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PieBird (Raleigh, NC) – Preview
I stopped by the soon-to-open PieBird in downtown Raleigh tonight for their “soft” opening (disclaimer: my wife designed the website, so we had the inside track). The space is gorgeous, with plenty of table seating and a nice bar. The details of the interior are really nice, like the cute little birdie salt and pepper [...]
25 Comments »Taqueria La Vaquita (Durham, NC)
It makes for an odd site – a little shack with crude images of “tacos” and “tortas” painted on the side, a large cow (with bandaged ankles) standing on the roof – directly across the street from Four Square restaurant, one of the Triangle’s finest dining establishments. But Durham’s Taqueria La Vaquita is easily one [...]
TasteNC: Salted Pumpkin Seed Brittle
“TasteNC” features local and seasonal ingredients in easy to make recipes. I’m a big fan of homemade candy, and there is not a better time of year than the mother of all candy holidays, Halloween, to break out the candy thermometer and get your cauldron of sugar bubbling. This is a super quick and easy [...]
TasteNC: Rustic Apple Galettes
“TasteNC” features local and seasonal ingredients in easy to make recipes. The North Carolina apple season is ripe for the picking, and with all of those beautiful crisp sweet apples popping up at roadside stands and farmers markets, I knew just what I wanted… homemade apple pie. But, the thought of making apple pie from [...]
Pittsboro Pepper Festival
The third annual Pittsboro Pepper Festival is coming up this Sunday October 3rd from 4-7pm. The event will benefit the Abundance Foundation and the Piedmont Biofarm. The Abundance Foundation is focused on both renewable energy and local food, and has been supporting Farmer Doug Jones’s research at Piedmont Biofarm for many years. There will be [...]
Celebrity Chef Tour: Charlotte
The Celebrity Chef Tour is coming to Charlotte on September 22. It promises to be a fantastic opportunity to enjoy a spectacular meal by some of America’s top culinary talents, and to meet them and ask questions. The event will take place at the award-winning Blue Restaurant & Bar, the restaurant of seasoned celebrity chef [...]
Eastern Triangle Farm Tour
Photo by Molly Hayes The 5th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour is coming up on Sat. & Sun. Sept 18 & 19, from 1 to 5 PM. This is a great way to learn about regional agriculture in general, and in particular about where some of the best local food comes from. From the organizers: [...]
Saxapahaw General Store
The aisles are lined with STP motor oil and Seventh Generation soaps. The coolers are stocked with Gatorades and Goat Lady Dairy’s local organic cheeses. The freezers are full of frozen Snickers ice-cream bars and Cane Creek Farm grass-fed meat. The shelves offer Starburst candies and The Accidental Baker’s artisan crackers and granolas. This is the Saxapahaw General Store, the gas-station gourmet food mart and restaurant that is generating lots of [...]
Coming soon to Raleigh: PieBird!
Who doesn’t love pie? I mean, think of all the yummy stuff you can tuck in between two pie crusts. Fruit, chocolate, custards, coconut, even meats and veggies. Hello, chicken pot pie. My dream pie? An eggy, cheesy, bacon-y concoction with more bacon on top. Give me a fork. So it goes without saying that [...]
Diggin in with your neighbors
Advocates for Health in Action, a Wake County group advocating healthy food options for everyone, will host Dig In! on April 17 at Marbles Kids Museum. Dig In! will cover all sorts of topics relevant to growing communities with gardens, including the basics of organic gardening with techniques like composting and growing healthy, accessible foods [...]
