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Chef Edward Lee to discuss Smoke & Pickles at Fearrington Village

Jill Warren Lucas — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:54:00 -0400

Edward Lee’s new book Smoke & Pickles should come with a consumer warning label: Exercise caution when starting this book because YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN.

Beautifully written and designed, the volume is part memoir of how a cocky Korean-Brooklyn kid finds his footing in a culturally diverse neighborhood and food scene, experiencing bittersweet success as a hipster New York City chef before finding his destiny at 610 Magnolia, a Louisville restaurant serving contemporary Southern fare.…

Chef Ashley Christensen working on first book

Jill Warren Lucas — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:00:00 -0400

Ashley Christensen pre-ordered a copy of Smoke & Pickles, a book by her friend Edward Lee, so she could be among the first to read it.

“You’re immediately engaged based on what a great storyteller he is,” Christensen says of Lee, who she met a few years ago through the Southern Foodways Alliance.…

Chapel Hill paves the way for more food trucks

Elizabeth Bartholf — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:56:00 -0400

Good news for foodies in the Triangle: Chapel Hill's Town Council has cut fees and amended rules to make the town more food truck friendly. With new policies, the council hopes more food trucks will come find their home on the hill.…

INDY's Jill Warren Lucas to participate in NYT Recipe Lab

Lisa Sorg — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:31:00 -0400

Jill Warren Lucas, who writes about food for INDY Week and her blog Eating My Words, is the only home cook in the South invited to join The New York Times' Julia Moskin for an online chat as part of the Recipe Lab series.

The event will be streamed live Wednesday, May 15, at 8 p.m.…

Bar Lusconi opens in downtown Durham

Victoria Bouloubasis — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:37:00 -0400

Among a string of historic storefronts on Durham's East Main Street—torn down and rebuilt during the Prohibition era—the new Bar Lusconi is luring modern drinkers into a new era of beer and wine.

Narrowly tucked into 117B E. Main St., Bar Lusconi presented a thriving and casual soft opening last night.…

A sneak peek at The Pit's new location in Durham

Emily Wallace — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:57:00 -0400

The best barbecue joints often boast piles: a cord of wood, visible by the side of the restaurant; a heap of slaw, ready to cool pepper-spiked pork; a mess of banana pudding, to finish things off.

At yesterday's private viewing of The Pit, a barbecue restaurant scheduled to open this July at Durham's former 7UP bottling plant, the piles were different.…

Yum, Durham is the tastiest, says Southern Living

Lisa Sorg — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:20:00 -0400

If you work in tourism or the food business in Durham, the phones may have already started ringing.

Durham was named the Tastiest Town in the South by Southern Living , which announced the winner of the contest this morning.…

Top of the Hill beers, spirits take top honors

Lisa Sorg — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:31:00 -0400

Good timing: Three days before Top of the Hill’s TOPO Piedmont Gin debuts on Sunday, the company has announced its brewery and distillery won a total of four medals in beer and spirits competitions this week.

The Chapel Hill brewery won two platinum medals for its Rams Head IPA and Singleton Ale at the World Beer Championships in Chicago.…