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February 18, 2019

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Sweethearts candies won’t be on shelves this Valentine’s

January 30, 2019 AP

DETROIT — Sweethearts, those chalky little candies with messages on them, won’t be on store shelves this Valentine’s Day. The New England Confectionary Co., or NECCO, had been making the popular candies since 1886. But […]

Features

Want a tarantula with that?

April 25, 2018 Peter Szekely | Reuters

DURHAM — Kristin Barnaby, a self-described arachnophobe, found a way to overcome what she dreads at a North Carolina burger joint. “I am going to eat my fear,” the 27-year-old said at the Bull City […]

Christine T. Nguyen | The North State Journal
Features

Three NC chefs nominated for James Beard honors

April 3, 2018 NSJ Staff

RALEIGH — Three N.C. chefs are still in the running for the nation’s top culinary awards this year. The James Beard Foundation announced the nominees for its annual awards recently and familiar chefs from the […]

Features

Feeding the fashionistas: Gucci turns to fine dining

January 11, 2018 Giulia Segreti | Reuters

  FLORENCE, Italy — It’s all a matter of taste. Luxury labels are accustomed to tempting fashionistas, and now they’re stretching from haute couture to haute cuisine. Gucci opened a 50-seat restaurant, Gucci Osteria, in […]

Features

How to tackle Thanksgiving with confidence

November 22, 2017 Laura Ashley Lamm

WILSON — The Thanksgiving holiday is upon us, which means an opportunity to give thanks, gather with family and friends around the table, roast a turkey, and dine on an abundance of side dishes. When […]

Features

Heirloom Restaurant’s Barlowe finds wild treasures

November 15, 2017 Laura Ashley Lamm

CHARLOTTE — In the yard, it’s inevitable there will be so-called weeds and plants that grow on their own. There are those mushrooms deemed unattractive and a nuisance popping up at random. The berries falling […]

Features

From conviction to confections

November 15, 2017 Laura Ashley Lamm

DURHAM — Transformations take place at different times, in unique places and in a multitude of ways. In the kitchen, a chef will pull together a cake batter of flour and sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, […]

Features

Chef Vivian Howard kicks off fifth season of PBS show

October 4, 2017 NSJ Staff

Kinston restaurateur Vivian Howard will be in front of the camera and in the kitchen for a fifth season of her Peabody Award-winning show “A Chef’s Life.” The show centers on Howard, who, with her […]

Features

A taste and toast of Biltmore

September 27, 2017 admin

ASHEVILLE — A visit to America’s premiere estate is certain to transport you back to a time of opulence and grandeur, but with careful efforts perfected over the last 128 years, it also showcases the […]

Mollie Young
Features

The coffee is hot in Asheville

September 20, 2017 Mollie Young

ASHEVILLE — There is no question that Asheville is the epicenter of the craft beer movement in North Carolina, but beer is not thing only thing brewing across the mountain town these days. The third […]

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