Reflecting on childhood memories of muscadines, our editor in chief credits her grandmother with her early appreciation for North Carolina terroir.
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11 Our State Recipes You Loved in August
Hatteras fig and whiskey cake, barbecued chicken, and lemon icebox pie were among your favorite recipes in August. Find out what else made the list.
14 Homegrown Fruit Festivals
Celebrate a bounty of berries, melons, peaches, figs, muscadines, and apples at fun North Carolina festivals from mountains to coast.
11 Our State Recipes You Loved in August
Corn pudding, chicken salad, and buttermilk pound cake were among your favorite recipes in August. Find out what else made the list.
From Elizabeth Hudson: How Sweet It Was
Our editor in chief reflects on things she thought she’d lost to time — and discovers that they aren’t really gone at all.
Fruits of Our Labor
From apples in the mountains to peaches in the Sandhills to blueberries on the Coastal Plain, there’s a bounty of North Carolina-grown fruit to enjoy.
Our State Knows Best: Figs
We talked to three North Carolina fig fanatics about the fleeting fruit’s celebrated history and heritage on Ocracoke Island, how to grow your own across the state, and their favorite way to eat them — from cake to biscuits.
