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

Yep, there are some perks to what I do. Like sharing UFO-sized fried green tomatoes with Avett Brothers‘ cellist Joe Kwon at The Pig while dishing on local pork and sustainable agriculture. Read the story to find out what the guys eat on tour, and what Joe loves to blog about. (Fun fact: there’s a [...]

The latest SavorNC March/April issue is out on stands and, hopefully, in your mailbox. With 100 vineyards and counting, our state boasts a developing history of fine wine production. I had the opportunity to feature six North Carolina vineyards offering more than just a sweet-tempered glass of muscadine wine. We’ve got llamas, people! And even a [...]

My first piece for SavorNC Magazine is now in the January/February issue. Inspired by the upcoming National Truffle Festival in March, held every year in Asheville, NC, I delved into our state’s blooming truffle farming industry. What I found out didn’t necessarily surprise me: North Carolina is a pioneer in yet another culinary, agriculture movement. [...]

Taking part in a small society, which lives more or less self-sufficiently of sustainable agriculture, was my only alternative draft of a place where you can actually live a life at peace with you and the rest of the world. This isn`t always true, but to a great extent it worked

“The composting toilet and I weren’t always on good terms. Indeed, we gave each other shit regularly. But at the end of the day, my time there was always well spent, and I always emerged a better man than when I had entered.”

Chen also has a comfortable air about her that lets the world know she’s taking it all in.

” I ended up spending the most time with the goats, and I’ve enjoyed just about every minute of it. I took them day in, day out for a week and also got to milk them. Walking with the goats in the valley afforded me a little peace, or something. I thought the time with the goats was very peaceful.”

Constantly smiling with eyes wide open, Rosana has a keen understanding of her surroundings in a way that makes her seem completely at ease wherever her wanderlust takes her.

…on my 28th birthday, surrounded by great food, laughter, goats and farmers, the Casa do Burro felt like home.

On a calculated whim this past summer, I set off for a three-month stint to volunteer on organic farms on Portugal’s Algarve coast. My wanderlust needed a fix and my mind needed a stimulant. In covering local NC sustainable agriculture for the past couple of years, I craved the first-hand knowledge to really understand the movement.