A brand-new site, and my first post is on something brand-new to me: a cookbook review! I often say the Gourmez isn’t a recipe blog—except for cocktails, because who doesn’t enjoy a good cocktail discovery? But when I was offered a review copy (obligatory disclaimer: that means free!) of Heather Pace’s Sweetly Raw Desserts, I
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What’s about an inch in diameter, full of gumdrop memories, and free of all animal products? If you answered Goody Good Stuff jelly candies then you answered correctly! But chances are you haven’t heard of these tasty discs as yet. That’s right, I have another product review for you, something sweet for stuffing those stockings
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Day One Pop-Up Restaurant at Ninth Street Bakery 136 E Chapel Hill St Downtown Durham Website Saturdays, 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm   Ninth Street Bakery is getting into the pop-up restaurant fun in a slightly different manner than most. On Saturday nights, dinner is now being served inside the bakery. So it’s not the
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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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Wilmoore Café *CLOSED* 223 S. Wilmington Street Downtown Raleigh Website Sandwiches/Salads: $5.75 to $8.00 M to W, 7 am to 5 pm Th to Fri, 7 am to 10 pm Sat, 5 pm to 10 pm I have passed Wilmoore Café many times, and I’m always intrigued by the protruding display windows full of tables
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Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe 431 West Franklin, the Courtyard Downtown Chapel Hill Website $7–$17 Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe has been in Sandwhich’s old space in the Chapel Hill Courtyard plaza since July. It is an Indian, order-at-the-counter restaurant, and we were excited to find a sitar player providing music on the evening we went. This is a
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