Whether you loved square cheese pizzas, looked forward to chicken-nugget day, or loaded up your tray with doughy breadsticks and ranch dressing, just about everyone has a memory of school lunch. Now, local chefs are working together to create healthy, restaurant-worthy school lunches to raise awareness about school-meal standards and state funding for school-meal programs. […]
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Thrive NC Taps Top Culinary Talent to Drive Critical Food Conversations
On May 10 and 11, chefs, activists, and volunteers will gather at City Market in downtown Raleigh for the inaugural Thrive NC, a two-day event that will feature a summit, day of service, and a two-night culinary festival of tastings, chef demonstrations, and live music. The event is presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of […]
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Taste the Rainbow: lucettegrace Brings Back the Gay Bar for Out! Raleigh to Raise Money for the LGBT Center of Raleigh
Lucettegrace has earned a reputation for its whimsical and meticulously crafted pastries, and while you can find macarons in every hue of the rainbow year-round, every year, pastry chef-owner Daniel Benjamin creates a special rainbow-inspired treat for Out! Raleigh. The annual event, taking place this Saturday, May 5, celebrates the LGBT community and raises funds […]
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Now in Its Seventh Year, Brewgaloo Celebrates Not Only N.C. Craft Beer, but the Rise of Women in the Industry
When Brewgaloo launched in 2011, the craft beer festival was the new kid on the block. Craft beer was young then, too; you couldn’t find it on shelves and in restaurants and bars like you can now, and festivals were often one of the only marketing tools breweries had to promote themselves. The challenge the […]
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Making Sunday Funday Plans? A $20 Sunday Supper Durham Ticket Buys You Brunch and Bottomless Brews While Helping to End Food Insecurity
I might be new in town, but I don’t know of any restaurant where you can get a multi-course brunch and bottomless beer for $20. But at the first-ever Sunday Supper Durham, taking place this Sunday, April 29, from twelve p.m. to three p.m. at the American Tobacco Campus Amphitheater, it’s a delicious reality. Even […]
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Brewery Bhavana Celebrates Its One-Year Anniversary with Six Barrel-Aged Beer Releases and a Week-Long Bash
It’s been quite a year for Brewery Bhavana, the Raleigh brewery, restaurant, flower shop, and bookstore that quickly captivated the taste buds of locals and gained national recognition as one of Forbes‘s top ten places to eat and Bon Appetit’s “Hot 10” restaurants. Starting tonight, the brewery is toasting its first birthday with a week […]
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Power Lunch: Africana Market & Food Truck Rodeo Will Give BLACK COMMUNITIES Conference Attendees a True Taste of the Bull City
If you’ve ever traveled to attend a conference, you know how challenging it can be to actually experience the city you’re visiting or taste food beyond the sad plastic-wrapped sandwiches, limp salads, and pallid buffet-style entrees. But the BLACK COMMUNITIES Conference, taking place April 23–25 at The Carolina Theatre, hopes to remedy that by giving […]
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Saddle Up: County Fare Durham’s Food Truck Rodeo Kicks off Today
Saddle up, partner. There’s a food truck rodeo in town—and it’s here to stay. Opening today in the Lakewood Shopping District, Country Fare Durham (1920 Chapel Hill Road), is the Triangle’s first food destination devoted solely to food trucks. Owner Steve Frasher was inspired to open the venue out of his own love of food […]
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Alligators, Pythons, and Tarantulas, Oh My! Welcome to Bull City Burger’s Exotic Meat Month.
“The first year we did it we got hate mail—emails and letters. I was worried we crossed the line,” says Seth Gross, owner of Bull City Burger and Brewing, talking about BCBB’s annual Exotic Meat Month. Gross’s idea for Exotic Meat Month came from thinking about the fact that not everybody eats beef as their […]
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Mithai Indian Cafe Breaks the Mold with Indian Sweets and Snacks Made with Pure Ingredients
MITHAI INDIAN CAFE 744-F East Chatham Street, Ste. F, Cary 919-948-8475 www.mithaius.com I’m sipping chai with Davina Ray, owner and operator of Mithai Indian Cafe, a dessert bar and cafe in Cary’s Chatham Square Shopping Center. While we chat, she has to excuse herself twice. It’s Monday morning, just after the shop’s eleven o’clock opening, […]