First Name Unknown: A Benefit Reading Thursday, Jun. 21, 7 p.m. Cocoa Cinnamon (Lakewood), Durham Now more than ever, we need to think about how we treat immigrants in this country. I think that starts by listening. We only fear what we don’t understand, and for me, the best way to understand anything is to […]
Layla Khoury-Hanold
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Yes, Poole’s Mac and Cheese Is Great. But Don’t Forget the Tomato Pie, a Summer Staple and Foodie Favorite.
POOLE’S DOWNTOWN DINER 426 South McDowell Street, Raleigh 919-832-4477 www.ac-restaurants.com/pooles When I moved here and asked people what I should eat, everyone extolled chef Ashley Christensen’s mac ‘n’ cheese as the must-try dish. When I snagged a stool at the double-horseshoe bar of Poole’s, the Macaroni Au Gratin lived up to the hypea bubbling gratin […]
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Chapel Hill Chocolate Shop Special Treats Helps People with Disabilities One Truffle at a Time
Special Treats 1129 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill 919-883-2151 www.specialtreatsnc.com It’s not unusual for chocolate shops to be intimate. Diminutive treats like bonbons and truffles don’t take up much room, and unless a shop has a production kitchen on site, there’s no need for a sweeping space. So when Dan Friedman, a former real estate […]
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Summer of Frosé: Acme’s Rosé Soirée is Back for Round Two
Acme Food & Beverage Co. 110 East Main Street, Carrboro 919-929-2263 First, rosé earned its place in mainstream drinking with monikers like “summer water.” Then came #roséallday and #yeswayrosé. Then came brosé, for dudes who embrace drinking pink, so naturally it was only a matter of time before frosé—frozen rosé—became a thing, too. At Carrboro’s […]
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Sip for a Cause: The Triangle’s Negroni Week Helps Fund a Cure for Cystic Fibrosis
Surely you’ve encountered the Negroni by now. It’s that moody, amber-hued beverage that turns heads, begging bar-goers to lean forward and ask, “What did they order?” It’s the drink that’s quietly taken over your Instagram feed in favor of frou frou cocktails, prompting you to Google the name. There’s no better time to sate your […]
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Celebrate Jewish Food and Culture with a Distinctly Southern Twist at the Jewish Food Festival
JEWISH FOOD FESTIVAL Sunday, June 3, 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Levin Jewish Community Center, Durham www.levinjcc.org Being Jewish in the South is very different, especially in smaller Jewish communities. There are a lot of things that you take for granted, and one of the biggest things is food,” says Jill Madsen, CEO of the Jewish Federation […]
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The Time Is Ripe for Picking and Eating North Carolina Strawberries—and the Brilliant Concoctions Local Chefs Make With Them
BUCKWHEAT FARM 2700 Holland Road, Apex 919-303-0339 www.buckwheatfarm.com In case you missed it, like we almost did, Governor Cooper declared May 2018 Strawberry Month in North Carolina. This is my first spring in the state, and at first, I didn’t believe the hype. But the more strawberry dishes I saw popping up on Instagram feeds […]
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Ashley Christensen Didn’t Win the James Beard Award This Year, but Her Moral Leadership Is Still Reshaping the Restaurant Industry
On May 7, after the final medal of the evening was draped around the winner’s neck, an explosive energy radiated from the cavalcade of people spilling into the lobby of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. As post-ceremony nerves deflated faster than soufflé and the frantic anticipation of finally getting to eat, drink, and celebrate kicked […]
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Amuse-Bouche: Celebrity-Owned Burger Chain Wahlburgers Comes to Downtown Raleigh
Wahlburgers 319 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh 919-703-0833 Wahlburgers, one of the Triangle’s most buzzed about restaurant openings of 2018, is now open on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh. What’s with the hype? It’s the first North Carolina location for the Boston-based fast-casual burger chain created by the Wahlberg family, which includes celebrities Mark and Donnie and […]
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Local Chefs Get Creative with Fish Eyes, Stems, and Other Scraps to Take on the Food-Waste Epidemic
“I’ve had about a twenty percent success rate with the fish eyeballs.”
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