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Tidewater Grain Company Carolina Gold Rice

Carolina Gold Rice is the first rice to the Americas. Tidewater Grain Company is the first farm to bring rice production back to North Carolina.

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How to Make the Best Fried Chicken

Day one of all the fun on the GotToBeNC cooking stage at the 2025 NC State Fair is in the books. Boy, was it a

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The 2025 Got To Be NC Cooking Stage at the NC State Fair

It’s October and that means it’s time for the Got To Be NC Cooking stage at the North Carolina State Fair. I’m thrilled to be

Fork Cancer Fundraiser: Charlotte 2025 Recap

Cheers and kudos to my friends Mark Allison and Jaclyn Beith for orchestrating an amazing funraising event, the fourth annual year for Fork Cancer, on

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The 2025 NCRLA Chef Showdown: It’s A Wrap!

Nine years. That’s how long I’ve been the executive producer of the NCRLA Chef Showdown, and you’d think by now I’d be immune to the

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