As one of pie wizard Phoebe Lawless’ many acolytes, I’ve been hungrily awaiting the opening of her new shop, on Orange Street in downtown Durham. No more getting up early and driving to the Durham Farmer’s Market on Saturday morning just to grab the last Shaker lemon pie! I found Lawless behind the counter at […]
Emily Matchar
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Foursquare and TriOut: Where are you eating right now?
“Darn it, I’m not the mayor anymore!” exclaims Johanna Kramer, glancing at her BlackBerry as she sips a beer on the patio of The Federal in Durham. Don’t worry. Nothing has happened to longtime Durham mayor Bill Bell. Kramer, a social media consultant, is a devotee of the mobile networking service Foursquare, a location-based social […]
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Crazy about cupcakes
Cupcake madness has swept the nation in recent years, and the Triangle is no exception. Here are a few popular bakeries specializing in the pint-sized treats: ⇒ Read our feature story about Crumb (413-8134, www.justcrumb.com) The Cupcake Bar (816-2905, www.acupcakebar.com): This Cary-based bakery specializes in grown-up cupcakes inspired by groovy retro cocktails. Flavors like Grasshopper […]
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At Crumb, pastries are made with the best things in life: sugar, butter and even liquor
More Triangle cupcake companies Carrie Nickerson and David Menestres, the minds behind the bakery delivery service Crumb, met online and started dating after bonding over their mutual love for the obscure Japanese band Butter 08. That wasn’t their only shared interest. The pair rarely met a cake they didn’t hate. So Menestres, 29, a professionally […]
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“Rosi Everyday”
Rosi wore her sadness like a housedress, old and comfortable. And like other everyday and often looked at things, no one could later remember its appearance, its dimensions. This sadness, like a new freckle, was one day noticed and ever after forgotten, absorbed into normalcy, something the eye could afford to always see. But now […]