Fall doesn’t start until September 22, but the fields don’t know that. Wander around any of the local farmers’ markets and you’ll see what we mean. Melons make way for muscadines, peaches for apples, and tomatoes for beets. Here are five fall ingredients we’re most excited aboutand our favorite ways local chefs are putting them […]
Emma Laperruque
Bio: Emma Laperruque is a freelance writer. She writes about food at www.dourmet.com.
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Restaurant, Bookstore, Flower Shop—Raleigh’s Bhavana Is So Much More than a Simple Brewery
BREWERY BHAVANA 218 South Blount Street, Raleigh www.brewerybhavana.com We slurp soup dumplings between bookshelves and fig trees. It’s Thursday, just past six. Through a skylight, the sun can be glimpsed, making its way toward sleep. It shimmers around the room, casting its light onto tulip vases and chili oil jars, beer glasses and bamboo steamers, […]
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Cook This: Dress for Success with Queen George’s Ginger Syrup
George O’Neal was twenty-three years old when he started Lil’ Farm. Originally, O’Neal worked in landscaping. He loved working his fingers through soil instead of tapping them against a keyboard, but he wanted to make an impact beyond people’s backyards. “Farming was the only thing that I wanted to do all the time,” he says […]
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Pizzeria Faulisi Masters Family Style With Adept Culinary Skill
Pizzeria Faulisi 215 East Chatham Street, Cary www.pizzeriafaulisi.com I feel bad for the Little Caesars next to Pizzeria Faulisi. Same product, same claimslike making dough in-house. Yet minivans still compete for Caesars’ parking spots, only to scurry in the other direction, toward charred pies and pillowy gnocchi and radish martinis. But who’s surprised? This has […]
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Trophy Brewing Expands Its Reach in the Restaurant World with Tap + Table
TAP + TABLE 225 Wilmington Street, Raleigh www.trophybrewing.com We go to our favorite fancy Southern restaurants for the main course. Sure, everyone adores coleslaw and cornbread, potato salad and macaroni salad, fried okra and baked sweet potatoes. But they are backup dancers, not Rihannas. The veggie plate packed with sides is reserved for a meat-and-threeand […]
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Brinehaus Meat and Provisions Brings Elevated Comfort Food to the Streets
It is a Friday night at Lonerider Brewery, and the sky is still blue. A band sings Ed Sheeran and Nancy Sinatra for packed picnic tables. I found a seat at one, toward the back, with a cold IPA. I am two bites into my fried trout sandwich when an eleven-month-old child takes one of […]
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The INDY’s New Restaurant of the Year: Royale
Above the bar at Royale is a unicornivory head, gold horn. It’s like taxidermy with resin and glitter. If this sounds out of place for an American-French bistro with exposed-brick walls and marble-topped tables, it is. As guests sip cornichon martinis and slurp moules frites, they look up and stare, every so often asking where […]
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Yes. We’re Open.
Over the last couple of years, Raleigh has landed on Zagat‘s list of “Hottest Food Cities” and Durham on “Next Hot Food Cities.” It’s a good time to eat in the Triangle, but next year looks even better. Here are some of the shiny new and soon-to-come restaurants that have us excited for what’s ahead. […]
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Move Over, Wine. The Expanded Alley Twenty Six Is Matchmaking Snacks and Cocktails.
Alley Twenty Six 320 East Chapel Hill Street, Durham www.alleytwentysix.com Riddle me this: If I say steak, you say red, right? And if I say fish, you say white. If I say summer, you say rosé. We’ve reached a point where we feel like we don’t even need sommeliers anymore (but we do). Serving a […]
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Raleigh Provisions Owner Kim Hammer Unpacks the Art of Opening a Local Grocery
Raleigh Provisions 107 East Davie Street, Raleigh 984-233-5600 When I walk into Raleigh Provisions, Kim Hammer’s new micro-market on the corner of East Davie and South Wilmington, she’s surrounded by a gathering of Taste Carolina food tourists as she presides over a table laden with local jam, lemon curd, and clotted cream from The Blakemere […]