Congratulations Andrea Reusing, James Beard Award winner, Best Chef: Southeast

Good news for book fans! Two authors, Phillip Manning and Andrea Reusing, will be featured this week on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch. Manning and Reusing will appear Wednesday, June 6, on UNC-TV’s MX channel, which is available on Time-Warner Cable digital channels #172 or 4.4. Phillip Manning’s “Islands of Hope: Lessons from North America’s Great […]

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this is the week for my post to get heavy.  While catching up on my blog backlog, I read a great piece from Good* about the Eight Foods You Should Stock Up On Before Climate Change Takes Them Away. And. It. Was. Scary.  Being a food-oriented person in Chapel Hill is […]

It is reading time again.   So, courtesy of UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch, I have some autumn reading (and early Christmas gift) suggestions for your consideration.   Charles Frazier’s new book “Nightwoods” will be on this Sunday’s New York Times best seller list for the second week in a row. “Nightwoods” may not be the […]

Last week I introduced you to two authors of new food books that celebrate the joys of preparing and eating fresh farm food in season. In that column I wrote about Andrea Reusing’s “Cooking In The Moment: A Year of Seasonal Recipes,” which, as the title suggests, is organized by season, and “Sara Foster’s Southern […]

What is North Carolina’s most widely available summertime pleasure that we most often pass by without partaking? It is the bounty of delicious fresh foods that are available throughout the state all summer long. I have been spoiled by the year-round availability and wide selection of fruits and vegetables at our grocery stores. So I […]

Congratulations to Andrea Reusing and her staff at  Lantern Restaurant. Last night Reusing received one of the culinary world’s highest honors when she won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southeast. Well done!