We were tempted to build this edition of the INDY around Life of Pi, but we couldn’t find a tiger. Or a boat. Or a shipwrecked kid. However, we did find stories and recipes not only for historical favorites such as lemon meringue, but also for cultural imports such as bean, an African-Muslim tradition, and […]
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Hakanai, a pop-up Japanese restaurant
WHAT Hakanai, a pop-up Japanese restaurant, open for only three nights in February WHEN Friday, Feb. 1–Sunday, Feb. 3 WHERE The Cookery, 1101 W. Chapel Hill St., Durham WHO Chef Billy Cotter of Toast, with Kelli Cotter, also of Toast, and Rochelle and Nick Johnson of the Cookery. Wine Authorities, the Clever Vine, the Whiskey […]
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Bo Lozoff killed in motorcycle crash in Hawai’i
(Update, 9:03 p.m.: The Indy independently confirmed Lozoff’s death through a musician and friend of his in Hawaii.) Bo Lozoff, who ran Kindness House, an intentional community near Durham for ex-offenders and spiritual seekers, was killed yesterday in a motorcycle crash in Hawai’i, where he lived, according to news reports. Lozoff, 65, died after his […]
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Is Aqua North Carolina in bed with 751 developers?
The private water company Aqua North Carolina has asked to buy water from Chatham County that could be used for the 751 South project. Chatham County Commissioners voted 4-1 to direct staff to draft a contract that would allow Aqua North Carolina to buy 850,000 gallons per day from the county. Sally Kost was the […]
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Durham vs. Cary: the tap water taste test
The next time you’re sitting at the stoplight at Harrison Avenue and Maynard Road in Cary, take a moment to admire the elevated teal-colored water tank. Looming behind a grove of trees just south of the intersection, the tank swaddles 1 million gallons of Cary’s finest elixir. Pumped from Jordan Lake, disinfected, processed, analyzed, tested, […]
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City Kitchen: entrée 1, appetizer 0
City Kitchen 201 S. Estes Drive Chapel Hill 919-928-8200 Monday–Wednesday 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m. Thursday–Saturday 11:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m. Sunday 10:30 a.m.–10 p.m. An enormous, nonfunctioning steel clock, forever stopped at 5:15, greets you at the entrance of City Kitchen. And like a stopped clock, City Kitchen is rightsometimes. Located at the former Spice Street in the […]
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Lincoln Apartments tenants receiving help
Want to help? Contributions Checks should be made out to Housing for New Hope and mailed to: Housing for New Hope/Lincoln Fund, 18 W. Colony Place, Suite 250, Durham, NC 27705. (All contributions are tax-deductible.) Contact Melissa Hartzell at 919-489-6282 or through email. Volunteers Trucks and people are needed to move tenants to their new […]
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WRAL: Art Pope on McCrory’s transition team
Art Pope, already one of the most influential and wealthy political operatives in North Carolina, has further cemented his influence in the highest ranks of power. Hat tip to WRAL, which reported that Art Pope is on Gov.-elect Pat McCrory’s transition team. Pope, a critic of public education who has funded efforts to increase the […]
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Growing kiwis in North Carolina
Kiwi trivia • Kiwis are native to southern China, where they are known as “yang tao.” In the early 20th century, missionaries brought the fruit from China to New Zealand. • They are also known as Chinese gooseberries, but in the 1960s marketing gurus realized that such a name could conjure unappetizing images and rechristened […]
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Lincoln residents allowed to stay through December
The remaining tenants of Lincoln Apartments will be allowed to stay in their homes through the end of the year, Sendolo Diaminah, a community organizer with People’s Durham. Diaminah told the Indy that Lincoln Hospital Foundation President Larry Suitt has agreed to let people remain at Lincoln during that time as long as they pay […]