This Feeds Me Hungry Musings of a Gastronomic Gypsy – NC-based freelance writer Victoria Bouloubasis

Like any wildly nostalgic Greek-American tourist, I sipped, slurped, nibbled and devoured everything I could in four weeks.

I challenge anyone who claims to despise beets to try them roasted. They’re magic, really. I can’t think of anything else that tastes like them. A beet dug out of the dirt, scrubbed, and roasted, dances on the palate. A hint of earth with a sweet tinge. It’s not the mushy, putrid taste you’d get [...]

Beginning May 1, the Carrboro Farmers’ Market will accept benefits from SNAP, the federal assistance program that helps low-income households buy food. It is one of the few farmers’ markets in the country that does. “Our whole goal is just to make it an easier way for everyone to come to the market, so it [...]

Check out the 15th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour! And if you’ve never eaten a fried duck egg, sunny-side up, you’re in for a treat. “Want breakfast?” my friend asked. “I have one duck egg left!” She reached into her fridge and pulled out the egg, almost double the size of a chicken egg, tinged a [...]

Joel Salatin let out a big-bellied laugh in front of more than 600 people while serving on a speaker panel at Meredith College last month. A sense of urgency escaped from his jovial, Southern lilt, as the celebrated sustainable farmer delivered tongue-in-cheek opinions unabashedly. “I don’t know why [farming's] not sexy. To me, a hoop [...]

My story on the Crop Mob ran in the Indy in October. I somehow forgot to post it (still getting a hang of the blogosphere, I guess). The Crop Mob is an amazing group of young, landless farmers. I was the first to report on them; the group was later featured on NPR and in [...]

Continuously impressed by the New York Times’ multimedia pieces and food coverage, I am moved by the simple and poignant storytelling of artist Maira Kalman’s “And the Pursuit of Happiness” blog on nytimes.com. This particular entry, “Back to the Land,” details a journey through Kalman’s consciousness as she speaks to U.S. farmers, foodies, elementary students [...]

I just stumbled upon this great piece by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University (shh! I’m a Tar Heel) from this past spring. The documentary series,  Five Farms: Stories from American Families, chronicles five family farms in different states throughout one year with compelling photos and audio. Wise Family Farm in N.C. is [...]