About me
I used to live in Brooklyn, NY. In 2008, my husband and I moved to Chapel Hill, NC. I miss NYC lots. I think about food constantly and talk about it lots. If you like any of that stuff I just mentioned you might like my site. Fingers crossed.You liked that? Read this.
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Category Archives: Crazy food items in the Marketplace
It’s not you. It’s me.
No, you look great! You’ve still got that twinkle in your eye and that sweet, eager face. This isn’t about you. It’s me. Me looking tired, looking stressed, forehead wrinkling like so many creases in a chinese bitter melon. I’m … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, North Carolina food, NYC, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chicago, Chocolate, cocktails, David Chang, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants, Seafood
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Now serving: Milkshake
My inbox is the sad proof that I’m a sucker for email giveaways. Dinner for two at a fancy restaurant in NYC, a weekend getaway to some mountain retreat, a book. I’ve entered hundreds of these things. I’ve never won anything. … Continue reading →
Posted in Recipes, Gadgets & Gear, Travel, Food and Booze, Daily Specials, Slow Food, NYC, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Events
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Tagged arty things, baked goods, Bargains, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chicago, Chocolate, cocktails, David Chang, dessert, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, recipe, Restaurants
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Discount code for TerraVITA Food & Wine Event
‘Cause I love you, I think you’re pretty, and I want you to attend the amazing celebration of sustainable food and beverage that is TerraVITA, here’s a little reason for you to break out the AmEx before 10:00am. Vic Pop … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chocolate, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants, Seafood
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A coupon and a confession
Confession: Vic Pop made a frownie face today when I got the email from bloomspot featuring today’s deal at Le Cirque in NYC. Sad feelings about the fact the formal dining experience has been overhauled in the last five years and … Continue reading →
Posted in Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Events, Food and Booze, NYC, Recipes, Travel
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, celebrity, cheese, cocktails, New York City, Pork, Restaurants
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American Craft Beer Week, May 16-22
Look, people change. In college, my idea of the perfect afternoon snack consisted of beef jerky and Diet Mountain Dew. Obvs I still love beef jerky, but the neon green soda thing, not so much. At that time, I felt … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Recipes, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged Asheville, baked goods, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Chicago, Chocolate, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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Lots of boozing and a little snacking in the Triangle this weekend
Bell’s Oberon is the draft special at Milltown in Carrboro this month, $5 for a 16 oz pour all day every day in May. 3 Cups in Chapel Hill is hosting a big FREE Beaujolais tasting on Saturday featuring 10 wines … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Recipes, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Restaurants
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This ain’t Charlie’s Chocolate Factory
You may recall that Vic Pop moved to Chapel Hill, NC from Brooklyn, NY in October 2008. As a result, whenever a friend or a friend of a friend or the kid who is going with the girl who saw … Continue reading →
Posted in Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, NYC, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel
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Tagged Asheville, awesome tv/movie trivia, Bargains, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, Chocolate, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Restaurants
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Now serving: Cinco de Mayo in the Triangle
Sometimes the old fiesta at your local cantina gets a little dullsville. The same basket of chips and salsa and watery Micheladas feels ho hum year after year. No me gusta. Triangle revelers in need of an excuse to commemorate … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Recipes, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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God loves the ugliest vegetables. And creatures.
Last night, I was trying to remember the name of the ugliest thing from God’s lovely earth that I have ever seen, the geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck). I finally remembered it, but not before my Google Images search for “ugliest vegetables” … Continue reading →
Posted in Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Events, Food and Booze, Gadgets & Gear, Locavore, North Carolina art stuff, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Recipes, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged Asheville, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chocolate, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Pork, Restaurants, Triangle art events
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Now serving: Vic Pop via Orange Zest on Chapelboro.com!
Can’t get enough Vic Pop in your life? Starting this week you can find a whole new site with Victus Populi-style words of wisdom and good eating. 1360 WCHL has launched Chapelboro.com, a hyper-local news resource for all things Chapel … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Events, Food and Booze, Gadgets & Gear, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, Slow Food, Southern Food, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chocolate, cocktails, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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