At noon this Saturday at Efland-Cheeks Elementary School (4401 Fuller Road, Efland), Mildred Council of Mama Dip’s in Chapel Hill and Robert Campbell, a local minister, environmental activist, and chef, will evaluate entries by two Orange County residents competing to create an interesting take on a traditional southern vegetable recipe. The contestants—Chrisean Fuller of Efland-Cheeks […]
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Special farmers market hours for Thanksgiving meals
As you prepare for your Thanksgiving feast, consider shopping the farmers markets, which are brimming with fall vegetables and flowers, locally sourced meats, eggs and cheeses. On Nov. 23, five area markets, including those in Carrboro (3–6 p.m.; 301 W. Main St.), Durham (2–5 p.m.; 501 Foster St.), Hillsborough (4–7 p.m., 144 E. Margaret Lane), […]
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Carrboro Food Truck Showcase
Now that Halloween is in the bag, I’m ready for the next holiday and all of the food that surrounds it. Weaver Street Market (www.weaverstreetmarket.coop) hasn’t wasted a second. The cooperative grocery held its first Holiday Tasting Fair on Saturday in Carrboro and is scheduled to hold two similar events Nov. 6 at its Southern […]
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Chicken Keeping 101; two new food trucks
Bob Davis acquired his first chicken to keep when he was 12 years old. Since then, he’s been trying to figure out why more people don’t have them. “I fell in love with them instantly,” he says, explaining that chickens not only provide a good source for eggs, they also offer their humans a sense […]
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State Fair Food Classics: Choplin’s Hot Dogs
Garret Macario, Willard Andrews, and Mike Elledge at Choplin’s Hot Dogs. In just a few minutes, the lights will turn off at the North Carolina State Fair, marking the close of Choplin’s Hot Dog’s 40th year in operation there. Willard Andrews, who now runs the small hot dog stand across from Gate 9, wasn’t there […]
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State Fair Food Classics: Apex Lions Club’s “Piiiiie”
Horace Johnson in front of his pie-inspired sign at the Apex Lions Club’s fair booth. Horace Johnson has a steady presence at the North Carolina State Fair. Though a resident of Apex, he lives with his wife, Frankie Johnson, in a mobile home on the fairgrounds during the 11-day event, rather than commuting the 20 […]
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State Fair Food Classics: Fresh Apple Cider
Susan and Jouard Lingg. Susan Lingg was exhibiting watercolors at the State Fair’s Village of Yesteryear nearly 30 years ago when she truly happened upon something from the days of old. Her Michigan in-laws, whom she fondly refers to as Ma and Pa Lingg, gifted her their cider mill, which they’d purchased new from New […]
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State Fair Food Classics: The Peanut Factory
Butch Skillman at his stand, The Peanut Factory. Don’t expect typical fair pageantry at The Peanut Factory. The fair booth, which is located near the twinkling lights and twirling rides of the Midway, is as humble and unassuming as the simple roasted nuts that it sells. As Butch Skillman, the factory’s owner, puts it, “Flash […]
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State Fair Food Classics: MacLleod Farms’ Maple Syrup Cotton Candy
Carolyn Broggini, right, spins maple syrup cotton candy at the N.C. State Fair. As a child, my family and I didn’t make it to the State Fair every year from our home in eastern North Carolina. We went enough, however, that I was able to get my hands on a bag or two of MacLeod […]
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World Cask Ale Festival
There’s a new burger on the blockor lane, rather. The Alley (2512 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, 832-3533, www.bowlthealley.com), formerly Western Lanes, recently renovated its Kingpin Grill and features on its menu an Angus burger made with beef from Raleigh’s Angus Barn. Burgers are available in quarter-pound ($4.50), half-pound ($6) and three-quarter-pound ($7.50) portions. Two stylized burgers […]