For more than 100 years, these family-owned businesses have fixed cars, stocked pantries, sold clothes, and built lasting relationships.
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Foster’s Market Peanut Butter Pie
Top black-bottom cookie crust with layers of chocolate ganache, creamy peanut butter, and whipped cream to make this pie, which is beloved in the Bull City.
Peanuts! Get Your Peanuts!
Boiled, brittled, or bagged at the ballpark, there’s a peanut for practically every time and place. We’re proud that so many of them come from eastern North Carolina — ranked fifth in the nation for peanut production — where a whole lot of legumes find purchase in our sandy soil.
The Our State Great Debate
Calling all North Carolinians! Cast your vote in our monthly match-up.
Legendary & Landmark Pies of North Carolina: Peanut Pie
While some bakers keep their recipes close, Blanchard's gave this one to customers like they were family.
School Days Peanut Butter Cake
In grade school, recipe developer Lynn Wells always looked forward to peanut butter cake day in the cafeteria. Now, she shares her recipe.
Chicken and Peanut Stew
The long and short of it is, we love North Carolina-grown peanuts pretty much any way they’re served. Try this hearty and peanut-filled stew soon.
Cinnamon-Spiced Peanuts Recipe
For a tasty snack, whip up a batch of these sweet and spicy peanuts.
The Peanut Man
Remembering a fixture of Raleigh’s Capitol Square.
