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David Freeze: The farthest counties west
Editor’s note: David Freeze is a runner, running coach and long-distance cyclist from China Grove in Rowan County. ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Enjoy tea in the garden — a variety of spreads for bread
By Stephanie Williams Dean When I hear of tea parties, taxation doesn’t come to mind but finger foods ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Fuelin’ up with premium recipes
By Stephanie Williams Dean As I approached the home of the king, the only sign of royalty I ...
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Bless Your Spoon: What’s up? Chicken butt!
By Stephanie Williams Dean I need a bumper sticker that warns, “I brake for yard sales.” Seriously. I ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Double-stuffed with sweet goodness
By Stephanie Williams Dean Old-timey sweets are still a hit at the party — you know, those luscious ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Biscuit love is a big piece of Southern history
By Stephanie Williams Dean Recent travel took me over the mountains and into Tennessee to a big breakfast ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Mike Hendrix Dinner Club
By Stephanie Williams Dean If I can enjoy a beautiful dining experience that takes me back in time, ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Tomatoes and asparagus will soon be ready
By Stephanie Williams Dean If you want to enjoy a summer favorite, the old-fashioned, classic Southern, ‘mater and ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Nascar Museum and Rotary
By Stephanie Williams Dean It’s said that when something gets in your blood, you begin to enjoy it. The ...
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7-year-old joins older brothers as black belt in karate
SALISBURY — The Bristol Brothers have been practicing the discipline of martial arts for almost nine years at ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Easter gift is more than food
By Stephanie Williams Dean My favorite childhood memories come hippity-hoppity, hot on the heels of a big, fluffy, ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Sunday lunch at winery
By Stephanie Williams Dean Even though our evenings still feel like winter, spring has officially arrived. But as ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Writing about food and art scene
By Mandy Haggerson On a recent trip to Asheville, I chose to stay in the heart of downtown ...
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Bless Your Spoon: A month to celebrate history and food
By Stephanie Williams Dean This week we’re celebrating March as Women’s History Month — the perfect time to ...
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Bless Your Spoon: The Cove and Brandon Health
By Stephanie Williams Dean No evening in a week changes me as much as one spent at The ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Snow Ghost Pie and more
By Stephanie Williams Dean It appears we’ve been ghosted by Old Man Winter with nary a frosty fleck ...
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Bless Your Spoon: On going green — what’s all the fuss?
By Stephanie Williams Dean Going green is not worth all the fuss that’s being made about it — ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Desserts — the ending is the sweetest
By Stephanie Williams Dean Who doesn’t love a tasty morsel of something rich and decadent at the end ...
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Bless Your Spoon — Meals for two Valentines
By Mandy Haggerson Flowers and candy are go-to gifts for Valentine’s Day, but the best way to say ...
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Bless Your Spoon — Food and fellowship at church
By Stephanie Williams Dean My first meals enjoyed away from home must have been at a church fellowship. ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Cakes, cobblers, grunts and buckles
By Stephanie Williams Dean When the spirit wakes you to words of crisp, crumble, cobble, grunt, slump and ...
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Bless Your Spoon — Warm up to roasted meats and potatoes
By Stephanie Williams Dean There’s no better way to get warm on a chilly night than sitting down ...
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Bless Your Spoon: The year for healthy eating
By Stephanie Williams Dean Isn’t it wonderful to know we have options and new choices anytime we take ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Delicious food promised — from different lands
By Stephanie Williams Dean Following a brief taste of frigid temperatures, I came down with a case of ...
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Bless Your Spoon — Keeping spirits bright while overcoming the holidays
By Stephanie Williams Dean The holiday season is not over yet, so stay on course. Let the celebrations ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Candied confections and custards
By Stephanie Williams Dean Have you ever thought of offering Santa a little candied cake with custard instead ...
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Bless Your Spoon: Soup, salads, and sides of a busy holy season
By Stephanie Williams Dean The Advent season is upon us, which means less than a month to prepare ...