With so many made in North Carolina products to enjoy, summer is a wonderful time to Eat and Drink Local. This week I share with
Category: Television Appearances
Grilling NC Beef – Meet your Local Ranchers & Watch a Recipe Video, Too!
In the mood to start Grilling NC Beef? You can get started at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market on Saturday, watch this video later on
April 2018 Restaurant Roundup Update: Springtime Hidden Gems with Video and all New Photos
Heidi Billotto is back with her April 2018 Restaurant Roundup Update! A list of six terrific hidden gems that should be on your restaurant radar now with Charlotte Today Video and all New Photos in the post. #TellThemHeidiSentYou
April 2018 Restaurant Roundup: Springtime Hidden Gems
Before we take a look at all that is new in the Queen City, Heidi Billotto thought it would be fun to visit some hidden gems, restaurants you may not know about, but should be on your radar…
Eat Local, Drink Local: Springtime Edition
Time for another edition of Heidi Billotto’s Drink Local, Eat Local series, this time featuring two delicious was to drink local, two savory ways to eat local and two eat local options to soothe our collective sweet tooth.
Heidi Billotto’s Easy 30 Minute Paella “As Seen On TV”
I love sharing new recipes in these posts, in my cooking classes and on the televised cooking segments I am asked to do from month
Where to Dine with Your Valentine: February Restaurant Round-Up Recap
Its Valentine’s Day week and if you are among the many wondering where to dine with your Valentine, wonder no longer! Many Charlotte, NC area
NC Sweet Potato Toasties: The Whole Story with Recipe, Video & More
How Do You Like Your Sweet Potatoes? Many of you may only think about this locally grown vegetable around Thanksgiving when you will use it
NC Sweet Potato Toasties: A new take on an old local favorite
How do you like your sweet potatoes? Now, I know, that many of you think about this locally grown vegetable primarily around Thanksgiving and use
Feb 2 Restaurant Round Up: Six Charlotte Spots to Dine with Your Valentine
This “Preview Post” today serves as a heads up that I will be doing another Restaurant Round-Up segment on WCNC’s Charlotte Today this morning (
Queen’s Feast: Charlotte Restaurant Week Winter 2018
Hi! Heidi Billotto here. If you subscribe to my blog at HeidiBillottoFood.com, then you’ve already seen what I”ll call “Phase One” of this post. I
Queen’s Feast 2018: Charlotte’s Winter Restaurant Week
Get Excited Charlotte – if you are looking for a way to get rid of the winter doldrums and get your mind off the freezing
January 4 Easy to Eat & Drink Local Preview Post
Each year in January as we make resolutions to try to get things off with a healthy start. But, you know you want your cheese
Restaurant Round Up: 2018 Brunching Resolutions
There is lots to remember about 2017. For the North Carolina hospitality industry one of the most important events to occur this year was the
Weekend Brunching Preview
Here’s just a little tease – tune in to WCNC’s Charlotte Today RIGHT NOW Wed Dec 27 for my 11:40 Restaurant Round up segment on
Heidi’s December Restaurant Round Up: Hidden Gems
Hidden Gems – Five Charlotte Area Restaurants to put on your Dining Out Radar This month I direct your dining out attention to the little
Eat & Drink Local: Cooking & Cocktailing with NC Elderberries
There is no question that elderberries are a good-for-you food. These tiny berries are packed with minerals like iron and potassium; vitamins A, B and
Cheers! Raise a Glass, its Time to Drink Local!
Cheers to North Carolina’s Thriving Community of Distillers and Legal Moonshine Raise your glasses and say, “Cheers!” Some 84 years ago today Prohibition in
Cheers! It’s time to Drink Local!
Lots of ways to Drink Local in the Carolinas. Of course, the wine industry is huge here and the focus on craft beers is without
Easy to Eat Local: Six Stories of Local Products & Recipes, too!
It’s Easy to Eat Local… I simply love shopping at local farmers’ markets every week, so that I can incorporate much local product, produce and
Easy to Eat Local
I am delighted to be sharing with you today a half dozen wonderful ways you can eat local, simply by opening a box, bottle package
All Things Ginger-licious
Its that time of the year, when the summer heat starts to give way to the cooler days of fall. If you are Mary Roberts
Biscuits and the Big Deal about Baking with Buttermilk
I come to you today on the heels of three days in Knoxville, Tennessee. First at the Southern Food Writing Conference and then at the
Proffitt Cattle Company: GotToBeNC Organic Grass Fed Beef
Agriculture is by far the largest industry in the state of North Carolina. And when I say agriculture, I’m not just talking produce, but proteins
On Your Charlotte Restaurant Radar: 5 Asian Restaurants you must not miss!
After all the holiday trimmings, visions of sugarplums, Hanukkah candles and potato latkes have come and gone this holiday season, lets take a break and
Easy to Eat Local: Open a Package, Jar, Bottle or Box
If you follow me on social media, this blog or have watched me cooking on television or have come to any of my cooking classes,
Greensboro, NC Getaway Plan A 3Day Weekend this Fall
In Need of a little getaway this fall season? Might I suggest that you look no further than North Carolina’s Triad region connecting three
October 2016 Restaurant RoundUp: 6 Restaurants That Should Be on Your Radar
Updated Blog post to go along with my October Restaurant Round Up segment on WCNC’s Charlotte Today which originally aired Wed., Oct 19, 2016. A
Stuffed Squash Blossoms: A New Take on Ham and Cheese
I’ve been doing a lot of cooking this month on television and for catering jobs and cooking classes. As my regular readers know, I am
Seasonally Speaking: It’s Time for Local Organic Baby Ginger
To every time (and to every fruit, flower, herb and vegetable) there is a season. Back in 2011, it was my pleasure to join a