The ocean, the lifestyle, the dunes; there’s a lot to love about the Outer Banks. But if you ask me, the best thing about this little slice of paradise is the people.
Laid-back and friendly, they cherish time spent in a quality place. This is why, when we put our issue together every year, we make sure that along with food, art and fun, we also talk about the individuals who make this place so special.
North Carolina Food | Outer Banks Style
The best of North Carolina’s signature dishes are made on the Outer Banks. Sweet, soft-shell blue crabs pulled from nearby shedders, and briny, summertime shrimp only taste this good when served fresh from the water. Red- pepper- and-vinegar- based pork barbecue is a regional specialty and is always in high demand, as are grab-and-go biscuits and zesty pimento cheese. Here are a few of our favorites.
What We’re Loving | Secotan Market
The Secotan Market in Wanchese offers fresh eggs, vegetables, canned goods and pasture-raised meats, as well as handmade soaps and tinctures, coffee and kombucha, and local artisans’ wares. The market is open each Wednesday and Saturday until Thanksgiving.
Backyard Wild
With a keen eye and an open heart, North Carolina artist chronicles the world around her. by Mary Ellen Riddle E.M. Corsa believes in magic and wild things. Nature, says the Kill Devil Hills artist, has been her muse from the start. She remembers as a child walking with her father through the western Massachusetts […]
The Breaks | Supper time
The taste of Hatteras Island is in Sharon Peele Kennedy’s blood. The daughter of a commercial fisherman and a professional cook, she grew up to become a notable seafood cook herself, as well as a radio personality, an author and a supporter of local fisheries.
The Breaks | Cocktail troubador
Camp Cocktail, a mobile bartending business that Harriss founded in 2014, was fueled by a food-truck revelation and a need to constantly move, she says. Since then, her caravan bar for hire has taken her north to New York, south to Florida and all the way west to California. But that’s only part of the story.
