Can you start and operate a food business from your home kitchen in North Carolina?
Are you in North Carolina? Do you have the “best” cake recipe from your grandma? or baked goods? or folks say “you need to put that in a bottle and sell it?” Perhaps your home kitchen meets criteria for a home-based food permit. There ARE limitations. Read all about them here…
Fluffy Watermelon Spoon Pie… with crispy macadamia nut crust
This make-ahead summer treat will make everybody smile. Serve semi-frozen for an ice cream texture, or right from your refrigerator.
Merry & Bright Holiday Cheerwine Punch… with fruit-filled ice ring
Having friends over for a holiday supper? No need to fret over multiple beverages … punch to the rescue! Let your imagination loose as exact measurements are not necessary with this Cheerwine punch!
Pork Tenderloin Sheet Pan Supper with Sweet Potatoes & Caramelized Onions
You won’t go wrong serving your holiday company this pepper jelly glazed bacon wrapped NC pork tenderloin…. nestled among seasoned NC Sweet Potatoes!
Gingerbread Banana Pudding With Molasses Whipped Cream
This southern favorite with a seasonal twist feeds quite a few folks, can be made ahead, and guests can self-serve. Find a fun, hinged, wide-mouth jar to make it in and wow your company!
Apple, Onion and Rosemary Tart with Cinnamon Honey
…a delightful sweet and savory tart to enjoy as an appetizer, side, with salad for brunch or as an outside-the-box dessert!
Carrying on a Carolina Tradition… the dying community “art” of the hog killin!
Come along for this journey… a chilly winter’s day and a rural North Carolina tradition where one family and community is keeping this generation’s old tradition alive.
Cinnamon-Pear Energy “Cookie” Bites
Fall is here, and so are fresh pears. Use these no-bake treats as “cookies,” perfect to tuck into lunch bags for everyone’s enjoyment.
Big Mama’s Sticky Biscuits… thumbprint pepper jelly treats!
You will want to keep some tea biscuits on hand in your freezer to make some of these little treats with Peggy Rose’s Jelly… anytime!
Seafood Bisque Casserole
A warm bowl of bisque surely is soothing … but in a casserole? Oh, yes! Enjoy this seafood over pasta, creamy grits, rice, or mashed taters.
Culinary Adventures of a State Fair Judge
Read… Culinary Adventures of a State Fair Judge Carolina Country Mag October 2017 I do declare! I had no
Nope… “this is NOT ‘derby pie!'” HorseRace Pie perhaps??
Are you pie? or Cake? I love both, but really fond of good PIE! Good, simple pie. This chocolate pecan gooey-on-the-bottom pie checks a lot of boxes for me. And the recipe makes 2 pies… one to keep, and one to share!
Cinnamon Candy Apple Nut Brittle
Published in Carolina Country Magazine October 2019 YaY! It’s finally NC State Fair week. Most everyone loves the fair, for
