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Category Archives: Coastal Region-Sandhills
Everyone is clucking about local turkeys
I’ve seen plenty of wild turkeys in my day, but I’d never been around farm turkeys much until I wrote “Farm Fresh North Carolina.” When I was researching the book, in 2008, regular folks getting farm-raised turkeys for their Thanksgiving … Continue reading
Our NC peaches are peachy keen
Back in the day, North Carolina’s peach crop, concentrated mainly in the Sandhills area around Southern Pines and Pinehurst, used to be shipped up the East Coast. Those days are gone, but luckily for us, the peaches are not. By … Continue reading
Posted in Coastal Region-Sandhills, Farmers, Fruit, South Carolina
Tagged fresh peaches, peaches, secret life of bees
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Farm Fresh NC on UNC-TV’s ‘Bookwatch’
D.G. Martin interviewed me in the summer for his author-focused show, “Bookwatch,” on UNC-TV. We had a wide-ranging talk about agritourism, farm-to-table restaurants, farmers markets, etc. It was a fun show, and I’m grateful for the opportunity! It first aired Sept. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Charlotte area, Coastal Region-Sandhills, Dining, Farmers' markets, Food, Mountains, Triad, Triangle, Wine
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Sweet Potato Pie Ice Cream: a Carolina classic
In honor of National Ice Cream Month, I present to you a recipe from my book for the most Carolina-centric flavor possible — our state vegetable, the one we produce the most of nationwide. That’s right, the sweet potato. This is one … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Hoke County, Recipes
Tagged Raft Swamp Farms, Southern Pines farmers market
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Wilmington wakes up to good food
The last time I was in Wilmington, dining options were mostly pretty standard fare. What a difference a few years make. The only restaurant I have from there in my book is Catch, but here are the ones I’d add … Continue reading
Farms, trees, and bees in Sampson County
Dogwoods are blooming all over here in North Carolina. I feel I never get my fill of them — until this year — when we devised a Dogwood Loop Tour by bicycle in very rural Sampson County (east of Fayetteville). Dogwoods, … Continue reading
NC farms win Animal Welfare Approved grants
Congrats to the several North Carolina farms that won Good Husbandry grants from Animal Welfare Approved. The Alexandria, Va.-based group’s standards are the most rigorous and progressive animal care requirements in the nation, and the only ones to require that … Continue reading
Let’s make Best Dish NC the best ever
A little competition is healthy! So, if you have a favorite restaurant that uses local ingredients, please encourage the owner/chef to enter The Best Dish in North Carolina contest, which this year has expanded by adding regional categories. The contest, run … Continue reading
Posted in Charlotte area, Coastal Region-Sandhills, Dining, Food, Mountains, Triad, Triangle
Tagged Best Dish NC, Best Dish North Carolina, Watt's Grocery
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If it’s November, it must be Sweet Potato Month
One winter, when I lived alone and could (and did) eat the same thing over and over, I was addicted to a very simple meal of sweet potatoes and green beans. I’d season them both with garlic and butter and … Continue reading
Stay, play, and learn on a farm near you
Want to spend a night, a weekend, or longer on a farm? My book will give you more than two dozen options in NC. In the meantime, you can read about five of them in the September issue of Southern … Continue reading
Posted in Buncombe County, Christmas trees, Family travel, Food, Haywood County, Madison County, Orange County, Perquimans County
Tagged Asheville, Belted Galloway, Boyd Mountain Log Cabins and Tree Farm, Briar Rose Farm, Chapel Hill, choose-and-cut trees, Cloud 9 Farm, farm lodging, farmstay, Fickle Creek Farm, Fraser firs, Hertford, Springfield House Bed and Breakfast, Waynesville
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Fall crops, agritourism star on small screen Sept. 3
This just in from the marketing division of the NC Department of Agriculture. I can’t attest to the quality of the show, because I haven’t previewed it, nor did I see the spring segment, but here’s the skinny: “The second episode … Continue reading
Walk this way to way fresh seafood
Can you believe that even in coastal towns, most of the “fresh seafood” on restaurant menus isn’t even from this country, much less the county? Some 80 percent of seafood served in America is imported and much of it is … Continue reading
Where to find Perfection
Who says you can’t find Perfection? Wessel and I have. It’s right here along NC Highway 55 in Craven County, North Carolina, only 55 miles from Atlantic Beach, on, you guessed it, the Atlantic Ocean. I first stumbled onto Perfection … Continue reading
Posted in Craven County
Tagged Ashbury Road, Atlantic Beach, Craven County, NC Highway 55, Perfection
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Talking turkey (they can hear you)
I’ve seen plenty of wild turkeys in my day, but I’d never been around farm turkeys much until this year. Now that I’m visiting farms across North Carolina for my travel guide “Farm Fresh North Carolina,” I’ve visited several that … Continue reading
Posted in Brunswick, Poultry
Tagged Adopt-a-Turkey, Bourbon Red, Brunswick, Calabash, Farm Sanctuary, farm turkeys, Gobblers, Indigo Farms, Narragansett turkey
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