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Recipes

Hot Milk Cake, Reimagined

This Mother's Day, Brendan and Leslie Cox, owners of Pittsboro's Oakleaf restaurant, put a Southern spin on old family recipes for hot milk cake.

by Jill Warren Lucas
Western

Asheville: Bee City USA

Asheville earned the title as the first Bee City USA in 2012. Today, its bees and beekeepers continue to thrive.

by Jill Warren Lucas
Restaurants

The Inland Seafood Shack

Think a city chef can’t satisfy your craving for coastal seafood? Meet Ricky Moore of Saltbox Seafood Joint in Durham.

by Jill Warren Lucas
April 2014

Artist Spotlight: Joe Newberry

Joe Newberry has been playing banjo since his childhood in Missouri, but since moving to North Carolina he has gained notoriety, friendships, and a place to call home.

by Our State Staff
Restaurants

New-School Fried Chicken

Used to be you ate fried chicken all by itself. Sauce? Don’t need it. Knife and fork? I’ve got hands. Fries? No, thank you, I prefer chicken skin. Things are different now.

by Jill Warren Lucas
pie bird
Restaurants

Love by the Slice: PieBird in Raleigh

It’s not on the menu, but PieBird’s crusted offerings have led to at least one trip down the aisle.

by Jill Warren Lucas

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