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Hendersonville, Tennessee · HendersonvilleIn a way, it all started with the coffee-and-cookie hour. Eight-year-old Matthew Rogers had spent the morning curating the spread before him: cups of lemonade, cookies in varying shades of vanilla and chocolate, and empty mugs awaiting strong Episcopalian coffee. With everything finally set just so, he didn’t want anyone to touch it. Not yet. Once his father, the pastor, spoke the benediction and… SourceRead Article
Lunchtime Legacy in Hendersonville

Asheville · AshevilleAsheville Pinball Museum owner T.C. Di Bella knows firsthand the durability of a good lunch box. His own childhood lunch box — a star-spangled tribute to legendary stuntman Evel Knievel — bears only a few cosmetic scuffs after both he and his brother Kelly carried it throughout the ’70s and ’80s to Coats Elementary School in Harnett County. Just as long-lasting, Di Bella says… SourceRead Article
Asheville’s Lunch Box Collector

North Carolina · North CarolinaOne of the more concerning aspects of modern life is that we are rapidly moving toward a time in which nobody will know what the heck hoop cheese is. You may, in fact, not know what hoop cheese is, to which I would reply: Don’t admit that to anyone. Just keep reading. Hoop cheese is a simple cow’s milk cheese whose ingredients are pretty much that: cow’s milk. The dense, orange-yellow cheese is… SourceRead Article