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Whole-hog barbecue, coastal seafood & mountain cooking
Signature dish · Eastern NC chopped pork barbecue
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North Carolina argues barbecue east against west — vinegar whole hog versus Lexington shoulder with red dip — and eats calabash-fried seafood on the coast, livermush and sonker in the mountains.
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Lexington-Style BarbecueThe Piedmont's wood-and-charcoal pork tradition built on Lexington dip, a ketchup-tinged vinegar sauce distinct from Eastern NC's straight vinegar style.1 recipe
Eastern Carolina Vinegar TableWhole-hog barbecue and thin vinegar-pepper sauces from the Coastal Plain, where sauce has no tomato at all.3 recipes
Outer Banks & Coastal CatchSeafood traditions from Hatteras, Ocracoke and the sounds, built on flounder, shrimp, clams and blue crab.6 recipes
Blue Ridge Mountain KitchenAppalachian foodways of western North Carolina, shaped by Scots-Irish settlers, foraging, and subsistence farming.4 recipes
Piedmont Home CookingEveryday supper-table dishes from the rolling central counties, where tobacco and textile towns built a shared cafeteria-style cuisine.9 recipes
Cherokee & Indigenous FoodwaysFoods rooted in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the region's original agricultural traditions.4 recipes
NC Festivals & Roadside StandsFoods synonymous with North Carolina fairs, drive-ins and roadside stands, from Krispy Kreme to livermush shacks.6 recipes
Carolina Sweets & Porch DrinksDesserts and beverages that show up at Sunday dinner and summer porch-sitting across the state.7 recipesPopular recipes
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