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      • Food’s place in civilization and throwing down on a bowl of hot buttered grits
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      • Now THIS is a FINE Southern Menu: Nectar (Bluffton, SC)
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      • Southern accents and runny grits
      • It Ain’t Pretty But…
      • Colletta, a family-style Italian restaurant to open in Cary’s new shopping district
      • Krill, a new Asian street food restaurant, opened in Durham this week
      • Olivero: Chef Sunny G. to open a new joint in Wilmington, NC
      • I want to know more about those collard green and bacon fritters…new chefs at Littler in Durham bring quite a pedigree
      • Wait, there are folks who like to watch women eat pie?!
      • Coffee & Community: The Muse Coffee Co. & Roastery
      • Chef Dani Nation offers one-time chance to order Labneh Cheesecake with Cocoa Nib Cookie Crust and Pomegranate Topping & Honey Sea Salt Chess Pie with Lemon, Grape, and Thyme Garnish – only on Feb. 12 & 13
      • Fried Catfish & Spaghetti, Fish Yassa, and so forth: Four Dishes at Saltbox Seafood Joint for Black History Month
      • North Carolina: An app to find food trucks
      • Raleigh, NC: Bagels: Benchwarmers Bagels and Coffee
      • Raleigh: Lechon Latin BBQ Joint
      • O Po’Boy, Where Art Thou?
      • Raleigh, NC: Tacos Costa Grande food truck
      • Raleigh/Garner: Captain Stanley’s Seafood
      • On the importance of free hushpuppies
      • Wilson, NC: Whole Truth Lunchroom -Smothered fried pork chops and collard greens
      • Williamston: Shaw’s BBQ
      • HELP! I cain’t do raw oysters.
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    • Get Offa’ that Damn Couch: Prepositions in the U.S. South
    • Eating hot-buttered grits and wondering, “Are you livin’ high on the hog OR eatin’ too far back on the beef?”
    • A Pandemic Story About A Dog Coming Dangerously Close to Getting Sent to the Rainbow Bridge By His Own Mamma
    • Dive Bullies on Scuba Trips
    • On the importance of free hushpuppies
    • The Turkey Buzzard and Mr. Dog
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    • Hmmm…I’m thinking of a Southern twist on Japan’s fruit sandwich
    • Bits and Bobs: how to test the seasoning of raw ground meat
    • Pimento cheese and chicken salad – COMBINED
    • Is it Soul Food or Traditional Southern Cooking?
    • On the importance of free hushpuppies
    • Would you eat fried squirrel? Hmmm….
    • What does the language of restaurant menus tell us?
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    • There’s a food fight in Charleston/D.C. over fried chicken ice cream
    • Olivero: Chef Sunny G. to open a new joint in Wilmington, NC
    • I want to know more about those collard green and bacon fritters…new chefs at Littler in Durham bring quite a pedigree
    • What Matters to You at Restaurants?: Top 10 Restaurant Trends in 2022
    • Would you? Could you? McDonald’s secret app menu item: “By Land, Air, and Sea.” Mind. Blown.
    • Do you want the scent of French fries wafting from your neck and delicate bits? Okay, hot potato, here ya’ go…
    • “There wasn’t flour in those bags…it was heroin.” Yep, there’s a new true crime series set in the culinary world.
    • Chef Dani Nation offers one-time chance to order Labneh Cheesecake with Cocoa Nib Cookie Crust and Pomegranate Topping & Honey Sea Salt Chess Pie with Lemon, Grape, and Thyme Garnish – only on Feb. 12 & 13
    • Fried Catfish & Spaghetti, Fish Yassa, and so forth: Four Dishes at Saltbox Seafood Joint for Black History Month
    • Favorite Food Shows: Heavenly Bites – Mexico
    • Wine Classes at Fearrington Led by New Beverage Director (who started career at NYC’s Eleven Madison Park)
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    • “Other People’s Words” brought back memories of being ashamed of my Southern accent
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    • A Southerner and her dog, Tater, in the Southwest: my new favorite hotel chain for road trips – Best Westerns with outside-facing doors
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November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 Speaking of the South

It Ain’t Pretty But…

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 Speaking of the South

Southern accents and runny grits

August 26, 2022August 27, 2022 Speaking of the South

Food’s place in civilization and throwing down on a bowl of hot buttered grits

August 26, 2022August 27, 2022 Speaking of the South

Colletta, a family-style Italian restaurant to open in Cary’s new shopping district

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022 Speaking of the South

Hmmm…I’m thinking of a Japanese twist on Southern favorites as inspired by a twist on Japan’s fruit sandwich

August 23, 2022August 24, 2022 Speaking of the South

Wait, there are folks who like to watch women eat pie?!

July 23, 2022August 27, 2022 Speaking of the South

There’s a food fight between Charleston & D.C. over fried chicken ice cream

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 Speaking of the South

Krill, a new Asian street food restaurant, opened in Durham this week

April 10, 2022April 13, 2022 Speaking of the South

A Southerner and her dog, Tater, in the Southwest: my new favorite hotel chain for road trips – Best Western with outside-facing doors

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 Speaking of the South

Olivero: Chef Sunny G. to open a new joint in Wilmington, NC

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