Category Archives: Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff

Two great new reasons to visit the Carrboro Farmers’ Market

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

A girl can only handle so many baby lettuce vendors. Last Saturday on my visit to Carrboro Farmers’ Market, I found two new products that keep this market feeling fresh. Big Spoon Roasters - Locally crafted nut butters blended with a … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Triangle Food Events 2011

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

This is you: “Sigh. I never know about the cool upcoming food events in the Triangle. I wish someone I trusted would sift through all the lame stuff and tell me about the neatest food events happening in Orange, Chatham, … Continue reading →

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Uuuuumami, that’s good!

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

This week my favorite houseguest and BFF since 1985 visited me in Chapel Hill for a few days. While scrutinizing the labels of fancy Italian jarred pizza sauce at A Southern Season, we came across Taste No. 5 Umami Paste. We … Continue reading →

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Joel Salatin at UNC tonight!

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Taking a break from happy hour this evening? Check out Joel Salatin from PolyFace Farm for FREE tonight at 5:00pm on the UNC campus in bloomy Chapel Hill. More details in the Upcoming NC Food Events page of Vic Pop.

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Heritage Foods USA: For that hard to source half lamb carcass

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

This morning the cherry blossom petals started falling off the tree in my courtyard. Powdery ducky colored pollen coats and re-coats and re-coats again every surface outside my home. CVS and Rite Aid shelves spill out cheap chocolate bunnies with freaky … Continue reading →

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Shiitakes happen: mushroom cultivation seminar in Durham

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

It makes perfect sense to me that the pork chop and sausage and bacon and all beef hot dog obsessed person that I am also happens to be madly and profoundly in love with mushrooms. It’s an umami thing, I … Continue reading →

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Our Local Deal from WCHL: Like Groupon, only local-er

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

Sometimes when I find out about a new deal I’m loving, I get a little out of control and tell like everyone I see about it. There must be a name for this disorder. The person casually browsing the yogurts … Continue reading →

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North Carolina seafood at the Chapel Hill Farmers Market tomorrow

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

The newly rebranded Chapel Hill Farmers Market, formerly known as the South Estes Market, returns to its spring/summer schedule on Saturday, April 2nd.  From 8:00am – 12:00pm buyers can purchase locally grown produce and artisan foods from producers like Hillsborough … Continue reading →

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Andrea Reusing’s Cooking in the Moment @ 3Cups: Best party ever?

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

Thanks 3Cups for that email this morning announcing that you will host a party to celebrate Andrea Reusing’s book release for Cooking in the Moment: A Year of Seasonal Recipes on Thursday, April 21st, from 6:00pm – 9:00pm. Free snacks will … Continue reading →

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Eat it, Duke.

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

When it comes to the ways I like to spend my free time, watching basketball falls somewhere very low on the list. I’d rather organize my bathroom drawers or watch Bob Ross paint happy little trees than “turn on the … Continue reading →

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