Food & Dining

I grew up in the eastern part of the state, and a large part of my childhood revolved around my grandparents’ farm in Craven county. The farm had been in my grandfather’s family since one of the King Georges had given his...

Years ago, I read M.F.K. Fisher’s seminal work The Art of Eating. Her prose about food and the crucial importance of social eating was hypnotic. It was one of my first exposures to sophisticated food writing, one that made me...

Help, I’m drowning in squashes!  It’s the time of year when gardens seem to be overflowing with summer squash and zucchini. Co-workers leave extras in the break room, every booth in the farmer’s market has them, and they’re in...

In 1989, Dallas Pridgen opened his first jewelry operation in a 200 square foot space in the back of a hair shop on Rosemary Street in downtown Chapel Hill. Desperate for customers, Dallas scrounged up a few thousand dollars to...

We all know that local food is easy to find in Chapelboro.  Ever since moving here from the eastern part of the state in 2009, I have been overwhelmed with the quality and variety of fresh, local produce easily available to me...

We have a Wilmington Grill proudly displayed on our back porch and are using the summer to learn how to become grill masters. (And when I say we, I mean my husband is learning, and I am giving unsolicited advice over his shoulder.) Our grill is a Cape Fear series gas grill, and the main thing I know about it is that the stainless

35 years ago, Jamil Kadoura came to the United States from his home city of Jerusalem. After a successful career in hotel catering, Jamil, along with his mother and sister, opened up a small 12-seat Mediterranean restaurant on...