This year brought many headaches and heartbreaks, but our food still showed us our soul. If you bit hard enough, you could find plenty of stories on your plate. In our 2016–17 Finder special, Angela Perez heralded the wide appeal of Southern food. “Even the most health-conscious cosmopolitan needs to find culinary succor in some […]
Victoria Bouloubasis
Bio: Victoria Bouloubasis is the INDY Week food editor.Link: http://www.victoriabouloubasis.comEmail: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/thisfeedsme
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Famed Nigerian Chef Tunde Wey Stirs Up a Conversation About Race and Food That Was Already Simmering in Durham
At Durham’s Food World supermarket, visiting chef Tunde Wey putters around a mountain of masa sacks to get to aisle four, where a sign labeled “African” marks shelves lined with plastic bottles of alligator pepper and fermented locust beansjust what he needs. He wanders back to the produce section where Andrea Reusing, chef of The […]
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A Mexican Christmas Tradition Benefits Local Immigrants on Tuesday at Cocoa Cinnamon
In Mexico and Central America, Christmas season means celebrating and sharing tamales and champurrado, a hot chocolate atole, or pre-Columbian drink based in masa and cacao. These treats can be found during nightly neighborhood posadas, a Christmas ritual that re-enacts Mary and Joseph’s search for lodging in Bethlehem. To symbolize this journey, members of the […]
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Raleigh Fixture Helios Closes, Spot to Reopen Next Year Via the Folks at Jose and Sons
Helios officially closed its doors yesterday after fourteen years in business. Today, the keys were handed over to trio behind Jose and Sons, brothers Hector and Charlie Ibarra, and chef Oscar Diaz. The once beloved downtown coffee shop opened in 2002, abruptly closing in 2014 before it was purchased and reworked by the Tuscany Construction […]
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Heart on Sleeve: Local Designers Wear Their Activism Loud and Proud
We’ve had a trying year in North Carolina politics andlet’s be honestin American society in general. The embarrassment of HB 2 alone inspired boycotts from large corporations and celebrities who took a stand against bigotry. After a blowout performance at Carter Finley Stadium, Beyoncé posted an Instagram photo where she posed casually in her Raleigh […]
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Show Up: A White Person’s Guide to Responsible Activism
Election night sealed our fate as activists, and we must accept it. The urgency to do something is a momentum we can ride until January and build upon through the next four years. But let’s do so with as much clarity as possible. “How do we become unified activists?” a reader recently asked the INDY. […]
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Roots Torn Out by War and Replanted in Raleigh Bear “Jewels of Prosperity” for Arab-Americans
A few straggling pomegranates from the late-summer harvest still hang on a tree outside Neomonde in Raleigh. The small fruits are sparse now, outnumbered by the shocking flutter of vermilion blossoms peeking through dense, tiny leaves. Samir Saleh, the restaurant’s owner, plucks a flower, leaving a stem that will later take root in a cup […]
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Food Youth Initiative Hosts Closing Reception at the Carrack on Friday
Reframing Food Youth Presentations Friday, October 21, 7-9 p.m. The Carrack Modern Art 947 East Main Street, Durham With chef-driven narratives dominating food dialogue, it is refreshing to hear another perspective, especially one coming from the next generation of foodies. At the Carrack tonight, the Reframing Food photography exhibit closes with a reception featuring a […]
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Toni Tipton-Martin’s The Jemima Code Uplifts Hidden Voices of African-American Cooks
The Jemima Code: Reception and Artist Talk Thursday, October 20, 6 p.m., free Center for Documentary Studies, Kreps and Lyndhurst Galleries 1317 West Pettigrew Street, Durham Toni Tipton-Martin Friday, October 21, 6 p.m., free with online RSVP The Durham Hotel 315 East Chapel Hill Street, Durham Award-winning journalist Toni Tipton-Martin’s new book, The Jemima Code: […]
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Soup for You: Welcome to DISH, the INDY’s Tri-Annual Food Special
DISH: Soup for you Eating is a way to understand the history that has shaped your communityand to learn to respect the history of others. Food represents a beautiful, complicated negotiation of cultures among indigenous peoples of the Americas, immigrants, and the rest of us. Nowhere is this essence of food distilled more clearly than […]