For more than 25 years, the NC Specialty Foods Association has supported local artisans and helped them promote their specialty foods to consumers and retailers around the state, country and world. Scroll through the slideshow below to discover nine of these local North Carolina products you should try (or gift) this holiday season. Learn more about other members and their products at ncspecialtyfoods.org.

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Cottage Lane Kitchen; North Carolina local products
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Cottage Lane Kitchen 

A woman-owned business founded by a fourth-generation relish maker, our products have won over 30 national, state and local awards. We are proud of our recipes, the quality of the ingredients and the bold flavors we continue to preserve.

(919) 360-4041

cottagelanekitchen.com

See more: Piedmont Candy Company Offers Delicious Flavor Down to the Last Stripe

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North Carolina Field & Family Spring 2026
Flip through the pages of the Spring 2026 edition of North Carolina Field and Family magazine. In this issue, impress your guests with creative yet easy spring holiday recipes, learn how farmers face challenges planning the future of their farmland, meet some North Carolina beef producers raising the steaks, start your engines with eight reasons to visit Richmond County, get crabby with Sheri Castle’s Deviled Crab recipe and much more.

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