Important Links:
Listen to Bridgette Lacy read her story, “Mater Day” from the anthology, The Carolina Table—North Carolina Writers on Food:
Click here to purchase The Carolina Table—North Carolina Writers on Food (Eno Publishers):
Music for this episode is entitled “She Don’t Like Me No Mo’,” performed by Peter Crosby. It’s available on Epidemic Sound:
We’ve also played clips of Guy Clark’s summer anthem entitled, “Homegrown Tomatoes,” and from the Ella Fitzgerald recording of “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” by George and Ira Gershwin.
Season Two, Episode 14 Show Notes
Celebrating Mater Day With Bridgette Lacy
Bridgette Lacy knows her tomatoes. She was indoctrinated at an early age, when her grandfather would shower her family with plump tomatoes he grew in his garden. Come July, young Bridgette looked forward to tomatoes for lunch, dinner, and even breakfast. Fast-forward to Bridgette Lacy, popular features writer at the News and Observer in Raleigh. There she was introduced to the unofficial summer holiday: Mater Day. She’s been observing it ever since.
Bio—
Bridgette Lacy’s story, “Mater Day,” was featured in the anthology, The Carolina Table: North Carolina Writers on Food, published by Eno Publishers. Bridgette is a seasoned communicator, an award-winning journalist, and a publicist with a breadth of experience. She is former media relations manager for the North Carolina Arts Council and for Blair Publisher, and served as a longtime features writer for the News & Observer in Raleigh. She's the author of Sunday Dinner, a part of the Savor the South series by UNC Press. That title was a finalist for the Pat Conroy Cookbook Prize. Bridgette is a contributor to 27 Views of Raleigh: The City of Oaks in Prose & Poetry, published by Eno. She also is a contributor to All the Songs We Sing: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Carolina African American Writers' Collective, which was published by Blair. Her work has appeared in Our State Magazine, Salt, and O.Henry magazines.