Full Gastronomic Tilt

I traveled to Durham this week for work. When I let slip where I was headed, my friends made faces.
Oh…you’re staying in Durham? Not Chapel Hill? Not Raleigh?
*grimace* …Cary?
Nope. Durham.
It seems Durham has a bit of a reputation.
Poor. Run down. Devitalized. Found a non-BBQ sit-down restaurant? Count yourself lucky.
Well. Have I got a [...]

A little over three years ago, Mark Bittman, via Jim Lahey, turned the bread baking world on its ear and gave it an impolite finger (I’ll let you imagine which one). Bittman’s New York Times column, The Minimalist, published “The Secret of Great Bread: Let Time Do the Work” and included a recipe for No-Knead [...]

My search terms this week indicated a distinct pattern…
When buzz of a new restaurant hits Asheville, people want to know about it.
In the last five days, eight people ended up at this site after searching for some combo of Chai Pani and Asheville.
Chai Pani, to the best of anyone’s knowledge, will be an Indian restaurant [...]

I know, I know. It’s already been a whole month since I visited Atlanta. But I am a woman of my word and I promised a part two! Especially since this part is all about the interesting restaurants to which I was introduced and will return some day. I’ll spare the details of the vacation-y [...]

Though I dread the traffic (but enjoy driving fast), traveling to Atlanta always gets me excited. To be honest, travel in general makes me wiggle-dance. Along with food and good literature, travel is one of my life’s passions. But there’s something unique about Atlanta. A mixture of complete, happy memories bubble up every time [...]

We arrived just after 7:00 on a Saturday evening. All tables were filled and the restaurant hummed lively. A sweet woman with short dark hair asked for a name, then reassured us that the 2-tops open quickly. There were about 4 parties ahead of us. She handed us two menus and a wine list to [...]