Grits, gravy and biscuits • Collard greens • Bojangles’ • Sweet tea
A couple hours from the Atlantic or the Appalachians • Moonshine
Fried cornbread • Ingles • Late nights at Cook-Out • Coca-Cola 600
Heading down south to the land of the pines • Cheerwine • Carolina burger
Jumping Jockey’s Ridge • Sliding Sliding Rock • Driving Blue Ridge Parkway in autumn
Pork barbecue (which is better than the other side’s barbecue) • Peanuts • The Triangle
Great Smoky Mountains • Tobacco Road • Pig pickin’s • ACC Basketball Tournament
Highland beer • The Panthers • Outer Banks and the Lost Colony
The “Hot Now” light • Chicken stew and biscuits
Grandfather Mountain
Bluegrass festivals
Hushpuppies
Hornets