Kenco Farms Wines sells a very sweet wine, which is actually mead. I've tried this at various festivals over the years, but realized they don't do tastings/tours so I needed to find a bottle to add to my collection. They have a blackberry melomel, blueberry melomel, raspberry melomel, cyster, and blue mead available...

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My latest column in the Charleston Gazette-Mail: Some things are just an acquired taste — often due to nostalgia or developed via repeated exposure. Beans and cornbread. Dark chocolate. Beer. That can probably be applied to many Appalachian foods. But, because I grew up eating them, I knew no different. Especially in sixth...

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Firecreek BBQ & Steaks is a new restaurant in Fayetteville serving up bbq classic - with a side of steak. Firecreek  BBQ & Steaks took over the space of the former Dirty Ernie's Rib Pit. Inside, it's wood everywhere - walls, ceiling, booths. The menus were placed beneath glass on the table, which...

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Big Dam Pizza is a relatively new pizza joint in Fayetteville that is known for, well, some pretty damn big pizza. The space is not huge - despite the size of the pies - but it wasn't busy. The restaurant is decorated with images of dams. The menu features their signature huge slices,...

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In a nook overlooking local favorite restaurant Cathedral Cafe, the Raw & Juicy Juice Bar offers a healthy smoothie (and smoothie bowl!) option for those who have been rafting, mountain biking or hiking all day. Or me. The juice bar is in the same location as the restaurant, just located upstairs and overlooking the dining...

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