Jane Hobson Snyder

Waiting for my car last week at the mechanic’s, I was compelled to endure Martha Stewart teaching Rachael Ray how to make a piecrust. “You can make a piecrust in 16 seconds!” Martha exclaims and pulses her food processor with 2 1/2 cups of flour; 2 sticks of cold, unsalted butter in half-inch chunks; 1 […]

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Four new transportation franchises are betting the bank on the allure of downtown Raleigh. If you are already near downtown, consider hiring a rickshaw, a two-person open carriage pulled by bicycle, to wheel you home or on to your next destination.

Stacey Carless of the City of Raleigh says the birth of the R-Line had less to do with public safety, tourism or restaurants, and more to do with traffic control. It was brought to the table about a year and a half ago by the City of Raleigh, the Downtown Raleigh Alliance and the Greater […]

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The R-Line makes 15 downtown stops during the workday and 19 after 6:30 p.m. To plot your restaurant visits in advance, go to www.godowntownraleigh.com/at-ease/dining, then mouse over the dots on the map until you get to the restaurant or bar you want. (Be sure to take into account that the bus travels only counter-clockwise; you […]

If you haven’t been to the Outer Banks recently, here’s what you’ve missed: the successful return of sweet bay scallops to Carolina aquaculture; the launching of a cooking school in Manteo; the rise of a top-notch gourmet fish market; the locavore overhaul of the islands’ most luxe resort; neighborhood bistros and funky bars focusing on […]

As far as a first 100 days goes, President Obama has nothing on Joshua Hollinger. Like the new president, Hollinger was hired in mid-November. And like Obama, he was brought in as a turnaround guy. Consider, as proof, his atypical all-black chef’s duds. And also as proofthis, one of his first executive orders: After arriving […]