A Greensboro chef looks back at a family Christmas unlike any other: In a tiny Banner Elk apartment, as a young college student, she hosted a holiday feast of epic proportions.
A Grandmother’s Guidance
One part love, one part generosity, one part powdered sugar: At Christmastime, a granddaughter bakes heirloom cookies from memory using the treasured tools of the women whose legacies she carries on in the kitchen.
This Soup for the Soul is a Greek Christmas Staple
Each holiday season, a Triangle-area family — and Greeks around the world — ring in Christmas with a food tradition dating back to the 15th century.
Holidays on the Half Shell
Some of the season’s most anticipated moments start by coincidence. For one family in Raleigh, a simple appetizer grew into a full-blown oyster roast — and a pearl of a tradition.
One Chef Celebrates the Holidays’ Global Evolution
It’s often said that America is a nation of immigrants. As one North Carolina chef sees it, this means that our holiday celebrations are constantly evolving.
Remembering the Holiday Relish Tray
Food memories are served many ways — from bittersweet to spicy hot. And some precious moments come pickled and heaped in abundance on fancy trays at Christmastime.
Toast to Tradition
A pair of special eggnog glasses reminds a writer of the simple rituals shared between father and daughter during the holiday seasons of her youth in Winston-Salem.
A Festive & Foraged Christmas Treat
A bakery in Asheville combines the French tradition of Yule log cakes with the flavors of Appalachia for a holiday treat with the unmistakable taste of home.
Praise Be to Church Peanuts!
In Mount Olive — the tiny town that’s big on pickles — a group of men comes together at a Methodist church to fry, jar, and ship more than 10 tons of nuts a year in the name of neighborliness.
