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I used to live in Brooklyn, NY. In 2008, my husband and I moved to Chapel Hill, NC. I miss NYC lots. I think about food constantly and talk about it lots. If you like any of that stuff I just mentioned you might like my site. Fingers crossed.You liked that? Read this.
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It’s not you. It’s me.
No, you look great! You’ve still got that twinkle in your eye and that sweet, eager face. This isn’t about you. It’s me. Me looking tired, looking stressed, forehead wrinkling like so many creases in a chinese bitter melon. I’m … Continue reading →
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chicago, Chocolate, cocktails, David Chang, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants, Seafood
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Discount code for TerraVITA Food & Wine Event
‘Cause I love you, I think you’re pretty, and I want you to attend the amazing celebration of sustainable food and beverage that is TerraVITA, here’s a little reason for you to break out the AmEx before 10:00am. Vic Pop … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chocolate, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants, Seafood
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Terra Vita Update – September 24, 2011
Fret not if you weren’t able to snag tickets to the Farm to Fork fundraiser at the end of this month. I have some serious inside scoop on the Triangle’s other amazing sustainable food and wine event, Terra Vita. Vic Pop just … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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American Craft Beer Week, May 16-22
Look, people change. In college, my idea of the perfect afternoon snack consisted of beef jerky and Diet Mountain Dew. Obvs I still love beef jerky, but the neon green soda thing, not so much. At that time, I felt … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Recipes, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Chicago, Chocolate, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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This ain’t Charlie’s Chocolate Factory
You may recall that Vic Pop moved to Chapel Hill, NC from Brooklyn, NY in October 2008. As a result, whenever a friend or a friend of a friend or the kid who is going with the girl who saw … Continue reading →
Posted in Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, NYC, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel
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Tagged Asheville, awesome tv/movie trivia, Bargains, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, Chocolate, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Restaurants
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God loves the ugliest vegetables. And creatures.
Last night, I was trying to remember the name of the ugliest thing from God’s lovely earth that I have ever seen, the geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck). I finally remembered it, but not before my Google Images search for “ugliest vegetables” … Continue reading →
Posted in Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Gadgets & Gear, Locavore, North Carolina art stuff, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Recipes, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged Asheville, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chocolate, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Pork, Restaurants, Triangle art events
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NC 10% Campaign – Build the NC food system without breaking a sweat.
No need to click on any links because you already know all about this great campaign, don’t you, miss so and so? Just in case you are in the dark on this one, here is the lowdown. The 10% Campaign is … Continue reading →
Posted in Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chocolate, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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Animal Welfare Approved: Sustainable Food and Tourism
I’m always pleasantly surprised at how informed people in the Triangle are about their food choices. I like to pat myself on the back and sigh contently to myself, “Yeah, I’m one of those people.” I buy my meat from … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Bargains, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chicago, cocktails, David Chang, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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Food Corps: like AmeriCorps, only foodier.
Trying to stretch my brain back to the time in 2010 when I first learned about FoodCorps and thought, I want to do that. I spent about 2 minutes on the website before the sky opened, a bright beam of … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, NYC, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged Asheville, Bargains, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chicago, Chocolate, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork
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A4A: Appetite for Architecture
Fact: Vic Pop has dozens of tiny interests that aren’t necessarily food related. One of those just so happens to be modernist architecture. I’ve always enjoyed boxy things and things that come in boxes — boom, gifts, juice, crackers, Colorado, … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina art stuff, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, NYC, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged Asheville, Bargains, booze events, Chapel Hill, cheese, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Triangle art events
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