http://wfae.org en http://wfae.org/post/culinary-delights-cpcc <p></p><p>One of the best - and most exclusive - restaurants in Charlotte is one you’ve likely never heard of.</p><p></p><p>There’s no bar, no valet parking, no sign. It’s tough to get a reservation, and you can forget sweet-talking your way in or bribing the maitre d’.</p><p></p><p>It’s the <a href="http://www.cpcc.edu/restaurants/greenway">Greenway Restaurant</a> at <a href="http://www.cpcc.edu/">Central Piedmont Community College.</a></p><p></p> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:11:32 +0000 Amy Rogers 18986 at http://wfae.org Culinary Delights At CPCC http://wfae.org/post/eat-local-try-locally-processed-food <p>To "eat local" typically means dining on fresh produce, meat and dairy from nearby farms. But WFAE's Julie Rose discovered another way to "eat local" that is a thriving industry in the Charlotte region.</p><p>The Charlotte Regional Partnership estimates there are more than 200 companies <em>processing food </em>locally with some 15,000 employees and $5 billion in yearly sales.</p><p>Let's dine on the fruits of <em>their labor. </em></p><p>First to the meat counter. Perdue and Tyson have huge poultry processing plants in our region.</p> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:02:00 +0000 Julie Rose 17187 at http://wfae.org Eat Local? Try Locally-Processed Food http://wfae.org/post/eating-locally-processed-food <p><em>Julie Rose reflects on the story behind her investigation of the foods processed in Charlotte. <a href="http://www.wfae.org/post/eat-local-try-locally-processed-food">Read her full story here.</a></em></p> Sun, 09 Dec 2012 13:00:00 +0000 Julie Rose 17252 at http://wfae.org Eating Locally... Processed Food