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Recipes

11 Our State Recipes You Loved in October

Baked spaghetti, pumpkin cheesecake bars, and buttermilk and apple pancakes were among your favorite recipes in October. Find out what else made the list.

by Our State Staff
Restaurants

5 on the Flat-Top: Melvins’

This Elizabethtown landmark serves hamburgers and hot dogs. That’s it. For 74 years and counting.

by Susan Stafford Kelly
Features

I-95 Road Trip: The Story of Bright Leaf Hot Dogs

Red hot dogs? It’s a North Carolina thing. Our favorite franks are those fire-engine red Bright Leaf dogs made from a secret recipe at a sprawling factory in Smithfield.

by Billy Warden
Editor’s Column

From Elizabeth Hudson: Easy Does It

Mustard, chili, slaw, and onions: For our editor in chief, classic Carolina-style is the only way to eat a hot dog.

by Elizabeth Hudson
Food

Bill’s Hot Dogs in Washington

How can a place be a hole-in-the-wall and still have a line out the door? Find Bill’s nondescript storefront, open since 1928, and you’ll find your answer.

by Katie Schanze
Guides

The Dog Days of Summer: 9 Hot Dog Joints Across the State

Mustard, onions, chili — and memories: North Carolina hot dog joints are reminiscent of simpler times.

by Our State Staff
Restaurants

At The Hot Dog Church in Greensboro

They don’t call Greensboro’s Carraway United Methodist Church “The Hot Dog Church” for nothing.

by Jimmy Tomlin
Hot Dog Club in Raleigh North Carolina
July 2012

Hot Dog Hour

A club in Raleigh meets once a month to experiment with its favorite food.

by Our State Staff
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Food

Bright Leaf Brand

In eastern N.C., we like our hot dogs red.

by Our State Staff

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