To understand yourself, you must first know where you come from. You’re raised on family stories, and you come to learn that your features, your ways of doing things, are marked by your heritage. Four books with North Carolina ties are rooted in this legacy.
january 2015
Southern Sandwich Tournament
Vote for your favorite Southern sandwiches in weekly tournament-style, head-to-head matchups.
Healthy Takes on 5 Classic Southern Recipes
Here in the South, we love our comfort food, but if we're being honest, it's not always the best for us. Try these healthy Southern recipes that are as tasty as they are good for you. Food blogger Mary Cowx shows us that with a few light substitutions and some creativity, these recipes will quickly become dinnertime staples.
Day’s End Braised Ribs & Shiitake Ragout
Put on your pajamas and pour a glass of red wine: For any chilly winter day, this is the comforting recipe you need.
Barber Reddin Honeycutt is a Cut Above The Rest
With his razor-sharp craftsmanship, Reddin Honeycutt is the boss at Cat’s Barber Shop in Fayetteville.
Wild Thing: Making a Career Out of Canyoneering
To turn canyoneering into a career means to trade cubicles for waterfalls, pens and staplers for ropes and chalk. It's never a shabby day in the office.
Family Tradition
A father and his two young sons explore the sights, sounds, and sometimes tastes of North Carolina.
The Weatherman of Ashe County: Joe Mullis
A Creston resident reads the world around him — rather than charts and graphs — to forecast the winter.
Beauty Is In the Eye…
My mother sees with her heart. And I don’t know of a more beautiful sight than that.