Using tried-and-true techniques, modern millers grind local kernels to make grits for your bowl and cornmeal for your skillet.
The Fare of the North Carolina State Fair
We’ll be dreaming of those 11 delicious days in Raleigh until we’re back at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. For now, we’re fondly revisiting the best eats — and the friendliest faces — that only come around once a year.
Retro Mountain Magic: A Photo Essay
Two classic theme parks — Land of Oz in Beech Mountain and Tweetsie Railroad in Blowing Rock — hold fond memories of growing up in North Carolina.
Photo Essay: Cheese Please!
Cheesemaking is part art, part science, and wholly an expression of place. Meet the people — and the cows, goats, and buffalo — who are working magic to turn milk into a sliceable, meltable, totally irresistible taste of home.
Hive to Honey: A Photo Essay
With more beekeepers than any other state, North Carolina knows what it means to tend the ancient friendship between human and bee.
Photo Essay: Banner Elk
High in a northwestern corner of the state, a little town on the Elk River welcomes new friends and temporary neighbors to celebrate mild summers, snowy winters, and — perhaps most spectacularly — bright, beautiful autumns.
Photo Essay: Summer by the Scoop
Some places stay with you forever — especially the ones that offer a cool escape on a sunny day, and happiness in a cup or cone. Ice cream parlors, dairy bars, and creameries across the state serve up more than sundaes and banana splits — they’re places of pure joy.
Photo Essay: A Light Within
In the more than 300 years since the Religious Society of Friends brought their way of life to North Carolina, Quakers have maintained a steady presence here. Today, their belief in peace, quiet reflection, and inner light shines faithfully.
Photo Essay: Caretakers of the Coast
Grassy marshes, fishing traditions, maritime forests: Some of our state’s greatest treasures thrive along our shores. In a region of constant change, a group of scientists, educators, and volunteers are preserving our coast for future generations.
