Edible North Carolina documents and shares the vibrant voices and places of North Carolina’s contemporary food movement---an exciting intersection of culinary excellence, creative entrepreneurship, changing populations, historic yet evolving foodways, and a commitment to protect and sustain food resources for generations to come. Twenty new, never-before-published works will be commissioned for this signature collection written by the state and region’s best journalists, farmers, chefs, entrepreneurs, scholars, and food activists. The first volume of its kind to expansively consider the power and reach of North Carolina’s food movement, this book convincingly argues how a vital food system contributes to the economy, attracts new residents, builds tourism, supports sustainable growth, and enhances the region’s image and reputation. Published by the University of North Carolina Press.
Edible North Carolina
2022 James Beard Award Winner Ricky Moore was born and reared in the North Carolina coastal town of New Bern, where catching and eating fresh fish and shellfish is what people do. Today, Moore is one of the most widely admired chefs to come out of the region. In this cookbook, he tells the story of how he started his wildly popular Saltbox Seafood Joint® restaurants and food truck in Durham, North Carolina. Moore, a formally trained chef, was led by a culinary epiphany in the famous wet markets of Singapore to start a restaurant focused purely on the food inspired by the Carolina coast and its traditional roadside fish shacks and camps. Published by the University of North Carolina Press.
