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This can be left overnight in the freezer. Because of the alcohol, it’s not going to freeze solid. Serve with whipped cream and dark chocolate shavings.

To serve, rim your glass with lime juice and kosher salt and top with more lime zest.

Serve with toasted coconut and maraschino cherries on top with a drizzle of cherry juice.

For a pretty presentation, I serve these in an orange cup. Top with a few maraschino cherries and drizzle a little cherry juice over top.

The beginning of a pineapple granita...Prepare the simple syrup and let cool. In a blender, combine pineapple, simple syrup, and lime juice...

Next comes a strawberry, kiwi, and basil granita with a twist. The addition of basil adds an unexpected savory note to this granita and peppered balsamic vinegar, lightly drizzled over top, [...]

In a blender, purée peaches with simple syrup, lemon juice, cinnamon, and salt.

Last summer, David Frasier and his family were vacationing at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore when Frasier decided to partake in a common beach activity: digging in the sand. He was [...]

Arguably the worst place to be on a Saturday or Sunday in the summer is the US 158/NC 12 intersection in Kitty Hawk where drivers turn toward Duck and Corolla. Not only is the traffic verging on [...]

Purple Martin’s of the Outer Banks Come late June, the skies at sunset around the William B. Umstead bridge begin to transform into a moving landscape dotted with about 100,000 of North [...]

As this story was going to press, news of the May 19 oil spill off the California coast was reaching Associated Press sources. Refugio State Beach shoreline (near Santa Barbara) was hit with [...]

You will undoubtedly see and speak with the waitress who brings your food, but you rarely see how your clean sheets and towels arrived hours before your family arrived. And you may chat at length [...]

Any traveler to the Outer Banks knows famous landmarks such as the Wright Brothers National Memorial, but there are so many other monuments off the beaten path that even locals cannot place where [...]

Carole Dawn Emerson often refers to herself as a “Director of Play” and it’s clear to see that the title suits her well as she looks right at home sitting on a child-sized chair surrounded by [...]

The former home of Edmund McHorney, Jr. probably would have been torn down as Currituck County worked to clear away old abandoned buildings, if Reeves Manning hadn’t put it on the North Carolina [...]