/blog/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:49:15 +0000 Room at the Table - Southern Holiday Recipes http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/room-at-the-table-southern-holiday-recipes/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/room-at-the-table-southern-holiday-recipes/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/room-at-the-table-southern-holiday-recipes/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500


What makes a recipe Southern? If a Brooklynite makes sweetpotato pie, is the pie still Southern? If a born and bred North Carolinian makes spaghetti… is it then Southern spaghetti? Does the chicken

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When moving to the South, you may find the cuisine to be rather different. Different, however, does not mean bad! In this case, it actually means quite good.

Through my two years of living in North

]]> Savor Fall with Sweet Potatoes http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/savor-fall-with-sweet-potatoes/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/savor-fall-with-sweet-potatoes/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/savor-fall-with-sweet-potatoes/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 08:00:00 -0400


When the leaves start to change and the slow heat of summer takes its sweet time clearing the air and making way for a brisk fall breeze, that's the time of year I love the most.

In the South, the

]]> Six Millionth Hot Dog To Be Sold http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/six-millionth-hot-dog-to-be-sold/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/six-millionth-hot-dog-to-be-sold/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/six-millionth-hot-dog-to-be-sold/ Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:00:00 -0400

Reprinted with permission from the Kenly News. An article written by Keith Barnes.


Based on calculations from previous sales totals sometime during June or July , located inside the

]]> Sweet Potato Lovers' Season http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/sweet-potato-lovers-season/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/sweet-potato-lovers-season/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/sweet-potato-lovers-season/ Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:00:00 -0400

Just recently on my drive to work I noticed all the Fall and Halloween decorations that have been put up (which I LOVE) and think it's a beautiful way of saying "Welcome Fall to Johnston County!"

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