It was the night before Fire, Flour, & Fork festivities in Richmond. Steve Mangano and I found ourselves at Patrick Phelan’s Longoven, and for once, I was able to say that I had visited a restaurant before Mangano. I laid my phone upside down on the little felt phone coaster
For several years, newspapers, culinary blogs and other disseminators of food-related information have lauded the explosion of Raleigh’s restaurant scene. Many industry insiders continue to rank Raleigh amongst the top-five large markets in the nation for restaurant expansion. At J. Betski’s, owner John Korzekwinski attributes several of his biggest challenges
Vivian Howard is an author, tv personality, chef, mom, and restaurateur from Deep Run, NC. She has been named a semi-finalist five times in a row for the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef Southeast award. She won a JBF award for Best Television Personality in 2016. If you watched her
Baker and owner of Union Special Bread, Andrew Ullom, pays his employees a living wage. I wanted to know how and why. Taking my order number and Jeddah’s Lavender Rooibos Khoisan Tea, I found a seat at the end of one of Union Special Bread’s communal tables to wait for
Jenn Rice has been an acclaimed culinary arts and travel journalist for six years. Before covering food and travel, Rice covered health, wellness, and beauty. When she isn’t writing stories about being flagged for bringing caviar into the states, she’s busy making cheese balls. I’ve known Jenn Rice for over
I’ve never met André Hueston Mack face-to-face, but I’d like to think I have. Since Mack joined the CurEat community as a CurEater in 2017, I’ve followed him on Instagram. You can easily type “André Hueston Mack” into your search bar and find article upon article about Mack, including pieces
The flavors of Korea, China and Cuba are all surging to the forefront of Durham’s food scene, with amazing bakeries and creative drinking establishments along for the ride. Durham is a burgeoning mecca of great restaurants within the Triangle. If you need further convincing, check out our article about the
Scott Witherow founded Tennessee’s first and only bean-to-bar chocolate company, Olive & Sinclair, in 2007 in Nashville. The monotonous, deep hum of the melanguers (stone mills) played on repeat, white chocolate spinning in one and dark chocolate in the other. “In my head I thought we stone grind grits, why
Bonus: They don’t include pumpkin spice. At first glance, one may assume that I anticipate pumpkin spice season more than my own birthday. In fact, I can’t recall the last time the words “pumpkin spiced latte” rolled off my tongue. I drink my coffee black, and I avoid the pumpkin
Over 11 years ago, Kelly and Bill Cotter added Toast to the growing assortment of restaurants sprouting around downtown Durham. And 20 years, the number of independent restaurants in downtown Durham has increased from 10 to north of 50. Since its opening, the Cotters’ paninoteca has become a staple in
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