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Recipes

16 Festive Recipes for Your Holiday Party

No Southern Christmas party is complete without a table full of sausage balls, cheesy dip, and red velvet peppermint pound cake.

by Our State Staff
Recipes

Coconut Layer Cake

This incredible fluffy cake is topped with delicious coconut cream cheese-buttercream frosting.

by Lynn Wells
Recipes

Gourmet Holiday: 4 Centerpiece Desserts

Christmas decorating doesn’t have to stop at garlands and wreaths. These centerpiece desserts are their own works of art.

by Lynn Wells
Restaurants

A Family Feast at Cousins Cuban Café

In Buncombe County, a family shares its Cuban heritage in flavorful dishes with a North Carolina flair.

by Katie King
Photo Essay

Pie Towns: 10 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.

by Claire Cusick
Recipes

Coconut Cream Pie

Crazy for coconut? Try this cool and creamy dessert.

by Lynn Wells
Food

Legendary & Landmark Pies of North Carolina: Coconut Custard Pie

The coconut custard pie has been around almost as long as Blake’s Restaurant. Today, Jimmy Blake and Vivian Cook carry on the tradition.

by Emma Laperruque

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