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February 2021

Recipes

Chocolate Walnut Pie

Creamy, crunchy, and chocolaty — we’ll take two slices, please.

by Lynn Wells
Restaurants

A Simply Perfect Cheeseburger at ACE No. 3

At this Charlotte restaurant, there’s just one rule for making a winning burger: Less is more.

by Lori K. Tate
Recipes

Chocolate Mint Brownies

In these delicious brownies, smooth peppermint filling is sandwiched between layers of chocolate.

by Lynn Wells
Hazel Gaddy and her husband stand surrounded by geese.
Back In The Day

Guardians of the Geese

Gaddy’s Goose Pond drew thousands of Canada geese — and people from around the world — to Ansonville.

by Jeremy Markovich
Two award-winning 28-inch pots.
Made in North Carolina

Made in NC: She Digs Wild Clay

Most people don’t think about the soil they walk on. But Tori Motyl knows its potential: In her hands, western North Carolina clay becomes a stunning expression of place.

by C.A. Carlson
And old black and white photo of Latta University held in front of the original location.
Ramblin' Man Columns

The Dreams That Linger

A century has passed since Latta University closed its doors, and generations have come and gone from the Raleigh neighborhood where it once stood. In North Carolina, history is all around us — even when evidence of the past has all but vanished.

by T. Edward Nickens
Made in North Carolina

Made in NC: From Field to Flask

Across the seasons, Diane Currier gathers the work of bees — the blossoms, fruits, and honey. She brings them back to Honeygirl Meadery in Durham, where the bees’ bounty is bottled for all to taste.

by Eleanor Spicer Rice
Made in North Carolina

Made in NC: A Happy Accident

Set on 40 acres of bucolic Randolph County farmland, Goat Lady Dairy produces top-quality cheeses for all occasions, including an award winner called Providence.

by Robert Lopez
Made in North Carolina

Made in NC: Built to Serve

In a knife maker’s workshop in Brunswick County, decking from the retired USS North Carolina is enlisted into a new kind of service: as a chef’s right-hand tool.

by T. Edward Nickens
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