Category Archives: Resources
So Cook Your Favorite Thanksgiving Dish, But Buy Local!
The 10% Campaign, a statewide initiative to encourage North Carolina citizens to spend just 10% of their existing food dollars on locally grown foods, is here to help you celebrate a local Thanksgiving. Sure, make your favorite recipes, but do … Continue reading
Squash Mania: Old Is New Again
NPR has a great article, “Winter Squash: New Faces in the Pumpkin Patch,” about old American varieties of winter squash popping up as “new” squashes at farmers’ markets! From buttercup to kabocha to turban, check out this primer on squash varieties … Continue reading
Turkey Confidential
Join Lynne Rossetto Kasper of NPR’s The Splendid Table on Thanksgiving 11 am-1 pm for Turkey Confidential! Enjoy this live chat, recipes and turkey triage, plus special guests Chef Jose Andres, Chef Jamie Oliver, wine and food expert Joshua Wesson … Continue reading
Cooks Coping with Food Allergies
“Thanksgiving: All the Taste, None of the Allergens”: This Indy Week.com article about cooking Thanksgiving dinner for guests with food allergies hit home–two nieces with dairy, egg and nut allergies will be gathered ’round my table this year. If you’re facing … Continue reading
Local Turkey on “The State of Things”
Last year Frank Stasio and his guests were talking turkey–local turkey that is–on “The State of Things” on WUNC Public Radio. Listen to this podcast with Richard Holcomb of Coon Rock Farm just outside of Hillsborough, Lionel Vatinet of La Farm Bakery in Cary, and … Continue reading

