Lifestyle

Try the rainbow of color and heat in peppers

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com A green bell pepper is probably a familiar sight in your house. You ...

Lifestyle

Eat like a queen at Morgan Ridge Vineyards for Queen’s Feast

Morgan Ridge Vineyard & Brewhouse is again part of Charlotte’s Queen’s Feast, the only restaurant in Rowan County ...

Lifestyle

Great ideas for cherry tomatoes

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com If you find yourself with lots of cherry tomatoes, here are some bright ...

Lifestyle

Nothing is better than a ripe, juicy tomato

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com Did you know tomatoes were once considered poisonous? On the other end of ...

Lifestyle

It’s a cornucopia of corn

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com Fresh corn is here now, and now is the time to cook it ...

Food

Keep your Fourth of July barbecue from going up in flames

RALEIGH — Grilling during the Fourth of July holiday is a fun and exciting activity that brings families and friends ...

Lifestyle

July is National Grilling Month — Be safe and eat well

By Toi Degree Rowan Cooperative Extension It’s officially summer, which is the time for the best outdoor cooking, ...

Lifestyle

Peaches are here and ready to eat

Kevin Huffman’s peach orchard is at its peak, loaded with golden fruit ready for the public. When Huffman ...

Lifestyle

Don’t know what to cook? Me neither

I don’t know about you, but my Monday was awful. One thing after another went wrong. I’m lucky ...

Lifestyle

Potato salad makes summer taste better

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com We can all agree on this: We love potato salad. We love it ...

Lifestyle

Cabbage is a spring vegetable, too; try it now

At last week’s Salisbury-Rowan Farmers Market, David Correll said, “please do something about cabagges. I got cabbages coming ...

Lifestyle

Celebrate National Dairy Month throughout June

By Toi Degree Rowan Cooperative Extension June is National Dairy Month, which started out as National Milk Month ...

Lifestyle

Hot dog: Washington Post staff take the ultimate taste test of summer

By Maura Judkis The Washington Post The first hot dog of summer is a sacred, precious thing, one ...

Lifestyle

Zucchini season is here — make the most of it

It’s already zucchini season, at least at the Salisbury-Rowan Farmers Market, and they are just the right size. ...

News

Norvells’ Chef Santos book raises $4,320 for hospital’s center for moms, babies

Special to the Post New mothers and their babies at the Women’s and Children’s Center at Novant Health ...

Lifestyle

Med Month — enjoy the Mediterranean food plan

Happy #MedMonth! May has been declared Med Month for those of you that didn’t already know. The Med ...

Lifestyle

Raleigh’s Ashley Christensen wins big at James Beard Awards

CHICAGO (AP) — Chef Ashley Christensen’s comfort food at Poole’s Diner in North Carolina and the modern Israeli ...

Lifestyle

Combining New England heritage with Southern flavors

“Bruce Moffett Cooks: A New England Chef in a New South Kitchen,” by Bruce Moffett. Written with Keia Mastrianni. Photographs ...

Local Events

Details coming together for May 18 Cheerwine Festival

Staff report Salisbury-based Cheerwine will host what it expects to be the “biggest Cheerwine Festival ever” in its third consecutive ...

Lifestyle

Strawberry fields forever

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com This week’s hot weather will surely bring out more fresh strawberries. There’s nothing ...

Lifestyle

China Grove, Kannapolis markets opening

CHINA GROVE — The Market at the Mill will kick-off its 10th season Friday at the China Grove ...

Lifestyle

What should I do with this?

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com The produce is coming in at the Farmers Market, greening up nicely. But ...

Lifestyle

Farmers Market is open for the season

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com It was a dark and gloomy opening for the Salisbury/Rowan Farmers Market on ...

Lifestyle

As summer approaches, can canning be far behind?

Spring’s here and that means the days are getting longer, the flowers are blooming, pollen is at its ...

Lifestyle

Celebrate craft beer month in Cabarrus County

 CONCORD – April brings a month-long celebration of North Carolina’s thriving craft beer culture, and visitors can celebrate ...

Lifestyle

Farmers market opens this Saturday

The Salisbury-Rowan Farmers Market opens this Saturday, April 13, 8 a.m.-noon at 520 S. Main St. It has ...

Lifestyle

Brighten your spring meals with lemon

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com Spring, for some reason, ignites in me a craving for all things lemony, ...

Lifestyle

March 16 is National Artichoke Hearts Day; don’t miss it

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com You know how every day of every month is National So-and-So Day? Well, ...

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