Eat & Drink
Top chefs from across the state are prepping their best pepper-centric dishes for the 8th Annual Pepper Festival on September 27. With approximately 45 chefs coming together to create one-of-a-kind recipes, the festival has doubled in size and established itself as one of North Carolina’s largest chef competitions. Top of the Hill, […]
Around the first of June, the dining area at The Carolina Inn was temporarily moved to the lobby as Crossroads Chapel Hill underwent a major renovation. All the waiting is finally over as the restaurant opens its doors tomorrow. The dining experience is decidedly different: The bar seats twice as many and is connected to […]
I love birthdays and the opportunity to celebrate loved ones. We can all use a day each year where we feel extra special. Plus, as you’ve heard me say before, I’m a firm believer in calories not counting on your birthday and indulging in items you really enjoy. You […]
It was three in the morning. Or later. Holding a flashlight in my mouth, I was in the plenum above the drop ceiling in the kitchen running speaker wire. It was just me. And it was tedious work. Everyone else had long gone home. A crazy family from Virginia was […]
Though Turtle Harrison and brothers Juan Jose Ordonez Ramos and Rolando Ordonez Ramos grew up hundreds of miles apart, they all sat down to family meals of grilled corn and fried chicken. North Carolina and Guatemala, respectively, might seem like worlds apart, but their cuisines share staples. “Fresh is more […]
There’s no need to leave room for cream in a glass of Dolce Nitro, the nitrogen-infused cold brewed coffee served from a tap and over ice at La Vita Dolce. “It’s pretty smooth,” says owner Annie Johnston of the drink that’s developed a cult following. “It’s fresh and full-bodied – a thirst-quenching iced coffee.” […]
Chef Teddy Diggs, executive chef at Il Palio restaurant in Chapel Hill, may be a nationally acclaimed chef, but he pulls parent duty just like the rest of us! With school starting again, he likes to keep lunches simple, fun and interactive for his two girls. No need to have formal training from […]
“People who love to eat are always the best people.” -Julia Child I adore hearing about everyone’s summer adventures and where and what they ate. It’s no surprise to anyone that I enjoy a good meal and talking about food and nutrition. Through food, I believe we get a true taste (pun […]
Seemingly overnight, Graham Street became a destination. It’s possible to spend an entire evening out on the town without straying from the very neighborly few blocks anchored by the Top of the Hill Distillery. As guest blogger – and Graham Street homeowner – Kate Sayre said, “Who can say they have a distillery … on their side of the […]
It all started when four college friends bonded over food… Friends Nate Adams, Ali Safavi, Yin Song and Chela Tu spent many nights at UNC around a table making dumplings. “Any time we threw a party, we ended up in the kitchen,” Nate says. But the roots for those gatherings were planted years earlier as they grew up […]
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