22 May, 2014

Bay Area Foodie News

Comments : 4 Posted in : Events, Restaurants on May 22, 2014 by : The Gourmez

Tags: affordable, bay area, berkeley, chef-prepared meals, chefs, cooking classes, cozymeal, date night, entertaining, german, home cooking, millbrae, night out ideas, oakland, peranakan, professional chefs, restaurant alternative, samad nasserian, san francisco, san leandro

Today on the blog, I’m talking about Cozymeal, a new Bay Area startup that got me super excited when I talked with one of the founders, Samad Nasserian, about the company. Why did it get me that excited? Let me count the reasons why: 1. Intimate meals you won’t find elsewhere. Cozymeal puts on dinners
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12 October, 2012

Bull City Vegan Brunch Challenge

Posted in : Dining in Durham - NC, Events, Restaurants on October 12, 2012 by : The Gourmez

Tags: alivia's, brunch, bull city brunch challenge, bull city vegan challenge, bull street gourmet and market, chefs, daisy cakes, durham, refectory cafe, rue cler, scratch, vegan, voting

I’m always excited to see what our creative chefs come up with when challenged, and the folks behind the 2010 Bull City Vegan Challenge are running a new one for the month of October. Much like the first, several Durham restaurants have agreed to come up with one vegan dish to compete for the votes
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10 October, 2012

2nd Annual Triangle Chef Showdown

Comments : 1 Posted in : Events on October 10, 2012 by : The Gourmez

Tags: catch, catfish, chefs, competition, food bank nc, fundraiser, john mannino, keith rhodes, mannino's italian bistro, nc chefs academy, open house, pastry, pork butternut squash, ruckus, ryan payne, scott shabot, second annual, students, triangle chef showdown, weathervane

2nd Annual Triangle Chef Showdown at the NC Chef’s Academy 2001 Carrington Mill Morrisville Website Two weeks ago, I attended the second annual Triangle Chef Showdown, which was a combination of a fundraiser for the Central and Eastern North Carolina Food Bank, an open house for the NC Chef’s Academy, and a competition between four
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31 May, 2011

Taste Carolina Tours TriFoodie Tweetup

Posted in : Dining in Raleigh - NC, Events, Product Reviews, Restaurants, Sake, Travel Sponsored Stays and Tours, Wine on May 31, 2011 by : The Gourmez

Tags: 18 seaboard, Beer, busy bee, chad mcintyre, chefs, crumb, downtown, duck, escazu, food, foundation, jason smith, lemon honeysuckle tart, market, pork slider, raleigh, scallops, taste carolina tour, trifoodie tweetup

Last week, a group of about 40 other foodies and I took a Taste Carolina tour together as part of a TriFoodie Tweetup. If you aren’t aware of these tweetups and you are a lover of Triangle-area food, then start following @durhamfoodie and @andreaweigl on Twitter now, so you can get details on the next
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