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Chef Ashleigh Shanti from the pop up Good Hot Fish in Asheville (opening as a brick-and-mortar in early 2023) shares this recipe for salmon croquettes. Duke’s Mayonnaise is her key ingredient to the croquettes’ tangy flavor and creamy interior surrounded by a crackling outer shell. She argues that there’s Duke’s and then...

Everyone waits for their moment. A time in their lives when the clouds part to reveal sun shining on hallowed ground, and it’s a message from a higher power (or maybe aliens) that a calling has been revealed. Kings called this providence, for Eminem it was his one shot, while...

One of the funniest budding traditions in college football comes from the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, where the winning coach gets a cooler full of mayonnaise poured on them. The Twitter account for the game revealed a particularly fun new twist to the post-game tradition on Thursday. It has been revealed...

A football Saturday without a tailgate is like a UVA kickoff without the thundering hoofbeats of the Cavalier Man, Georgia Tech taking the field without the Ramblin’ Wreck, or a Mississippi State game without cowbells. And no tailgate is complete without a heavy squeeze of the South’s favorite condiment—Duke’s Mayo....

For Ricky Moore, seafood always has a place on the table. The 2022 James Beard Award winner for Best Chef Southeast argues that fish fries, shrimp boils, and the like are a quintessential backdrop for community get-togethers. His approach extends to tailgating recipes. “People want variety,” he says, describing a tailgate where people...

Meet Tubby, a giant tub of Duke’s Mayo with googly eyes and shaggy eyebrows. He’s the size of 61 Duke’s Mayo jars and definitely doesn’t weight 30 fluid ounces. He loves Duke’s Mayo and to yo-yo. He’s the first mascot in Duke’s Mayo’s 105-year history, and he sent social media atwitter...

“Good morning,” said Dr. Charles Johnson. The group of about 30, perhaps still groggy from the Friday night step show, responded with insufficient enthusiasm. “Good morning,” Johnson said. The greeting came back a bit stronger. “Aggies and Eagles together,” Johnson remarked. “The quiet before the storm.” The Aggies and Eagles played...

The “HBCU flavor, a whole different vibe,” Lamont Germany once said.  Morgan State's play-by-play announcer made the distinction between other colleges and universities in comparison to HBCUs.   His thoughts captivated me to consider the history, culture, and pride of HBCUs are like no other, and the world is continuing to take...

No matter how far into adulthood you have traveled, you're never too old to enjoy a great food mascot. A prime example is M&M's spokescandy team, an ensemble designed to transform the dismal chore of watching a commercial into 30 seconds of fun. These colorful characters have done more for...

He owns two restaurants (with another on the way) and has trained in top-tier fine dining restaurants. But when it comes to his biggest influences as a chef, Jake Wood reaches back to his roots. The owner of Lawrence Barbecue and Lagoon Bar in Durham grew up shucking oysters, fishing, and hunting alongside his grandfather, who...

It was supposed to be a one-off. A weeklong event in 2021 that would highlight, and hopefully benefit, local businesses after their doozy of a 2020. But Duke’s Mayo diehards are, well, diehards, and Hot Tomato Summer is back for year two, this time with nearly triple the number of participating restaurants....

Located 90 minutes from D.C. down I-95, Hanover County, Virginia is widely considered the Napa Valley of tomatoes. From its ideal temperatures to fertile, loamy soil, all the right conditions converge to produce an abundance of top-tier, juicy spheres every summer. The tomato hotspot is a longtime source of pride...