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Videri, Mystery Brewing among Good Food Award finalists

The Good Food Awards honors companies committed to producing delicious, local and sustainable food products.

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Kathy Hanrahan
RALEIGH, N.C. — We know that North Carolina has good food, but now several of the best are being honored for their commitment to delicious, sustainable food products. 

The Good Food Awards announced its 2015 finalists Wednesday. Eleven North Carolina businesses are on the list: . 

BEER: Mystery Brewing Company (Hillsborough) honored for its Evangeline Saison
CHEESE: Looking Glass Creamery (Fairview) honored for its Connemara, a pasteurized goat milks cheddar 
CHOCOLATE: 
  • Black Mountain Chocolate (Swannanoa) honored for its Mountain Milk Bar
  • Escazu Chocolates (Raleigh) honored for its 70 percent Tumbes, Peru chocolate 
  • French Broad Chocolates (Asheville) honored for its 68 percent bar from Nicaragua
  • It’s Chocolate (Winston Salem) honored for its Belize 70 percent bar
CONFECTIONS: 
HONEY: Cloister Honey (Charlotte) honored for its Bourbon Infused Honey
PICKLES: 
  • Farmer’s Daughter (Hillsborough) selected for its Sweet Corn & Pepper Relish
  • Two Chicks Farm (Hillsborough) honored for its Kimchi
PRESERVES: 
  • Farmer’s Daughter (Hillsborough) honored for its Strawberry-Honeysuckle Jam
  • Two Chicks Farm (Hillsborough) selected for its Spicy Pepper Jelly
SPIRITS: Crude Bitters (Raleigh) selected for its Rizzo Bitters

The North Carolina businesses will find out on Jan. 8 if they are among the 130 winners during the Good Food Awards Ceremony and Gala in San Francisco. 

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