What is Appalachian cuisine? After finding her grandmother’s cookbook, an author combs through the region’s culinary history to find the answer.
4 Can’t-Miss Mysteries
Check out these four books — written by North Carolina authors and selected by mystery aficionado Pete Mock — for a month of nonstop thrills.
The Man of Mystery at McIntyre’s Books
A longtime Chatham County bookseller shares his affinity for suspenseful plots so that readers can experience the thrill of answering a mystery novel’s key question: Whodunit?
The Tobacco Wives
A girl finds her passion creating beautiful garments for elite local women. But in this fictional postwar tobacco town, the most glamorous echelon of society is not what it seems.
Little Readers at Sassafras on Sutton
A children’s author and her family transformed a former livery stable in Black Mountain into a literary haven that expands the imaginations of new bookworms.
Book Review: An Abundance of Curiosities
Across its beaches and barrier islands, estuaries and eastern marshes, North Carolina’s Coastal Plain is rich with history and natural diversity. Two biology professors combine decades of research in a guide to our wonderful wetlands.
Book Review: Coming Home
In her new cookbook-memoir, Barbara McKay shares the ups and downs of being a home chef turned TV personality in Mecklenburg County.
Blown Away in Hayesville
On his family’s homestead in Clay County, an artist transforms molten glass into whimsical sculptures that hold dancing rainbows.
Behind the Mask: Cherokee Carver Billy Welch
A Cherokee carver celebrates his culture by finding stories hidden in wood, following unseen lines to create works of art. Now, he’s passing his knowledge to a new generation of storytellers.
