We fell in line before 8 a.m. with hopes to meet the tan man with the tall white hair. Years of watching television told us to go in bold colors for this taping of The Price Is Right and a hokey but genuine saying for Bob Barker. “Childhood Dreams Do Come True” read our neon […]
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Where cotton candy comes from
Clouds should have been the obvious choice. But for the source of cotton candy, my 4-year-old self looked into the dark corner of a gym beyond the bleachers and royal blue tumbling mats, where I spotted a wad of light gray fluff. I crammed a fistful of the billowy stuff in my mouth and learned […]
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How Lowcountry cooking has changed in the 20 years since Hoppin’ John’s
WHO John Martin Taylor book signing and discussion WHAT The event is part of the Culinary Historians of the Piedmont (CHOP) meeting WHEN Wednesday, Oct. 17, 7–8:30 p.m. WHERE Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King Blvd., Chapel Hill HOW MUCH Free and open to the public Scribbled across a page in one of John Martin […]
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Organic, sustainable and in its fourth generation, Pine Knot Farms turns 100
Paper-covered tables form long lines near the entrance to Pine Knot Farms in Hurdle Mills, mimicking the tidy rows of tobacco that grow nearby. Under a large, white tent, family members, fellow farmers and friends gather with fried chicken and sweet potato pie to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the property, which belongs to Stanley […]
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Moon Pie-eating contest; Hoppin’ John cook-off; Durham Foodie gets published
If you love Moon Pies, then Duke Homestead (www.nchistoricsites.org/duke) in Durham is where you need to be on Saturday. A Moon Pie-eating contestyou need eat only five in a very brief amount of timewill be held at the historic site as part of its annual Tobacco Harvest and Hornworm Festival. “Historically, market time was a […]
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The rise of Southern cheesemakers
Alexander Kast recalls a day at Neal’s Yard Dairy in London when he sold nearly 7,000 poundsthree-and-a-half tonsof cheese. “That’s obviously an incredibly, incredibly busy day,” he says, sitting in the lobby of the Raleigh Convention Center. “But think about that. That’s kind of nuts.” It is nuts, especially if you try to imagine that […]
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Cheese takes over the Triangle
The American Cheese Society (cheesesociety.org) will hold its 29th annual conference and competition Aug. 1–4 at the Raleigh Convention Center. More than 800 people are expected to attend the event, which includes panel discussions and tastings as well as a cheese competition. Several companies from the Triangle will participate in the presentations and tastings, including […]
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Mateo and Taberna; Lawrence Coffee Bar; Cocoa Cinnamon
Durham’s tapas thoroughfare is taking shape. Mateo (mateotapas.com)a forthcoming project from Matt Kelly and the folks at Vin Rougehas installed a striped awning on the front of the former Book Exchange building at 109 W. Chapel Hill St. And around the corner at 325 W. Main St., Taberna (tabernatapas.com) is now in its fourth week […]