You have to admit - we all like the finer things in life. I used to live in Chapel Hill and visited A Southern Season regularly. Now that I live in Cary I visit occasionally when I have clients in town looking at homes in 
Chapel Hill or if I want to spend a Southern Afternoon in Chapel Hill at one of my favorite juants. I stopped in over the weekend and had a fantastic visit.
I have to share the most wonderful gourmet retail store/cooking school/mail order store in the Triangle- A Southern Season. The store offers an enormous selection of gift baskets, specialty foods, wines, cheeses, coffees, teas, gourmet delicatessen foods, condiments, confections, cookware, utensils, and dinnerware. The store contains a state-of-the-art cooking school, a restaurant, and a card and flower shop. A Southern Season also offers several free daily gourmet food "tastings" to its walk-in customers.
While you're there don't forget to stop by Southern Season's renowned restaurant called The Weathervane. Southern Season started in the mid 1970s as a coffee shop so they have a wide variety of choices when it comes to their famed coffee.
Over the summer I attended one of the gourmet cooking classes at the state-of-the-art cooking school in the back of the store on the 2nd floor. My, my-- what a treat that was - and affordable too. Southern Season's Sub-Zero/Wolf kitchen is quite impressive and rivals the likes of the kitchens on the Food Network like Iron Chef and other shows. One of my favorite classes is the weekly wine tasting on Friday evenings from 5pm until 8pm as well.
You don't have to live in the Carolinas to enjoy some of Southern Season's favorites. Visit their website to learn more about their mail order baskets, North Carolina fare, and their fabulous cooking classes.
Hi, Tracy,
I'm a Southern girl, too... although I'm in Panama City, FL, I grew up in Nashville. Just wanted to say "Hi, Y'all" .... and what a fun blog you wrote. One complaint: those fantastic pictures have made me soooo hungry for something yummy and sweet! Actually, not really complaining, just drooling!
Tracy - Yet another thing I miss about North Carolina. I can't wait until Christmas!
Kathy,
Maybe someday we'll be able to add flavors to our blogs and then I know I'll be finished. Just kidding.
As I was scanning the blogs for interesting ones, I happened across yours and had to take a look. The reason was the topic, A Southern Season and I immediately knew it had to be about this fantastic place.
For over ten years we stopped there to get all our goodies on the way to our condo on the Outer Banks. We made that our mid-day destination so we could eat lunch, drink wine, get cheese and candy and....damn, I wish I hadn't sold that condo!
Hi Don,
You're probably glad you sold the condo at the beach given the market over there. However, the next time you're in town it sounds like you'll stop by. It's certainly worth the trip.
Hi Tracy,
Whenever I am in the area, I make it a point to visit Southern Seasons--it is one of my very favorite places to shop. I frequent their website this time of the year.
I must admit I am green with envy --I really wanted to attend one of their cooking classes some day.
I'm not surprised that you would like Southern Season. It's clear you would have good taste Cynthia.
I was at a PTAA meeting on Monday and they asked if the store had to do w/southern cooking. I said, "Oh yes, but so much more." That's how I feel.