Ali Rudel continues to take steps toward opening a storefront for East Durham Pie Company—this time, steps down the block from her home to Ponysaurus Brewing Co. “I’m doing a series of Pop-Up Slice Shops to give folks an opportunity to grab a slice at a local business they already visit and love,” says Rudel, […]
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Cary’s Sandra Gutierrez needs you to eat more empanadas—and wants to show you how to make them
Paella Party Saturday, Jan. 30, 5 p.m. Southern Season 201 S. Estes Dr., Chapel Hill 919-929-7133 www.southernseason.com/cooking-school/chapel-hill/ After a year in which she published two well-received cookbooks and traveled often to promote them in readings, signings and cooking demonstrations across America, Sandra Gutierrez welcomed 2016 in the best way she could imagine: cozied up with […]
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Crook’s Corner Book Prize goes to New Orleans novelist
Tom Cooper of New Orleans has won the 2016 Crook’s Corner Book Prize for his debut novel, The Marauders. The third-annual award, which recognizes outstanding first-time novelists whose stories are set in the South, was announced last night by writer Lee Smith during a reception at Crook’s Corner, apparently the country’s only restaurant with its […]
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How cancer and one baker’s subsequent battle against it inspired the great new East Durham Pie Company
Ali Rudel felt good about life last summer. The married mother of two daughters had decided to return to the mainstream workforce, taking a job in July with a nonprofit whose mission she respected. When she asked if she could start work a day later than expected in order to keep a doctor’s appointment for […]
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Durham’s Loaf helping to launch new bread cookbook
Ron Graff was surprised when he received an email from Zachary Golper, owner of Brooklyn’s renowned Bien Cuit bakery. “We knew of them, but I don’t think they knew of us before reaching out to the Bread Bakers Guild of America,” says Graff, owner of Durham’s Loaf bakery. Golper was looking for top artisan bakeries […]
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Slingshot Coffee offers a different sort of big-box relief for December
We all know that winter is coming, but gray skies and dropping temperatures have little impact on consumers who prefer a glassed of chilled coffee to a mug of hot java. Jenny Bonchak of Slingshot Coffee Company is counting on those dedicated fans from Massachusetts to Florida to make the Raleigh’s business’ seemingly off-season debut—a […]
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Parlour continues its dessert flights series next week with East Durham Pie
There are few certainties in life, but this is sure: A really great slice of pie can improve almost any situation. Combined with an amazing scoop of ice cream? Now that’s real power. The Parlour, Durham’s ice cream mecca, will celebrate such a marvel at 6 p.m. Monday in a collaboration with East Durham Pie […]
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On North Person Street, the former PieBird space will soon yield two new storefronts
Renovations will soon get underway at 618 and 620 North Person Street, a divided commercial property in Raleigh that formerly was home to the restaurant PieBird. Having previously designed upgrades of spaces that are now Person Street Bar, Edge of Urge and Lumina, Matt Konar can arguably be called the architect of the new North […]
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Daniel Whittaker’s big plans for Person Street Pharmacy’s cafe
If it wasn’t already clear from chef Scott Crawford’s opening of the long-awaited Standard Food, the success of Oak City Cycling Project or the existence of So & So Books, last week’s announcement by New Raleigh of new ownership of the cafe at Person Street Pharmacy makes it clear: The North Person sector near downtown […]
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The making of a documentary about legendary Southern chef Bill Neal teaches his son, Matt, new things about his late father
Matt Neal has been interviewed many times about his famous father, the chef Bill Neal. He has answers about how Neal, a small-town North Carolina boy who taught himself to cook by working his way through Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, achieved so much in so little time. By his mid 30s, […]