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Restaurants

The Truth About Gingerbread

An investigation into our favorite person-shaped cookie reveals that gingerbread’s history is closely linked to our own.

by Daniel Wallace
Restaurants

The Barbecue Sandwich, Deconstructed

A short treatise on love, buns, sauce, and that other mythical (chopped, sliced, pulled) stuff.

by Daniel Wallace
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Drink Local

Equal Parts Stealthy and Sleek, Peccadillo Delights

An unmarked door leads to Carrboro’s modern version of a speakeasy at Peccadillo.

by Daniel Wallace
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Food

The Five-Star Gas Station: Saxapahaw General Store

A little bit old, a little bit new, the Saxapahaw General Store has something for everyone.

by Daniel Wallace
Restaurants

Barbecue Returns to Basics at Chapel Hill’s The Pig

Our State’s barbecue correspondent concludes his journey at a joint that cuts through the smoke to get to the essence of pork.

by Daniel Wallace
Central

Mac’s Speed Shop

A cross section of the Queen City gets its fix here at Mac's Speed Shop. And if a motorcycle could run on barbecue, it’d fill up here, too.

by Daniel Wallace
Arts

Paperhand Puppet Intervention Inspires Family Fun

In Saxapahaw, volunteers gather to turn cardboard, cornstarch, and other odds and ends into puppets whose giant size matches the scope of their makers’ mission.

by Daniel Wallace
Restaurants

Bar-B-Q Center Makes a Name for Itself in Lexington

In the hallowed land of barbecue legend, a former ice cream parlor heats up the battle for bragging rights.

by Daniel Wallace
Uncategorized

Oscar William’s Gourmet Cotton Candy

An Apex company makes it OK to love spun sugar, the kind of cotton you can eat.

by Daniel Wallace
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