Lyle EstillNov 12, 20181 min Shopkeeper’s DilemmaWe don’t normally sell a lot of stuff on Sunday mornings. Mostly because we are not open. But today my daughter Jessalyn was visiting...
Lyle EstillNov 9, 20181 minPost Industrial SnacksWe just took delivery of a bunch of Shagbark corn chips from Ohio. It’s our first “far away” specialty food offering–everything else we...
Lyle EstillOct 27, 20181 minPersimmon Palooza Persimmons are unforgiving. Pick them too soon and you with pucker up with a nasty astringent taste experience. Get them too late and...
Lyle EstillOct 23, 20181 minWaning Chestnut Pie Not long ago I would stop at the chestnut tree outside our tasting room and pick up three pounds of nuts in five minutes. Today I found...
Lyle EstillOct 9, 20181 minChestnut Pudding It appears our new “Made in NC” Pantry project is getting legs. Today I took delivery of some new infused avocado oils at the tasting...
Lyle EstillOct 5, 20181 minWild Tasting Tuesdays I came home from my Hurricane Florence evacuation to a yard full of prematurely downed chestnuts.When I kicked the outer husks off, the...
Lyle EstillAug 7, 20181 minWags to Witches! Save the date for our upcoming fall event, Wags to Witches! We had such a great time at last summer’s Dog Days of Summer event with CARE...
Lyle EstillMar 29, 20181 minNew CSA in Town For those of us accustomed to “eating out of a box,” there seems to be a shortage of CSAs around Pittsboro these days. Eva is fixing to...
Lyle EstillMar 6, 20181 minFair Game Chocolates at Blue Dot Coffee When people started using Fair Game Amber Rum and Fair Game Apple Brandy in homemade chocolates, we started buying them and selling them...
Lyle EstillFeb 13, 20181 minIt’s Not Too LateThe other day I delivered one of our Brandy Alexander gift crates to a customer on a construction site. He described last year’s...
Lyle EstillFeb 9, 20182 minUse Yer CrateWhen you sell gift crates, the issue arises of what to do with them once the contents have been consumed. Our answer: bring them back. ...
Lyle EstillFeb 2, 20182 minAlexander the CrateI finally have a Valentine’s Day crate ready to go. The ink was still drying on the artwork tonight when I showed it to a couple of...
Lyle EstillJan 13, 20181 minSpirits on Fire Over the holiday break on the Outer Banks my son Arlo lit a bottle cap of Fair Game Apple Brandy on fire. It was a gentle blue flame...