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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Slingshot Coffee; Speed Weeding; Tomato Day
The solstice has passed and the sunny days are dwindling. But as far as I am concerned, the truest sign of summer has only just arrived in the form of tomatoesloads and loads of tomatoes. On Saturday, the Carrboro Farmers’ Market (carrborofarmersmarket.com) will celebrate the bounty with its annual Tomato Day. More than 70 varietiesfrom […]
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Food truck mashup; Cheerwine beer; local donuts
Fullsteam brewery (fullsteam.ag) has built its reputation on a Southern “Plow to Pint” concept. So, when chosen by Northwest Cherriesa division of the Washington State Fruit Commissionto incorporate the Pacific Northwest’s sweet Washington Rainier into a brew for National Rainier Cherry Day on July 11, the brewery thought hard about what local cherry they could […]
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Big Boss, Sitti and Market mind their hives
Ben Crawley hates heights. But he loves bees, which is why one night in the spring of 2010, he found himself installing a beehive on the roof at Market Restaurant in Raleigh. To hoist the hivea 200-pound colonyCrawley says he “pulled a platform on a rope, hand over hand.” “Thank God one of the girls […]
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PLANT @ Breeze Farm incubates a new generation of growers
How to participate Tuition for the program is low—$110 per person; $55 for an additional business partner or family member—and local farmers, extension agents and scholars are brought in to share their experiences. Courses range from soil science and pest control to recordkeeping and marketing. The Breeze Farm is managed by the Orange County Cooperative […]
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Triangle Restaurant Week; A Southern Season’s coffee bar; Rice Diet’s panel discussion
It’s hard to imagine that A Southern Season (southernseason.com), Chapel Hill’s sprawling 60,000-square-foot gourmet market, began in 1975 as a small coffee shop and roaster. In part, that’s because the store has lacked a coffee bar in recent years. But having undergone a series of renovations recently, A Southern Season is reclaiming those roots. The […]
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“Artisan Bakers of Durham” panel; Coon Rock buys Bella Bean; Nasher’s “Dinner and a Movie”
When Durham’s Ninth Street Bakery (ninthstbakery.com) opened in 1981, it was the only place in town to find fresh, locally baked goods. “Bread was all commercial and people were still eating tons of white bread,” says Frank Ferrell, who started the business with his wife and brother. Since then, the scene has “changed significantly,” Ferrell […]
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Small Batch Homebrew; LoMo Market
After the birth of his second child, Will Draper wondered how he would find time for his hobby. “When am I ever going to brew a batch of beer again?” he asked himself while driving to his job at a natural disaster risk assessment firm. He put his analytical skills to work. He’d need to […]