Plan Your “Foodie Visit” to Chapel Hill and Orange County With Our New Food Lover’s Guide

by Patty Griffin | April 01 2010

The college town (along with neighbor Durham) that Bon Appetit magazine cites as “America’s Foodiest Small Town,” has released the Chapel Hill Food Lover’s Guide with Carrboro and Hillsborough, written by local author and foodie Moreton Neal. The food editor of Raleigh (NC) Metro magazine, Moreton Neal covers the Triangle’s area cuisine scene for her monthly column. She owned and managed Chapel Hill’s Restaurant La Residence until 1992. She produced and co-hosted Durham’s popular radio talk shows, “Food Forum” and “Better Living.” Her cookbook/memoir, “Remembering Bill Neal: A Life in Cooking” was published by UNC Press.

The 84-page guide to dining in Orange County, NC is the result of a cooperative effort between the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau and Neal, who was commissioned by the visitors bureau to produce the book as a national marketing tool to promote the area’s rich food offerings.

Neal profiles over 100 restaurants, bakeries, bars, delis, markets, cafes, cookware stores, and wine shops in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough as well and even provides an overview of products available from the surrounding farmlands of Orange County. The book is dotted with original illustrations of local restaurants, food and landscapes to give readers a visual guide of Chapel Hill and the surrounding communities.

The book $12.95 and is available A Southern Season at University Mall, Bulls Head Book Shop on the UNC campus, and independent book stores Flyleaf Books and McIntyre’s Fine Books. Copies are also at the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Center at 501 West Franklin Street, For more information, call the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau at (919) 968-2060.

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