Recipes
Country Ham and Red Eye Gravy
See this step-by-step recipe guide for a hearty Southern breakfast worth trying.
Recipes
Mama’s Buttermilk Biscuits
Our State Eats blogger Steve Gordon shows us how to make mouth-watering Southern buttermilk biscuits, just the way his mama taught him.
Recipes
Recipes from Snowbird Lodge
Enjoy these recipes for Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, Oatmeal Stout Pecan Pie, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Shrimp & Grits from executive chef Sarah Zell at Snowbird Lodge in Robbinsville.
Food
Joey’s Pancake House
Anyone who has eaten breakfast at Joey’s knows the food is delicious and the service exceptional. What customers might not know is the love story that built the Maggie Valley restaurant.
Central
The Perfect Pair
If you’re talking about the people who keep the eggs and biscuits coming, you would call the Old Richmond Grill Eddie and Hazel’s place. If you’re talking about the people who feel at home here, you’d call it everybody’s place.
January 2011
Breakfast: Windy City Grill
Editor’s Note: Click here to see an interactive map of breakfast locations. Ellen Fountain remembers going to the Windy City Grill with her husband when they were freshmen at Lenoir-Rhyne College 20 years ago. “And 10 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday were the times to go,” she says. Never mind that Lenoir-Rhyne’s convocations just … Continued
January 2011
Breakfast: Knight’s On Main
“When you find a place that will carry livermush or cook an egg to order, you hang on to it,” says Tracy Brown, executive director of the Blowing Rock Tourism Development Authority. That place is Knight’s on Main. “It’s a local favorite that serves a good helping of comfort food with a strong dash of … Continued
Dining
Breakfast: Peter’s Pancakes & Waffles
Editor’s Note: Click here to see an interactive map of breakfast locations. Michele Galloway and her husband, Dale, both teach in Cherokee and both love breakfast food. “Breakfast reminds me of weekends spent with my grandparents when I would wake up smelling biscuits, gravy, bacon, and eggs,” she says. “We would all pile into the … Continued
Dining
Breakfast: Glen Alpine Depot
Editor’s Note: Click here to see an interactive map of breakfast locations. Saturday mornings are Depot mornings, says Emily Alexander. “If we are in town, we are there.” She and her husband, David, go to the Depot for the food, served up by owner Mary Haller. “I always have the same thing every week: fluffy … Continued