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Taking Root The richness of autumn’s bounty finds a home in a humble root cellar   By Cheryl Capaldo Traylor Each year when the leaves turn yellow, orange and brown, then float down to [...]

Candy Hierarchy All sweets aren’t born equal   By Susan S. Kelly Did you come by my house on Halloween? You know, the one with no pumpkin on the stoop, no lights on, and a Grinch upstairs [...]

Hey, Good-Lookin,’ Whatcha Got Cookin’? ’Tis the season for cookbooks   Compiled by Brian Lampkin Country Living magazine published a study a few years ago that tried to measure which [...]

The Transformation of a University Two presidents elevate an institution   By D.G. Martin Looking back 100 years to the situation at the University of North Carolina at the end of World War [...]

Sneaky Beak The street-smart American crow   By Susan Campbell The crow is an oft-maligned bird, even feared by some. It is both smart and sneaky. Historically, crows were considered a bad [...]

Virtually There Mother and son game the system   By Maria Johnson They just kept coming, those ugly-as-sin, violence-prone Barbarians called Orcs. We’d chop down one wave of them, and before [...]

Haw River Mushrooms literally strike paydirt with organic farming techniques By Ross Howell Jr.  •  Photographs by Sam Froelich   For many, mushrooms are the Rodney Dangerfield of the plant [...]

What was Thomas Jefferson’s favorite kind of apple? Ask science teacher David Vernon, who runs one of the top heirloom apple nurseries in the nation By Maria Johnson   •   Photographs by Bert [...]

Great Leaps Forward NC Dance Festival brings innovative steps to its 29th season   Twenty-nine years ago, Jan Van Dyke wanted to broaden the horizons of her dance students at UNCG. With the [...]