Find out which classic North Carolina foods, phrases, and icons are advancing to Round Two of the tournament.
Our State Great Eight: March Madness
In this month of bracket rivalries, we created a tournament to find the champion food, phrase, or icon that represents us best. Follow the link below to the “Most North Carolina” bracket and cast your vote online.
Ramblin’ Man: Oracle at Beech Mountain
A writer returns to the cabin where the patriarch of storytelling changed his life.
Family Tradition: Lost in Stokes County
Leave the map behind: Navigating uncharted territory is good for the soul.
Snip, Clip, Curl: Remembering The Classic Barbershop
Once mainstays of Main Street, barbershops and beauty parlors still exist, if you know where to look. Remember the gossip, those giant hair dryers, and that unmistakable scent? Take a seat, and be taken back.
Family Tradition: On Caves & Copperheads
Hibernating doesn’t always mean staying home to sleep. Sometimes, it means ending a cold, wet day with much-needed warmth, hospitality, and plenty of cobbler.
Pork & Politics Merge at Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church
For 88 years, thousands of people and hundreds of political candidates have made the pilgrimage to North Carolina’s biggest and oldest church barbecue.
Barbecue 101: A Lesson on North Carolina’s Delicacy
A primer on the perfect smoke, pig, sauce, and sides.
Just a Bowl of Butter Beans
If you think of these little legumes as just lima beans, you may not understand why butter beans move us Southerners to sing.
