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22 April, 2013

Flights

Comments : 2 Posted in : Dining in Raleigh - NC, Restaurants on April 22, 2013 by : The Gourmez

Tags: amuse bouche, apple crumble, bacon, banana cake, beet risotto, boar, cheddar risotto, dining, dinner, flights, hot cheesecake, maple pork chop, marriot, new chef, north hills, pork belly, raleigh, renaissance hotel, resesarch triangle park, review, roasted cauliflower, rtp, scallop, service, southern sushi, sweet potato bisque, transition, trout, upscale

Flights 4100 Main at North Hills North Hills Renaissance, Raleigh Website Entrees: $17–$28 Normally, I jump right into a review, leaving any musings on my experience for the end. This one requires more set up because Flights is in a transition period and it shows. So you should understand before I go on what
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12 March, 2010

Empty Bowls 2010 Soup Review

Comments : 2 Posted in : Dining in Durham - NC, Restaurants on March 12, 2010 by : The Gourmez

Tags: blue seafood, butternet squash, chicken masa, clam chowder, community cafe, durham best soup, durham chefs, empty bowls 2010, empty bowls 2010 durham, leek potato soup, lenten gumbo, manhattan seafood chowder, nana's, papa mojo's, revolution, rue cler, sweet potato bisque, urban ministries of durham, watt's grocery, whole foods

I posted the press release for Empty Bowls 2010 a few weeks ago. It’s a unique annual fundraiser that benefits Urban Ministries of Durham. At the time, I was unsure that I would make it, being as it was my fourth wedding anniversary and all, but we ended up going last Friday anyhow. Why not
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