I walked into Dame’s Chicken & Waffles (dameschickenwaffles.com) in Durham last week expecting the usual: a gussied-up homemade waffle with a plump piece of fried chicken perched atop. And I got it. The pleasantly unexpected part of the meal, however, came in a typical porcelain side dish as a typical Southern side: Collard greens, kicked […]
Victoria Bouloubasis
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How to nourish yourself while feeding others
About the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle IFFS partners with more than 200 social service agencies in the Triangle. Programs range from transporting food to isolated communities (including to low-income people who may not qualify for food stamps) to supporting health clinics and teaching Cooking Matters nutrition courses. Since 1989, IFFS has donated 75 million pounds of […]
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Redefining fair trade coffee
When you buy a pound or a mug of fair trade coffeesignified by its logo depicting yin and yangyou expect that somewhere in Africa, Central America or Indonesia, a small farmer is benefiting from your choice. But can you be sure? A division over the definition of fair trade has sparked an international disagreement over […]
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The return of Johnny’s
In 1977, Johnny Howard bought a small wooden house on Carrboro’s Main Street to open his bait and tackle shop. Johnny’s, his namesake, became a place where neighbors popped in to purchase buckets of worms and stayed for the chitchat. It’s where Howard himself met more of his community, people who he says he just […]
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Whoopie Squares; Conscious Cuisine; Motorco’s NYE menu
We already know by living here that ingenuity abounds in the form of small food businesses, many times a one-man or one-woman show stuffed with big ideas. A couple of new local food products have hit our scene, carrying with them a mission to be the sole purveyors of their craft foods. Even the most […]
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Chirba Chirba hits teenybopper stardom with guest employee Joey Fatone of *NSYNC
UPDATE (Jan. 15, 2012): The Chirba Chirba Dumpling episode of My Family Recipe Rocks premiered yesterday, Jan. 14, on the Live Well Network. Catch it in full here and embedded below. ORIGINAL POST FOLLOWS Last Wednesday, the Chirba Chirba Dumpling truck doled out paper trays of porkedame and juicy buns as part of a routine […]
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Boxcarr Farms and their Local in Motion food truck
In this week’s DISH issue, each writer’s exploration of artisanal food led to the same source: the small farm. The notion of farming and the determination to go “back to the land” have been romanticized among a generation of young farmers looking to create a fair, sustainable food system. Dani and Austin Genke, a young […]
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The allure of fresh pasta
Melina’s Fresh Pasta Raleigh 919-429-9850 The pasta has been featured at Batistella’s, a new restaurant in Raleigh. It’s also available at the Saturday markets in Wake Forest, Western Wake, North Hills and Carrboro; Tuesdays at Western Wake; Wednesdays in Carrboro and at the Raleigh Downtown Farmers Market; as well as through the online farmers market […]
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Artisans honor chocolate’s roots
More, more, more! Chocolate Door Grab a hefty slab of caramel chocolate from this charming Chapel Hill shop and savor it with a stroll down Franklin Street. For the trendy set, chocolate-covered bacon is a hit. Dolly Mama Handmade Chocolates Unsurprisingly, people flock to the Durham Farmers’ Market for Dolly Marcarelli’s chocolate confections. They contain […]
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Fresh food finds its way to Northeast Central Durham
Dawn Hill-Alston doesn’t want to drive to the grocery store anymore. “I want to be able to walk down the street with my grocery cart and be able to buy fresh produce, fresh meats, spices. And then walk back home and cook my meal,” she says. Hill-Alston lives in Northeast Central Durham, a food desert […]