Each month, folks cast their votes in our monthly, North Carolina-themed match-ups, The Our State Great Debate. Below are the five topics that received the most votes and stirred up the most, ahem, passionate discussion. And if you haven’t already, you can still make your voice heard!
Required reading: Carolina in My Mind and Shag, You Say? Oh, Behave!
Required reading: City Portrait: Boone and A Storied Retreat in Blowing Rock
Required reading: The Story of Pepsi and The History of Cheerwine
Required recipe: Pop Goes the Cake: Soda-Infused Recipes
Required reading: 25 Essential North Carolina Barbecue Joints
Required recipe: Mom’s Prized Pineapple Pig Pickin’ Cake
Required reading: Hellmann’s vs. Duke’s: Committing Mayo Mutiny
From a towering turkey club to grilled pimento cheese, find some delicious inspiration for your next hand-held lunch.
Commercial and recreational vessels cruise a watery highway of natural and dredged channels, with one face toward the land and the other toward the ocean.
A town that once relied on the nearby textile mill to thrive now stands on its own thanks to a downtown revitalization project and enterprising local entrepreneurs.
Like the old-school, paper bag special, a fried bologna sandwich is a nostalgic Southern staple.
