Matthew’s Chocolates 107 N. Churton St. Hillsborough 919-732-0900 Ask Matthew Shepherd how he came to own a jewel box chocolaterie in Hillsborough, where he makes glorious chocolates, and he will regale you with storiesstories from a Missouri coal-mining town to Vermont, then to Florida, and finally to Churton Street. He’ll add plenty of off-road adventures, […]
Claire Cusick
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Even a dentist could love Chapel Hill Toffee
Chapel Hill Toffee [email protected] 919-906-1726 Local chocolate lovers should hug Joyce Fowler. She brought Chapel Hill Toffee out of its creator’s kitchen. We should also hug the Toffee Creator, Karen Graves, who has made the confection in her Chapel Hill kitchen for holidays and special occasions for as long as her son, Mark, can remember. […]
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The stunner and the sausage biscuit: Temple Grandin at the Carolina Meat Conference
Temple Grandin doesn’t like the phrase “harvest plant.” It is a livestock-industry euphemism for a slaughter floor, where animals are killed for food. “I think that’s absolute B.S.,” said Grandin, who has redesigned livestock handling facilities. “That’s the kind of stuff that the P.R. people make up, and I’m just not gonna do that. That’s […]
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The delights of Hummingbird Bakery
Hummingbird Bakery 721 Broad St., Durham 919-908-6942 Tuesday–Saturday 8 a.m.–7 p.m. When I am elected supreme ruler of all baked goods everywhere, I promise this: I will free the cupcakes from the cooler. When it comes to cake, refrigeration turns a good thing bad. It dries out even the moistest cake and hardens real buttercream […]
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The Legacy of Magnolia Grill
The alumni of Magnolia Grill carry on Ben and Karen Barker’s legacy: excellence and a relentless commitment to local ingredients.
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Sam Poley, food impresario
When I called Sam Poley to schedule a lunch interview, he told me he’d be happy to go, but I’d have to pick the place. The longtime chef now speaks for all of Durham’s restaurants as director of marketing and communications at the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau. Over the past decade, Poley’s considerable culinary […]
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The Great Chickpea Challenge
Now, what better way is there to chase away the winter doldrums than embracing … the chickpea? Durham resident Sue Andresen is doing just that. She’s hosting the first “(Great) Chickpea Challenge,” an informal potluck and cooking competition, at her home (148 Solterra Way, 489-8162, [email protected]) at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. “We host a vegan potluck […]
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Cheap prix fixe, kids deals at the brewery, and Momofuku
January is prime time for bargain hunters lucky enough to have a little spending money left after the holidays. Lots of storesfor our purposes, think wine and specialty food storesthat load up on inventory for the holidays now need to unload it and offer generous discounts. And because it’s a traditionally slow time, restaurants tend […]
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Fluffernutter, Knickerbocker Glory at new The Diner
Last week’s column contained an error. The writer of the Piedmont Review of Food (piedmontreview.blogspot.com), a Carrboro food blog, is not Paul Jones. It’s Jacob Kramer-Duffield, who is a Ph.D. candidate in the UNC School of Information and Library Science. I apologize to both men. Kramer-Duffield’s research focus is online identity. “I began a food […]
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Eat with your mouse instead of your mouth
Here’s something for those of youbut not me, of coursetrying to eat less in the new year: a food-free food column. It’s not surprising that our arearich with farmers, chefs and food artisansalso has quite a few folks who want to write, photograph and just plain talk about food. So here are some blogs, tweets […]