The ice pop was invented, accidentally, by an eleven-year-old boy named Frank Epperson. The year was 1905, the place San Francisco: On a freezing cold night, Epperson stirred himself a glass of water and soda powder. He went outside, and forgot all about it. Kids, right? The next morning, Epperson woke up to something even […]
Emma Laperruque
Bio: Emma Laperruque is a freelance writer. She writes about food at www.dourmet.com.
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At Farm to Fork, Former Obama Chef Sam Kass Serves Up Far More than Just Food
At the start of Farm to Fork’s dinner on Saturday at The Durham Hotel, as wine fizzed and jazz hummed, guests looked around the lobby for two things: the server carrying the platter of one-bite, open-faced tomato sandwiches, and Sam Kass. No offense to the sandwiches or the next day’s big picnic, but it is […]
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Interview: Andrea Reusing Talks the Transformation of Local Food
“The local food scene here is different than anywhere else in the country.”
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Want Some of The Triangle’s Best Fried Chicken? Go to Soo
Soo Cafe´ 2815 Brentwood Road, Raleigh (919) 876-1969 “So,” says the man at the next table to his server, “I hear you guys are famous for your fried chicken.” I hear the same. It’s a Tuesday night at Raleigh’s Soo Café, and the restaurant is all but emptyme and my partner, loudmouth and family, two […]
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Restaurant Review: Provenance—Raleigh’s Best New Restaurant—Ventures to the Bleeding Edge of Local Cuisine
Provenance 120 E. Martin St., Raleigh It takes a village to wait a table at Provenance. When your parent-server is occupied with another diner or an errand to the kitchen, your uncle-server or godparent-server or neighbor-server swoops in with the assist. One carries a dish. Another describes it. Another refreshes your water. Another clears your […]
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The INDY’s Food Triangles: April McGreger of Farmer’s Daughter
April McGreger is surrounded by sixty pounds of sunchokes. They are beige and knobby, dusted with earth, drenched in afternoon sunlight. It is Tuesdayproduction dayat Farmer’s Daughter headquarters, or McGreger’s home in Hillsborough. Here, there are blue skies and grazing donkeys and oceans of grass, a setting that’s surprisingly calm for what’s become one of […]
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In Durham, a Perfect Day at Ponysaurus With the Salt And Smoke Festival
A bright, cold, windy April afternoon. Ponysaurus Brewing Company. The Salt and Smoke Festival, outside of Carrboro for the first time. And you. The event starts at four and you arrive on the dot, but everyone is already here, or so it seems. Maybe they never left? “Partysaurus!” the invitation promised after all. The air […]
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The Story of Chapel Hill’s Springtime Beer, Top of the Hill’s Blueridge Blueberry Wheat
Top of the Hill’s Blueridge Blueberry Wheat 100 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill It is just past eleven a.m. when Chris Atkins and Aaron Caracci take seats at the bar. The two head brewers of Chapel Hill’s Top of the Hill have worked for weeks to get to this moment, this day, this sip. It […]
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Drinking with a Bartender: A Night Out in Raleigh with Bittersweet’s Tony Ursone
Whew!” Tony Ursone hoots. “Take a tap of that.” I nod, grab the bottle, shake a few drops onto the back of my hand, sniff, and then lick. Whew, indeed: my eyes widen, and I shake my head. Ursone starts to laugh. We met ten minutes ago. Later, we’ll realize I cooked him Korean noodles […]
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Haven’t heard of Raleigh’s JMR Kitchens? Taste, more., and The Oak Offer Reasons to Love the New Restaurant Group
Taste 3048 Medlin Drive, Raleigh www.jmrkitchens.com/taste The Oak 4035 Lake Boone Trail, Raleighwww.jmrkitchens.com/oak more. 116 N. West St., Raleighwww.jmrkitchens.com/more “To want to own a restaurant can be a strange and terrible affliction,” Anthony Bourdain wrote. “What causes such a destructive urge in so many otherwise sensible people?” Even more mystifying: those who want to own […]
