2 November, 2015

A Sampling of the Perfect Watkins Glen and Eastern Seneca Lake Experience

Comments : 3 Posted in : Dessert Wine, Red Wine, Tasting Rooms in the Finger Lakes - NY, Travel Guide for the Finger Lakes - NY, White Wine, Wine, Wine Bloggers Conference 2015 on November 2, 2015 by : The Gourmez

Tags: atwater, brittany gibbs, chateau lafayette reneau, colonial pottery creamery, finger lakes, fulkerson, hector, isabel bogodtke, local food, paul marcellus, photography, red newt cellars, ron hoffman, sights to see, sunset view creamery, things to do, tourism, Travel, upstate new york, visitor's guide, watkins glen, watkins glen gorge, watkins glen state park, wine bloggers conference

The Mystery At the annual Wine Bloggers Conference (WBC), one late afternoon/early evening is dedicated to an excursion out of the host hotel and into the wine region itself. Where we bloggers go is a mystery; each tour bus heads to a different location for a wine tasting and dinner, and just where we will
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2 April, 2013

Triangle Foodie Happenings

Posted in : Events on April 2, 2013 by : The Gourmez

Tags: ali rudel, anniversary, blog, cackalacky, cookbook author, cooks and books, counter culture, dinner, durham, elizabeth turnbull, Events, fearrington, food, hot mini donuts, local, local food, mcintyre books, nancie mcdermott, real thai, seasonal cooking, sola coffee, starting fresh, triangle foodie happenings

Here’s a trio of interesting going-ons in the Triangle foodie world. Two to perhaps attend, and one to be aware of, if you’re intrigued by our food-friendly community. Sola’s First Anniversary, 4/5 & 4/6, all day. Sola Coffee Cafe is having an exciting anniversary celebration with chances to win donuts for a year! Who could
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1 June, 2012

The LoMo Market

Comments : 2 Posted in : Events, Food, Product Reviews on June 1, 2012 by : The Gourmez

Tags: cottle organics, durham, farmers' market, farmhand foods, local food, lomo market, mobile market, scratch, triangle raw food, truck, uncle henry's organics, woodcroft

The LoMo Market Various Durham Locations Website The LoMo Market started making rounds about a month ago. It’s “a team of farm luvin’ folks who want to connect customers with farm fresh foods. If people who value high quality, local foods don’t have time to seek them out, let’s bring the food to them! We
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25 May, 2010

Farm to Fork 2010

Comments : 10 Posted in : Events, Restaurants on May 25, 2010 by : The Gourmez

Tags: 18 seaboard, 2010, acme, barefoot farms, ben whatley, big boss beer, celebrity dairy, chris mickinley, crumb, dig seeds, durck run farm, farm to fork, farmer chef relationship, farmer's daughter, four leaf farm, fullsteam, herons at the umstead, il palio, lantern, lil' farm, local food, locavore, lyons farm, mcadams farm, neal's deli, panzanella, perry-winkle farm, sunny slope tomatoes, tent events, walking fish, watt's grocery

This past weekend, I was able to attend Farm to Fork for the first time, an event I’d heard a lot about in the past couple of years. It’s basically a celebration of the restaurant-farmer relationships of the fantastic food scene we are blessed with in the NC Piedmont and of course, a fundraiser, too.
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