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A Shocking Take on Virginia Peanuts

Meet the fourth-generation Virginia peanut farmer who is preserving traditional farming methods and creating a sweeter, tastier product as a result.

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Mardi Gras Recipes with Big Easy Flavor

With the help of Mardi Gras recipes from Southern experts—jazzed up with specialty ingredients—you can let les bon temps roulez from breakfast to happy hour.

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Southern Black-Owned Businesses

These Southern black-owned businesses in Charleston, Nashville, and beyond are leaders in gourmet barbecue sauces, pimento cheese, and artisan kitchenware.

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Bite Into these Muffin Recipes

With National Muffin Day, February 20, around the corner, we're preparing our favorite muffin recipes with the help of Southern ingredients.

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Southern Foods that are Actually Aphrodisiacs

When it comes to Southern made aphrodisiacs, these specialty syrups, chocolates, oysters, and more from the Local Palate Marketplace are particularly seductive.

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Recipes for Game Day Snacks

We're unleashing gourmet ingredients from Southern makers to level up this year's game day snacks, including hot oysters, fried pickles, and handhelds.

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Southern Sweets that Score Brownie Points

Spark some wow with Southern sweets that spread the love not only to your person, but also to small business owners and artists around the South.

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Holy City Heat Defines this Bloody Mary

The annual Lowcountry Oyster Festival in Charleston wouldn’t be complete without a bloody mary, and the locally crafted mixer is what makes it a crowd favorite.

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TLP's Favorite Southern Snacks

February brings in a reverent time at the Local Palate, and we're reflecting on our favorite Southern snacks as we celebrate National Snack Foods Month.

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Valentine's Day Desserts for Your Sweetie

With the day of love around the corner, we’re reaching for these Valentine's Day recipes to impress our loved ones and fill them with sweet sentiments.

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Movie Night Snacks

While we like complaining about winter’s cold temperatures and lengthy nights, we also revel in the days when it’s too dreary, cold, and dark to do much outside. We must...

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Shopping Local with Callie's Hot Little Biscuits

Unless you grew up with them, rich, flaky Southern biscuits fascinate folks. But at Zero George in Charleston, Callie’s Hot Little Biscuits are the daily bread.

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