Emily WallaceFirst post in a daily series of drawings to coincide with the North Carolina State Fair (October 13-23).
Emily Wallace
Bio: Emily Wallace is a freelance writer and illustrator living in Durham.Link: http://emilyewallace.tumblr.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/emily__wallace
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Meet-and-Three: Libby’s Too of Durham
Libby Green of Libby’s Too behind the counter at her Durham restaurant. Libby Green pulls a chair up to my table, one of nine at her Durham restaurant, Libby’s Too. She eyes my plate. “You like those?” she asks of the salmon patties I’d ordered for lunch at a waitress’ suggestion. “I do,” I tell […]
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Pepper Festival; Sandra Gutierrez
Know of a restaurant happening or food event? Email [email protected]. Just as the weather is cooling off, Pittsboro is heating up. The town will host its annual Pepper Festival from 4 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 2 at Briar Chapel Community Park in Chatham County (briarchapelnc.com). The event will feature more than 150 varieties of […]
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Meet-and-Three: Finch’s of Raleigh
Peggy Jin sells pecan pie to Antonio Lott at Finch’s Family Restaurant in Raleigh. Finch’s Family Restaurant hasn’t changed its appearance much since 1945, when it opened on Peace Street. “Curb Service” remains stenciled in capital black letters on a front window, and the Raleigh institution still has a long covered walkway with diagonal parking […]
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Hoppin’ John Cook-Off; 15th Annual Art Grows in Durham Garden Party; 7th Annual Harvest Dinner
Know of a restaurant happening or food event? Email [email protected]. Shakori Hills has given Hoppin’ Johna Southern mix of rice, black-eyed peas and any other ingredients one might have on handlife beyond a side dish. Each fall, the community arts center hosts a three-day old-time and bluegrass fiddlers’ convention under the dish’s name (www.hoppinjohn.org), set […]
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Meet-and-Three: Campbell’s Diner of Fuquay-Varina
Dora Campbell opened Campbell’s Diner in 1971. Dora Campbell didn’t want a diner. As a child, she watched her father, Carl Powell, run one of the only two eateries in Fuquay, the aptly named Fuquay Restaurant. He offered the place to her when he retired in the 1960s. But Campbell, now 82, declined, secure in […]
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With Sweet Neecy Cake Mixes, Annette Council carries on the Mama Dip’s work ethic and cooking skills
Let me eat cake I am the product of an English teacher who cooked but seldom baked. The result: I have zero knack for pastry and I tend to overanalyze a simple set of instructions. The instructions for Sweet Neecy’s Original Cake Mix are simple: Combine the enclosed dry ingredients with two sticks of softened […]
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TerraVITA; Chefs Event; Eastern Triangle Farm Tour; Dame’s vegan waffle
Last fall Colleen Minton launched TerraVITA (www.terravitaevent.com), an educational food and wine event held on the lawn at Southern Village in Chapel Hill (www.southernvillage.com). Vendors poured dozens of biodynamic and organic wines and microbrews; area chefs dished samples of locally grown foods; and four lecturers talked about issues of sustainability. Amid the booze and food, […]
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Mecca: A Raleigh pilgrimage for 81 years
Mecca 13 E. Martin St. Raleigh 919-832-5714 Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.–midnight Friday & Saturday 7:30 a.m.–2 a.m. Mecca, Raleigh’s oldest family-owned restaurant, seems like a tattered, cardigan-wearing grandfather compared with the minimalist hip style of its new down-the-street neighbor, Beasley’s Chicken + Honey, a modern meat-and-three. It is. But well-worn cardigans are cool, and Mecca has […]
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Meet-and-Three: Raleigh’s Mecca
Mecca, Raleigh’s oldest family-owned restaurant, seems like a tattered, cardigan-wearing grandfather compared to the minimalist hip style of its new down-the-street neighbor, Beasley’s Chicken + Honey, a modern meat-and-three. It is. But well-worn cardigans are cool, and Mecca has managed to keep up with the times. Inside the dark, narrow restaurant, a long counter with […]