A Wok Through Time
July 18, 2024
Michelle King unpacks the life of Chinese culinary icon Fu Pei-Mei in her recently released book, “Chop, Fry, Watch, Learn.”
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A Spoonful of Policy
July 16, 2024
Lindsey Smith Taillie pushes for healthy food policies across the globe to improve eating habits for families and children.
A Recipe for Black Joy
April 26, 2023
Bailey Benson’s unconventional cookbook guides readers through much more than recipes.
Local Ink, Inc.
July 20, 2020
For nearly a century, the University of North Carolina Press has been shining a spotlight on its home state and region. Conceived by its founders as an incentive for university faculty to engage in research by giving them a local outlet for publication, it soon became much more: an amplifier of voices and a tool for change.
The Art of French Drawing
March 17, 2020
UNC senior Savannah Faircloth traveled to Paris in the summer of 2019 to learn about French culinary culture and the relationship Parisians have with food. Then, she drew their portraits.
Growth from the Ground Up
April 18, 2017
A Robeson County tortilla manufacturer is ready to increase his production from 25,000 pounds of tortillas a week to 120,000 pounds. UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA student Ben Holmes is helping him do just that — through NCGrowth, an affiliate of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise.
Science for Safer Food
September 29, 2016
For the past 10 years, UNC researcher Rachel Noble has been developing technology to keep our food safe from bacteria like E. coli.
Platter Chatter
May 4, 2016
One UNC philosophy professor invites us to question what we put on our plates.
Folate — Friend or Foe?
January 19, 2016
UNC Nutrition Research Institute scientists focus on folate, a vitamin once considered critical for health, to learn how much the body needs to function properly