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february 2014

blt salad
Recipes

BLT Pasta Salad

Enjoy the delicious flavors of a BLT in this pasta salad.

by Community Cookbook Series
Recipes

Sweet Potato Biscuits with Honey Butter

A smear of honey butter on these sweet potato biscuits makes them extra delicious. Try this recipe from Saint James United Methodist Cooks.

by Community Cookbook Series
Vegetables
Travel Guides

Winter Farmers Markets

North Carolina ranks third in the nation in the number of winter farmers markets. Find out what makes these six winter markets worth a visit.

by Jeffrey Turner
Western

The Little Brown Shack Out Back: Sapphire Valley Outhouse Race

Sapphire Valley’s Outhouse Races look like foolery. But pure devotion usually does.

by Rachael Duane
corbetts
Restaurants

Burgers & Bottle Caps: Corbett’s Burgers & Soda Bar

At Corbett’s Burgers & Soda Bar in Cary, choose from more than 250 bottled sodas to enjoy with your meal.

by Emily Wallace
george ellison
Arts

The Wilderness Poet: George Ellison

At home in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, naturalist and writer George Ellison and his artist wife, Elizabeth, find peace and inspiration.

by Heidi Coryell Williams
Mark Bannerman
Arts

One Man’s Trash: Art by Mark Bannerman

Bits and pieces, scraps and slivers: For Mark Bannerman, every little object is a treasure.

by Tim Bass
five oaks clubhouse
Arts

Living-Room Concerts at Five Oaks Clubhouse

In a quiet corner of Durham, a neighborhood clubhouse moonlights as a roots-music venue.

by Katie Saintsing
Yadkin Cultural Arts Center
Arts

Yadkin Cultural Arts Center Provides A Home for the Arts

When art lovers in Yadkinville repurposed a long-empty building downtown, they got the cultural anchor they knew had been missing.

by Our State Staff
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