November 2011 Volume 43, No. 11
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Hidden Hunger Tough times have sent North Carolina families to new depths of food hardship.
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The Carolina Country Holiday Gift Guide
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A selection of products, places and services with North Carolina character that are made for holiday giving.
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FAVORITES
Cornbread After Work And other things you remember.
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First Person A more perfect union.
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More Power to You How to seal your house for winter.
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Where Is This? Somewhere in Carolina country.
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Energy Cents A clean chimney is a safe chimney.
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Joyner’s Corner
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Marketplace
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On the House Should you vent your clothes dryer inside the house?
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Carolina Gardens Proper tree pruning.
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Carolina Compass The Cotton Festival, Celebration of Seagrove Potters and more.
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Classified Ads
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Carolina Kitchen Ravioli Di Yummy, Candied Coconut Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkin Cheesecake with Pecan-Gingersnap Crust, Garlic-Rosemary Roasted Fingerling Potatoes , Hot Caramel Apple Cider.
ON THE COVER Blaine Avery at work in his Seagrove studio. Avery Pottery & Tileworks will be among those at the Celebration of Seagrove Potters the weekend of Nov. 18–20. See page 39. (Photography by Bill Russ — VisitNC.com)
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