Saltbox Seafood Joint 608 N. Mangum St. Durham 919-908-8970 Facebook Twitter Tuesday–Saturday noon–8 p.m. Cash & takeout only The Saltbox Seafood Joint stakes its claim on North Mangum Street like a tiny, modern beach hut. Its vinyl siding is polished a light lime matte reminiscent of the tall, wispy grass lining coastal dunes. Whimsical and […]
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Community, city efforts slowly move urban agriculture forward
Eric WatersFarmhands help wash just-harvested produce at Homegrown City Farms. Under a new city proposal, urban farms could not sell on-site without obtaining a $1700 permit. The City of Durham and local food advocates are pushing for reform that will allow for more lenient rules on growing food within city limits. Last night, Durham community […]
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Vegan? Enjoy pizza again
As someone with a moderate lactose intolerance (and a tendency to leave helpful enzyme supplements at home), I often suffer through pizza outings with friends. How does one enjoy pizza while skimping on the cheese? You just can’t. Or so my stubborn hedonism urged me to believe. According to local vegan advocate Eleni Vlachos, who […]
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Bread Uprising’s revolutionary spirit
On a recent Monday morning, three bakers start a week’s worth of breadmaking in a home kitchen off Arnette Avenue in Durham. Tim Stallmann, a co-founder of Bread Uprising, his hands heavily dusted with flour, ushers in a neighbor carrying a box of fresh-picked pears from her backyard. A mesh screen hangs over a back […]
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Empanadas and a party for Chilean Independence Day
When Salvador Allende was elected president of Chile in 1970, he made a promise to his people: “Ours will be a revolution Chilean-style, with empanadas and red wine.” His comment was interpreted as a promise of nonviolent revolution, a robust commitment to his country. Although he died during a 1973 coup, his vision of a […]
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Clucking now legal within Cary town limits
A flyer designed by advocate group Cary Chickens after Cary Town Council voted to allow backyard chickens. On Aug. 23, Cary Town Council officially approved a Backyard Chicken Ordinance that now allows residents within town limits to legally keep a chicken coop on their property. The ordinance was approved by a 4-3 vote. Cary Chickens, […]
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Durham author Jonathan Bloom; the baker’s cooperative, Bread Uprising
As consumers of local food, we place an enormous importance on where it comes from. But what about where it ends up? A study released last week by the National Resources Defense Council reveals that roughly 40 percent of food in the United States goes uneaten. Broken down in a recent article by The Atlantic, […]
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Hummingbird bakery; Capp’s Apizza
You may have peered into one of the towering, angled windows of the new glass building on 721 Broad Street in Durham and wondered what was going on in there. On Wednesday, the building by Duke’s East campus opens its doors for a grand opening celebration from 5 to 7 p.m. Among the local businesses […]
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Mint Market, an online farmers market, is now open
MintMarket.com: sign-up is free for both farmers and chefs. The farm-to-fork philosophy of local restaurants often translates to a menu brimming with farm-fresh ingredients. But sourcing locally, and in bulk, can be logistically difficult. Enter Durham’s new Mint Market, an online farmers market connecting chefs and restaurant owners on a wholesale level. Ricky Spero launched […]
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Immigrant family’s Mexican staple spices up Carrboro cuisine
The orange glow of sunrise filtering through her tiny apartment window does not wake Celia Gutierrez. Her instinct that it’s time to check the tamales does. At 6:45 a.m. on a recent Friday, Gutierrez hops up from the couch where she was napping and checks on a massive pot hissing over a low flame. “Come […]