dip s is a traditional country cooking restaurant located at 408 w. rosemary street in chapel hill north carolina . they serve breakfast lunch and dinner seven days a week . mama dip s also offers an extensive take home menu . they also sells some distinctive items such as barbecue sauce poppy seed dressing pecan pie tee shirts aprons caps mugs and gift certificates at the general store located within the restaurant . mama dip makes bottles and distributes her own special barbecue sauce and dressings to many local specialty foods shops as well . contents 1 history 2 mildred council 3 references 4 external links history edit the restaurant opened in november 1976 and is still very popular today . mildred council better known as mama dip started and owns the restaurant . 1 mama dip s cooking and life story have earned her a large fan base beyond the community of chapel hill north carolina . she opened the restaurant with 64 40 for food and 24 to make change . the morning s profits were used to fund lunch and the lunch profits to make dinner . at the end of the day mama dip took home 135 and the rest is history . 2 mama dip learned to cook by watching her family members and is famous for her dump cooking style . dump cooking involves no recipes just measure by eye feel taste and testing . mildred council edit she has written two noteworthy books mama dip s kitchen 3 and mama dip s family cookbook . 4 her books share not only recipes but also great stories about her life in food . mama dip celebrates the importance of family and community based around cuisine southern cooking in particular . she has been featured on good morning america and on the food network s cooking live . 5 it clarification needed also appeared on an episode of rachael ray s 40 a day . she said referring to mama dip s kitchen that if it were not for the restaurant then she would have not have put her books together . craig claiborne a food critic for the new york times has written about the restaurant as well . 6 references edit mama dip cooks a casserole the chapel hill news april 06 2011 accessed may 01 2011 . mama dip s country cooking n.c. arts council creative workforce profile accessed may 01 2011 . council mildred . mama dip s kitchen . unc press 1999 council mildred . mama dip s family cookbook . university of north carolina press 2005 sara moulton s cooking live thanksgiving secrets . the food network episode hcsp03 sophistication spices southern food the new york times june 26 1985 accessed may 01 2011 . paywall . external links edit official website coordinates 35 54 41 n 79 03 48 w 35.9115 n 79.0633 w 35.9115 ; 79.0633 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mama dip % 27s & oldid 744556458 categories restaurants in north carolinarestaurants established in 19761976 establishments in north carolinabuildings and structures in chapel hill carrboro north carolinahidden categories wikipedia articles needing clarification from august 2014coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 october 2016 at 00 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view