Food

Demand is putting pressure on beef, with meat plants still struggling to catch up amid coronavirus complications. Processing plants have labor issues like seemingly everyone else, putting a strain on everything from ribs to bacon — and chicken wings. Demand is up 20-30% recently.

The economic slowdown that came with the coronavirus pandemic put a squeeze on Charlotte's food pantries. As people lost jobs and income, demand rose and pantries have scrambled to keep food supply flowing. Now, those pantries are working to recover, too.

There's a new restaurant and cafe near uptown serving up breakfast, lunch, and a dose of hope for the people who work there. Community Matters Cafe opened…

So you've finally binged all of "The Great British Baking Show" on Netflix and now you're left wondering how to get some of those scrumptious-looking…

So you've finally binged all of "The Great British Baking Show" on Netflix and now you're left wondering how to get some of those scrumptious-looking…

Updated Oct. 15, 2018Charlotte's second annual Black Restaurant Week kicks off Sunday, ushering in a week of deals and specials at some of Charlotte's…

As a social worker, Alisha Pruett was working to find housing for homeless veterans when she learned of another problem: lack of access to food. “I saw…

Twenty years ago, the inaugural Festival of India was held inside Spirit Square in uptown. It drew about 500 people. And every year since, the festival…

The bar where we’d made our Sunday brunch reservation wouldn’t let us in. This was New Orleans, where people go to laissez les bons temps rouler. But two…

Vivian Howard is the chef at Chef and the Farmer in the small Eastern North Carolina town of Kinston. She also "co-stars" with her husband Ben Knight on…