpse into the lives of our forebears, these cozy cabins and charming cottages are worth a visit to stay, play, or learn.

From her roots in Reidsville, Susie Sharp blazes a trail to the North Carolina Supreme Court, becoming the first female chief justice in state history.

In the early 1930s, legendary slugger Babe Ruth took a hunting trip to Craven County.