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Category Archives: Food
Help RAFI help farmers with book project
RAFI (Rural Advancement Foundation International), based in Pittsboro, has an impressive project in the works. Growing Innovation will document 17 years of farmer innovation in North Carolina with an online library and printed book. These will be tools for farmers … Continue reading
Posted in Chatham County, Farmers, Food, Orange County
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Pepper Festival returns with more pep than ever
Somehow, regretfully, I end up being out of town every year for one of my favorite events — the Pepper Festival in Chatham County, so please go for me! This year’s fest, on Sunday, Oct. 6, from 3 to 7 … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Chatham County, Environmental, Family travel, Farmers, Food, Orange County
Tagged Abundance Foundation, Piedmont Biofuels
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Flurry of farm-fresh fall festivities
Wow, there’s so much going on that I feel compelled to do a round-up. Typical fall in the Carolinas! The 8th annual and always entertaining Eastern Triangle Farm Tour is happening Sept. 21-22. Six new farms are included among the 27 … Continue reading
Some favorite U-pick farms for U
The U-pick season is shorter in the mountains and middle of the state. Here are a few of my favorite spots there, with their entries from my book. Check ’em out! (But of course call or check online before you … Continue reading
Posted in Ashe County, Food, Madison County, Rockingham County, U-pick farms
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Dig deeper with Taste Carolina food-farm events
I got to hang out with some of my favorite food purveyors last night — Farmhand Foods, which distributes local, pasture-raised meats, and April McGreger of Farmer’s Daughter Brand, sweet-and-savory queen of all that is preserved or fermented. And I … Continue reading
Fermenting food in a few easy steps
I’m bubbling over with excitement after my workshop on fermenting! OK, maybe that’s a bit of an overstatement, but it was very interesting to get a primer on the process that I’ve been reading so much about over the past … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Durham County, Food
Tagged April McGreger, lactofermintation, The Farmers Daughter, wild fermentation, wild fermenting
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Vollmer Farm returns with even more fall festivities
Happy fall, y’all! … One of my favorite photos taken for my “Farm Fresh North Carolina” guidebook is this one, of a boy we spotted at Vollmer Farm carrying a load of pumpkins. It might look staged, but it’s not. And … Continue reading
Posted in Family travel, Food, Johnston County, Road travel, U-pick farms
Tagged agritourism, pumpkins
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Southern cooking: it’s a sides show
Lina found me crying over an ugly green plastic box the other week. I was reading through my mom’s recipes (she died in 2009), on yellowed index cards in her hand-writing. Her famous salmon cakes, always served with cole slaw … Continue reading
Do not miss this year’s TerraVITA food festival
Food and farm-fresh friends, I don’t mean to harp on this, but if you haven’t gotten your tickets to TerraVITA, one of the state’s leading food and beverage festivals, you’d better do it soon. The three-day spectacular is in Chapel … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Orange County
Tagged Chapel Hill
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TerraVITA triples the fun (get your tix now)
Wow, in only its third year, TerraVITA has become a leading Southern food and wine event, with a focus on farm-sourcing, artisanal producers. This year’s event has expanded over several days, with activities running Nov. 1 to Nov. 3 in … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Dining, Farmers' markets, Films, Food, Orange County, Wine
Tagged Food and wine festival, Food festival
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It’s maple-tree tapping time again — yes, in NC!
It’s time to get sappy! Yes, it’s maple syrup-tapping time again — even in North Carolina! Maple Creek Farm outside of Burnsville, in the mountains, will host its fourth annual Maple Tour on Saturday, Feb. 25, and Sunday, Feb. 26, from … Continue reading
Posted in Family travel, Farmers, Food, Yancey County
Tagged maple syrup, syrup tapping
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Culinary/ag education in Charlotte and beyond
Thought I’d share this recent email and my answer, as it contains some good farm-fresh culinary/agricultural education resources in Charlotte and beyond. Dear Diane, My brother is an aspiring chef living in Charlotte. He is very passionate about sustainable farming and farm … Continue reading
Posted in Chatham County, Cooking, Food, Mecklenburg County
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Home Grown Hand Made videos are online
Wow, a big shout-out to Axel Foley of the The Peoples Channel and Durham Community Media for making videos of all the vendors at the group’s fall fund-raiser, Home Grown Hand Made, at Fullsteam Brewery in Durham. The one for Farm Fresh North … Continue reading
Posted in Durham County, Farm Fresh book events, Food
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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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Food and race; High Country tour; learn to write, paint and cook in a day; food classes; and more!
Mark your calendars for these farm-food events in the Tiangle and the mountains: Thursday, Aug. 4: “Eating the Other: Food, Race and You,” discussion of race as it relates to agribusiness, farmers’ markets and the slow food culture. At Southwest Regional … Continue reading
Guidebook author’s dream come true
A guidebook writer couldn’t ask for more than this blog post from pastry chef and local-food lover Jenni Field for SavorNC magazine. She writes about how her husband bought her my book for their anniversary (thank you, husband!) and, more importantly, … Continue reading
Posted in Family travel, Farmers, Food, Granville County, Livestock, Meat, Road travel
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Bee there, freshest fish, food tours and more
It’s time again for Quick Bites, a harvest of Farm Fresh news. How sweet it is: TONIGHT, July 27, at 6 pm (movie at 9:15), Market Restaurant in Raleigh will host a music and movie night in its parking lot, featuring … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Books, Dining, Durham County, Environmental, Food, Food policy, Forsyth County, Guilford County, Orange County, Wake County
Tagged 10% Campaign, American Wasteland, CEFS, CSF, food tours, Jonathan Bloom, Local Catch, Market Restaurant, Ode magazine, Taste Carolina, Vanishing of the Bees, Walking Fish
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Farm Fresh NC and Fickle Creek share video spotlight
What a great gift for Fickle Creek Farm, my book “Farm Fresh North Carolina,” and the Piedmont Farm Tour. The state’s former (as of June) tourism marketing agency, Charlotte-based LKM, commissioned a video about agritourism in general and the book … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Fresh book events, Farmers, Food, Livestock, Lodging, Media, Orange County
Tagged agritourism, farm stays, Fickle Creek Farm, tourism, Visitnc.com
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Find dining in Asheville
Wrote this little ditty below for a Boston Globe summer-fun roundup, so makes sense to share with my NC readers. With farm-to-table dining practically de rigueur, farmers are starting to share the menu with foragers. In what is billed as a … Continue reading
Posted in Buncombe County, Dining, Food, Wine
Tagged food foraging, foraging, forest to table, kudzu, No Taste Like Home, wild dining, wildcrafting
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Asheville’s Tupelo Honey Cafe puts out cookbook
Tupelo Honey Café is one of those landmark dining spots that actually deserves its popularity. Tourists and locals alike go to the Asheville restaurant for Southern comfort food with a modern twist. It’s a high-volume place (and a second location … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Books, Buncombe County, Cooking, Dining, Food, Recipes, Wine
Tagged A Southern Season, breweries, brewpubs, Brian Sonoskus, Elizabeth Sims, Green Tomato Salsa, Grits, Regulator Bookshop, Southern food
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