North Carolina

Where the quail feel right at home

For barbecue made the old-fashioned way, head to this new joint in North Carolina

At least one regional fried chicken tradition has yet to get its due: dipped chicken

Snag a bar stool and grab a pint at one of these four hop-pening new joints

From a fifties-style drive-in to a cinderblock meat-and-three, local eats in Eastern North Carolina.

A peanut lover’s take on the molten cake

Where books aren’t just business

Maverick retailer Laura Vinroot Poole lightens up the gents’ shopping scene

A new documentary examines why so many creative people are moving to Asheville

Five lesser-known favorites in the Tar Heel State

Lakeside living where Mayberry charm meets academia

The historic roadway—it wasn’t paved until 1950—is flanked by lush tidal marshes and pristine sounds on one side and towering dunes, deserted beaches, and the wide-open Atlantic on the other

A North Carolina treat that’s a lot tastier than it sounds

A Southern Easter tradition

A gorgeously overgrown graveyard in coastal North Carolina preserves centuries of stories

The most important trick: Don’t simmer the life out of the greens

Martin County Chicken Mull

For Bill Smith, the chef who has quietly kept Chapel Hill, North Carolina’s beloved Crook’s Corner at the heart of the Southern culinary universe for more than twenty years, food always revolves around family—the one he’s related to and the one he isn’t

Deep in the North Carolina Piedmont, one man has made sure that the storied tradition of taking to the field with a pack of beagles in mad pursuit of rabbits lives on

Go on a rabbit hunt with a pack of beagles