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2026 Diamond Award Winners
Midtown readers voted for their favorite businesses, services, and venues. Now, we are excited to present this year’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners! Select a category, browse the list to see if your favorites are there, and be sure tomake a note of any new businesses you’d like to check out. Congratulations to all of
SkillPop matches expert instructors with casual learners in a social setting
Story by Kurt Dusterberg | Bohon took matters into her own hands in 2015, when she launched SkillPop. The company provides in-person classes led by experts in a variety of professional development fields and hobbies. Ten years later, SkillPop has conducted thousands of classes, both in person and virtually.
Florence, SC has a burgeoning food scene and an annual festival to celebrate it
Story by Page Leggett | Florence “has a vibrant, nascent food scene with real energy, and special spaces even Charleston doesn’t have,” Ted says.
Local chefs transform the season’s hardiest vegetables into pure comfort
By Jennifer Primrose | These recipes aren’t about fuss or flash—they’re about connection. About finding flavor in what the soil gives us this time of year and discovering that a turnip, beet, or head of cabbage can taste like pure comfort
Unwrap the Moment
By Kurt Dusterberg | Holiday gift-giving is easy for some but a genuine challenge for others. There are always people on your list who seem to have everything, or whose tastes are hard to pin down.
Blowing Rock’s Winterfest: Don’t Hibernate, Celebrate
By Jennifer Primrose | Blowing Rock has long been one of my favorite towns in the High Country. A place that resembles a setting from a Hallmark movie.
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Eating Seasonally: How to Maximize Flavor
By Grace Barker | If you want to experience the freshest, most flavorful ingredients in your meals, eating what’s in season is the way to do it.
James Beard Semifinalists Proves NC Food Scene Has Leveled Up
By Dathan Kazsuk | The newly announced James Beard Award semifinalists make one thing clear: This state isn’t asking to be part of the national culinary conversation anymore.
Kitchen Confidential – Irregardless
By Dathan Kazsuk | For this installment of Kitchen Confidential, we step behind the line with James Eason, executive chef at Irregardless—a Raleigh institution now 50 years young.
5 Expert-Approved Ways to Strengthen the Foundation of Your Smile
Healthy gums are the foundation of a healthy smile—and they affect far more than just your teeth. Dr. Macon Singletary of North Raleigh Periodontics & Implant Center shares practical, expert-backed ways to protect and improve periodontal health. 1. Brush More Often—and Gently Dr. Singletary recommends brushing four times a day—after meals and before bed—to reduce
Should I Replace My Missing Tooth?
Replacing a missing tooth is essential for maintaining your long-term oral health. When a tooth is lost, the jawbone in that area begins to shrink, resulting in bone loss that can weaken nearby teeth, change your facial appearance, and make chewing, speaking, and smiling more difficult. Over time, untreated tooth loss can lead to shifting
Kitchen Confidential – Prime Barbecue
By Dathan Kazsuk | In this new series, we sit down with a standout Triangle chef for a quick-fire Q&A designed to give readers a taste of who they are—straight from the kitchen.
