Cooks on the N.C. coast traditionally add cornmeal dumplings to collard greens but the tasty dollops can also be used to stretch seafood soups, stews and chowders, even when pinching pennies isn’t necessary.
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Coyotes Emerge as Coastal Predators
Coyotes are rarely seen in numbers along the N.C. coast but state wildlife officials say there is evidence of large populations here and throughout the state, prompting concerns about pets and livestock and crossbreeding with red wolves.
Our Coast: Fort Macon and Elliott Coues
Fort Macon has a rich history as a Civil War site, but its story also features an ambitious doctor named Elliott Coues, whose interest in the natural surroundings helped focus attention on environmental science in and around Beaufort.
Panthers Still Seize N.C Imagination
Before the football team, there was the real deal — a magnificent cat that roamed the length and breadth of America. Though it’s been extinct in North Carolina for more than a century, this animal of many names has become an enduring wildlife legend.
Our Celestial Coast: Parade of Planets
Five planets line up in the early morning sky through most of February. All can be seen without binoculars or telescopes.
Photo Contest: And the Winners Are …
Best of the best: We announce the winners of Coastal Review Online’s 2015 photography contest, a showcase of marine life, coastal scenes and unique perspectives of our natural environment.
Our Coast’s Food: Keeping It Local
Chef Kyle Lee McKnight helped launch a local foods movement in Wilmington and although he’s no longer working on the N.C. coast, the flavors, traditions and friends from this region still guide his choices.
Our Celestial Coast: More Meteors in 2016
Begin 2016 looking skyward: The new year starts with an astronomical light show courtesy of the Quadrantids meteor shower and possibly a glimpse of comet Catalina.
Our Coast’s Food: Hoppin’ John
Tradition has it that eating black-eyed peas on Jan. 1 guarantees a prosperous new year but proper preparation is key with the dish known as “hoppin’ john.”
Sharing The Beauty of The N.C. Coast
For those looking to entertain holiday visitors, getting outside and sharing the special places all along the N.C. coast is sure to create lasting memories.
Rachel Carson and the Great Awakening
Rachel Carson came along at the right time, when Americans were finally awakening to the vast natural beauty around them. Her writings would help us realize what we were losing after decades of mass slaughter.
Walking in Rachel Carson’s Footsteps
In this the first of two parts, writer-photographer Jared Lloyd spends time at the Rachel Carson Reserve near Beaufort to relive the time the great writer and scientist spent there while working on her first book.
Farm Offers Natural Food, Holiday Fun
A search for a local source of naturally raised holiday turkeys led to a little farm near Newport with a story bigger than just a turkey for the table.
Have Yourself a Colonial Christmas
A cook in Ocean Isle Beach modernized recipes from Colonial-era cookbooks to come up with a meal that could have graced holiday tables in the 1700s.
Oyster Farming Offers Hope to Some
Farm-raised oysters offer some commercial fisherman a means to make a living during troubling times, but can the challenges be met?
Oysters Tell the Story of Our Coast
Nothing tells the complicated story of our coast like the oyster. Symbolically, it’s a prism that refracts details about how our state’s economy, environment and culture. Wrapped up in it, is a story about our coast’s past, present and future.
