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Independent Weekly

Posted on November 4, 2009

Stemmed and slim, wide-mouthed and tall: Match the beer with the vessel

A glass—any glass—allows the carbonation to lift the beer's aromas to your nose before you drink. By Julie Johnson.

Epicurean: The Blog (The News & Observer)

Posted on September 9, 2009

In today's paper: Spize Cafe, The Lollipop Shop

In today's paper, Greg Cox shares news about the new Spize Cafe in downtown Raleigh, and the new Lollipop Shop at North Hills in his Epicurean column.

Greg's Hot List is a list of places to get ribs. 

I wrote a story about Ann Prospero, who has a new book titled "Chefs of the Triangle: Their Lives, Recipes and Restaurants." She has a ton of book reading/signing events coming up with samples from the profiled chefs. 

VarmintBites

Posted on November 6, 2009

Rules for the Front of the House

Bruce Buschel is opening a restaurant in the East End of Long Island, and although he’s never done this before — hey, I can relate — he has a bunch of rules for the front of the house.  Well, he actually has 100 Rules.  The first 50 rules are found here and the second 50 [...]

Eat 2 Win Raleigh

Posted on October 1, 2009

The Loop Pizza Grill Review

The Loop is located in Cary off Kildaire Farm road in the Kildaire Plaza shopping center and in Chapel Hill off Franklin street in the East Gate shopping center. The New Yorker – Great variety of salads. Great portions. I didn’t like the chicken noodle soup at all–nothing special, tasted like it was out of a [...] Related posts:
  1. Ruckus Pizza Review
  2. Cafe Carolina Review
  3. Lilly’s Pizza

Demandy.com: Raleigh "Roadfood Picks

Posted on October 17, 2009

Bliss Boutique Bakery

5 out of 5 stars Hidden off Franklin Street down a delightful brick-laid corridor is the equally delightful Bliss Boutique Bakery. After disappointment at Raleigh’s Cupcake Shoppe I was afraid to hope… but the amazing chocolate cupcake I had today could cause me to have to make regular drives to Chapel Hill in order to [...]

Carpe Durham

Posted on October 29, 2009

We’re still hiring! (And other news.)

And by “hiring” I mean we are still actively seeking volunteers to spend their valuable time contributing to Carpe Durham and help keep this community alive.  We are grateful to our existing community contributors, but would like to add several more to increase the posting volume.  In particular, we hope people that are interested in exploring the cheaper dining options will get involved.  Please contact us if you are interested.  There is no time commitment or high level of expertise needed (really, if we could do it, anyone can!). In other ...

Moose Munchies

Posted on November 6, 2009

Turkey terminology

I called my local upscale market the other day to order my Thanksgiving turkey. The “holiday desk” confronted me with an array of choices: cooked or uncooked; then fresh, frozen, frozen organic, frozen kosher. I stopped her at that point. We didn’t even get to heirloom turkey or  – I hate to name the abomination [...]

Eat At Joes

Posted on October 31, 2009

Doorway... To HELL!!!

Scary pumpkins at Pop's BacKDoor:

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Scary religious figures pouring blood at Wine Authorities:

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Happy Hallowe'en from Eat at Joe's!.

The Biscuit

Posted on October 8, 2009

Goodbye Gourmet magazine

Farewell, Gourmet. After nearly 70 years, Conde Nast will stop publishing the magazine. The Biscuit thought it was important to mark the event because of how Gourmet affected this blog’s perception of eating in Chapel Hill. Four years ago, The Biscuit came down to Chapel Hill from Boston expecting to find nothing more for food than [...]

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