More specifically, one of the websites I blog for is in Durham Magazine, a local publication that talks all things Durham-related. Here’s the announcement I posted on Carpe Durham about the article, since I’m just not going to think of something new and exciting to say in its place here: Our website has been profiled
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VINTJS Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 Napa Valley, CA A pleasant wine with a good amount of flavors mingling together–the spices are in one corner and the fruits in another. Boysenberry, lots of boysenberry, with a little currant to give it a kick. The spice flavors swirl through it like a cinnamon roll, consisting of cinnamon (who
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Pollos La Carbonera *CLOSED* 606 Fayetteville Road Hayti District, Durham $2–$8 per item Pollos La Carbonera is that bright orange and yellow building you pass right near the Fayetteville exit of I-147. Bull City Wings was its last incarnation, but now it’s a Mexican stand with a drive-through window around the side and another window
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Visne Vodka 456 W. Franklin Street Downtown Chapel Hill Website $9 This nearly perfect cocktail was made from Absolut Kurant, visne cherry juice, sour mix, and mint. There was a great tartness to it that came from the sharp cherry juice and the sour mix. It was a smooth drink that made me dream of
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Butter in the Forest Adapted from Japanese Cocktails by Yuri Kato 1/4 avocado 1 tsp honey 2 shots junmai nigori sake 3/4 shot vodka 1/4 shot triple sec 1 shot almond milk I made this drink from a sake cocktail recipe in order to use up less than a glass of sake. I had to
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[One] Restaurant 100 Meadowmont Village Circle Meadowmont Village, Chapel Hill Website Small plates: $8–$14 Entrees: $17–$24 [one] (or one or [ONE] depending on what part of the website, building, or business card you look at) is a new restaurant from Shane Ingram, the chef and owner of Four Square in Durham (my review), one of
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Monthly Vegan Brunch at the Pinhook *DISCONTINUED) 117 West Main, Downtown Durham Pinhook website The Fiction Kitchen website $7, 12 pm to 2 pm, first Sunday of the month Close to a year ago now, the Pinhook, a downtown Durham rock venue, started hosting vegan brunches on the first Sundays of the month. Chef Shirle
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