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Nov 12, 20181 min read

Shopkeeper’s Dilemma

We don’t normally sell a lot of stuff on Sunday mornings. Mostly because we are not open. But today my daughter Jessalyn was visiting...

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Lyle Estill

Nov 9, 20181 min read

Post Industrial Snacks

We just took delivery of a bunch of Shagbark corn chips from Ohio. It’s our first “far away” specialty food offering–everything else we...

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Lyle Estill

Oct 27, 20181 min read

Persimmon Palooza

Persimmons are unforgiving. Pick them too soon and you with pucker up with a nasty astringent taste experience. Get them too late and...

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Lyle Estill

Oct 23, 20181 min read

Waning 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...

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Lyle Estill

Oct 9, 20181 min read

Chestnut 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...

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Lyle Estill

Oct 5, 20181 min read

Wild 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...

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Lyle Estill

Aug 7, 20181 min read

Wags 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...

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Lyle Estill

Mar 29, 20181 min read

New 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...

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Lyle Estill

Mar 6, 20181 min read

Fair 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...

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Lyle Estill

Feb 13, 20181 min read

It’s Not Too Late

The other day I delivered one of our Brandy Alexander gift crates to a customer on a construction site. He described last year’s...

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Lyle Estill

Feb 9, 20182 min read

Use Yer Crate

When you sell gift crates, the issue arises of what to do with them once the contents have been consumed. Our answer: bring them back. ...

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Lyle Estill

Feb 2, 20182 min read

Alexander the Crate

I 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...

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Lyle Estill

Jan 13, 20181 min read

Spirits 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...

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