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…
Wendy’s Deviled Crab Carteret
Being able to use any type of crabmeat makes this recipe budget-friendly. Use fresh NC crab when possible. Wonder why it’s called “deviled” crab? Because of the heat!
Peach on the Atlantic Beach Pie!
In recent years, a revival of the vintage Atlantic Beach Pie has occurred. I created my version of the recipe by using a combination of citrus juices (not just one), a little zest, and snuck in a surprise layer of NC peaches. Enjoy!
Honey Orange Grilled Watermelon
Originally posted August 2018. Post edited June 2022. As summer wanes, there’s still an abundance of fresh watermelons! So grab
Spaghetti Grilled Cheese Sandwich in Cheese Puddle
Italian Rotisserie Chicken Salad Stuffed Tomatoes
Keep cool in the kitchen… throw together this no-cook Italian Rotisserie Chicken Salad in no time for a tasty meal on a hot summer’s day.
Tomato-Pimento Cheese Shortcakes With Black-Peppered Whipped Cream
Sometimes, those of us who create recipes for both pleasure and profit throw together something that becomes a personal
Ringing in the new….
Hey y’all! Wheeee doggies, can you believe it’s time to remember to write 2018 on our checks already? LOL For
Soup’s on! Blushing Turkey Soup
Well here we are, just like that ~ looking at Thanksgiving 2017 in our rear view mirror. Did your grandmas
…krave-worthy Krispy Kreme Kroutons!
Krispy Kreme “Kroutons” are a fun treat by themselves, but floating in boiled custard to enjoy at the bottom of your cup is good, too!
What time is it? Muscadine time….
Don’t miss these recipes for Flavor, NC featuring muscadine grapes! Muscadine Crisp. Muscadine Grape Pepper Jelly. Muscadine Shrub. And an experience at John Campbell Folk School…
Fall = Applesauce!
Fall is in the air… well kinda sorta, now that fresh North Carolina apples are making their debut at farmers’
Speaking of tomatoes, fried green ones…
A few years ago while food styling and creating recipes at Our State Magazine, I had the opportunity to create
