Last Friday night, Chad McIntrye called his mother in Baton Rouge to confirm that she was safe from rising flood waters. She insisted she was, but just twelve hours later she woke to find her home filling with murky water. “My mom is not an early riser, so when the phone rang a six o’clock […]
Jill Warren Lucas
Bio: Jill Warren Lucas is a freelance food writer and project manager for INDY Week's Finder: Guide to Wake County.Link: http://eatingmywords-jwl.blogspot.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/jwlucasnc
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Lucky’s Makes Durham Feel More Like New Jersey Than Any Other Local Deli
Lucky’s Delicatessen 105 West Chapel Hill Street, Durham Saturday mornings had a very reliable rhythm in my New Jersey youth. My brothers and I would park in front of the TV to watch cartoons while my mother stepped out for her weekly therapy session at the hair salon. She would return refreshed, scrubbed free of […]
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Chef James Clark Leaves Crossroads, Kickstarts Campaign to Open Postal Fish Company Next Year
Customers in the elegant dining room of Crossroads at The Carolina Inn may not have noticed anything out of the ordinary lately. But Chef James Clark isn’t running the kitchen of the landmark dining institution in Chapel Hill these days. In late June, Clark ended his nearly four-year tenure as executive chef. That same day […]
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North and South Carolina Chefs Convene to Boost the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation
Collaboration for common good was certainly on the menu Saturday night when the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation convened a group of celebrity chefs to prepare its summer fundraiser dinner. The meal—served under a tent and amid distant thunder on the elegant grounds of the Sall family compound in Cary— attracted more than one hundred supporters. […]
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Five years Ago, Piedmont’s Crawford Leavoy Succumbed to Alcoholism in New Orleans. Now, He’s Running One of Durham’s Best Restaurants.
Mardi Gras drifts on the calendar. Based on the dates of other nearby holidays, it’s not as easy to remember as, say, Christmas, a date children master as quickly as their own birthday. But Crawford Leavoy remembers that, five years ago, Mardi Gras arrived March 8. What he’s blurry about is what happened in the […]
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Cary’s Sandra Gutierrez wins international cookbook award
The international appeal of Sandra Gutierrez’s recipes has never been in doubt, but her authority as a cookbook writer has just been certified by a prestigious culinary organization. This week, Gourmand International named her Empanadas, the Hand-Held Pies of Latin America the 2016 winner in its Single Subject category (scroll down to Section E, near […]
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Tom & Jenny’s Caramel Is the Sugar-Free Miracle That Won’t Hurt Your Teeth or Taste
For candy makers, Valentine’s Day is the second-sweetest sales day of the year, bested only by Halloween. For dentists, it’s a different story. No one can ruin the dream of creamy chocolates or sticky caramels quite so easily as the person pressing a metal prong against a weak spot on your tooth. Thanks to a […]
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Poole’s Diner named in Eater’s National Top 38 restaurant list
Poole’s Diner has joined another elite cast: Esteemed critic Bill Addison named chef Ashley Christensen’s Raleigh flagship to Eater’s second-ever National Top 38 restaurant list. It is the only North Carolina restaurant to earn the honor, which aspires to answer the question that drives Addison’s work: “‘What is essential dining?” “Poole’s is one of the […]
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Ponysaurus named in Food & Wine’s list of hot trends for 2016
Food & Wine restaurant editor Kate Krader has included Durham’s Ponysaurus Brewing Co. in her 2016 food trend predictions story. Based on a recent visit, she hailed the Hood Street taproom as a “next-level brewpub” that offers creative snacks to complement its craft beer. Krader especially liked the crunchy dried okra, one of about a […]
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Five Triangle chefs share their secrets for sushi at home
-GUIDE TO SUSHI- An enthusiast’s guide to suhi in the Triangle The couple that keeps the Triangle’s kaitensushi—or sushi conveyor belt—spinning at Kurama Trawling the Triangle for the best vegetarian sushi Five Triangle chefs share their secrets for sushi at home What beer to drink—and what beer to avoid—with sushi Making sushi at home can […]