Hannah Lee Leidy

2 weeks ago | ourstate.com | Hannah Lee Leidy

Outside a mid-century modern ranch house on the northeast side of Roanoke Island, a dense network of vines commands the front yard, its filigree of young leaves bouncing in the breeze. In some spots, delicate buds have developed into firm, green grapes — nowhere near the juicy scuppernongs they’ll ripen into as the summer progresses. These vines, all offshoots attached to the same herculean system, blanket the entire south side of the yard as though unfurled from a bolt of scraggly, stemmy fabric.

1 month ago | ourstate.com | Hannah Lee Leidy

For some of us, a trip to the farmers market is just another point on the weekly to-do list – wedged somewhere between a Saturday morning run and an afternoon of lunch and house projects. But there’s a much more delightful alternative where the day’s to-do list revolves entirely around the market itself. For this option, we recommend heading to Raleigh, where the State Farmers Market feels like a provincial shopping center in the heart of our capital city.

2 months ago | epicurious.com | Hannah Lee Leidy

Have you ever wanted to make a recipe calling for coconut cream, but you only have coconut milk on hand? Wondering if you can swap one for the other? Sorry to break the bad news, but the two products aren’t the same. While coconut milk and coconut cream are both blends of coconut meat and water, coconut cream uses far less than coconut milk, making it much richer. As a result, each product has distinct applications in cooking. Confusing things further, cream of coconut exists in a camp all her own.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Hannah Lee Leidy

All products featured on Epicurious are independently selected by Epicurious editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. Photograph by Elliott Jerome Brown JR. Prop Styling by Emma Ringness, Food Styling Leslie GarettoHave you ever wanted to make a recipe calling for coconut cream, but you only have coconut milk on hand? Wondering if you can swap one for the other? Sorry to break the bad news, but the two products aren’t the same.

2 months ago | ourstate.com | Hannah Lee Leidy |Lauren Eberle |Billy Warden |Katie Schanze

Two tiny children lie on their bellies, peering at the desert tortoise as it munches on its “salad” snack. They point and quietly confer in giddy, breathy whispers. It moves slowly, chomping on the leaf. It pauses before darting its head out, snapping up another leaf in a blink, and the children giggle with delight. Their quiet awe is a far cry from their high-speed chase across the Treetop Trail that occurred at the Kidzone just moments before.