Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” For many years the NCDA&CS has sponsored promotions to encourage restaurants to use more local food on their menus. The latest of these is the “Dig into Local” Best Menu NC contest, and registration is open now. […]
Each week we round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from news outlets across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. Click on the links to go straight to the full story. “Record watermelon tips the scale at 232 pounds,” News & Observer: A whopping 232 pounds. That’s the weight of […]
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” This week, Commissioner Troxler and Rhonda talk about the Best Dish in North Carolina restaurant contest. Finalists for the 2011 edition of the contest were recently announced. The Best Dish contest, sponsored by the NCDA&CS and Our […]
It was a good year to have a restaurant in a historic house named after a Bartlett. Four Square Restaurant, a 10-year-old restaurant located in the Victorian-era Bartlett-Mangum House in Durham, and The Yancey House Restaurant, located in the Historic Bartlett Yancey House in Yanceyville, both walked away with first place honors in the Best […]
The finalists in this year’s Best Dish in NC restaurant contest were recently named and have been posted to the Best Dish Web site. I recently scrolled through the pictures of the dishes in the Fine and Casual dining categories and thought to myself, “wow, I want to be a judge.” I even mentioned it […]