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Getting Out and About with the Local Palate Marketplace Vendors

The Local Palate Marketplace vendors are out and about this spring, showcasing their goods around the South, and here's who we've seen in the field at events.

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Cook the Book: Gullah Geechee Home Cooking

Packed with simple, comforting recipes for any day of the year, "Gullah Geechee Home Cooking" by Emily Meggett has become a TLP staff-favorite cookbook.

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Poole's Diner Celebrates 15 Years

Restaurant owner & chef Ashley Christensen reflects on 15 years of service, being a community gathering space, and feeding musicians at Poole's Diner in Raleigh.

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The Local Palate Editors' Winter Cookbook Picks

The Local Palate editors share their top winter cookbooks of 2022. From the culinarian to the armchair traveler, these reads will keep you entertained and fed.

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Cook the Book: The Hot Honey Cookbook

After years of research, Ames Russell of AR's Hot Honey debuted the Hot Honey Cookbook, complete with sixty recipes to “infuse sweet heat into your favorite foods.”

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Cook the Book: Skillet Love

Cast iron skillet recipes we cooked and loved from Anne Byrn's Skillet Love: From Steak to Cake, More than 150 Recipes in One Cast Iron Pan.

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Fix Me a Plate with Scotty Scott

Scotty Scott spills on his culinary career and professional journey in creating the best "soul food" and he shares with TLP a shrimp and polenta recipe.

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The Southern State of Barbecue

When not tending the flames, these four Southern barbecue leaders share how they unwind, experiment in the kitchen, and search for the next pulled-pork sandwich

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Recipes to Celebrate the First-Ever Juneteenth Cookbook

75 recipes and stories in Nicole A. Taylor's cookbook Watermelon & Red Birds honor Black Juneteenth traditions and celebrate future generations' festivities

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TLP's Editor Releases the Row 34 Cookbook

Editor in Chief Erin Byers Murray is the Local Palate's resident oyster expert. She discusses her new cookbook, a profile of New England oyster bar, Row 34.

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