The key to this juicy, tender dish is a simple brine.
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Sweet Tea-Brined Fried Chicken
Two Southern staples — sweet tea and fried chicken — come together for a twist on classic buttermilk fried chicken.
Breakfast for Supper
Growing up in Greensboro, one chef and writer found that winter nights didn’t seem so long when her family sat down to pancakes, liver pudding, and grits for supper. Decades later, she finds inspiration in those simple comforts.
Buttermilk Drop Biscuits
Soft, flaky, buttery perfection.
Hot Skillet Pancakes
These fluffy pancakes will go like ... well, you know.
Our State’s 13 Most Popular Recipes of 2021
From creamy, crunchy chocolate walnut pie to melty, cheesy baked spaghetti, these recipes are our readers’ favorites — and ours, too!
Brown Butter Sage Leaf Buttermilk Cornbread
This beautiful and fragrant cornbread is sure to impress guests.
Pie Towns: 11 Places to Get the Sweetest Slices of the Season
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.
Buttermilk Cornbread with Sorghum Butter
Sweet, melted sorghum butter is irresistible on piping-hot skillet cornbread.
