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: NYC
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 Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Events, Food and Booze, Gadgets & Gear, NYC, Recipes, Slow Food, Travel
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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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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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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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Heritage Foods USA: For that hard to source half lamb carcass
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 →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, NYC, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged Bargains, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chicago, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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Our Local Deal from WCHL: Like Groupon, only local-er
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 →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, NYC, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, booze events, celebrity, Chapel Hill, Chocolate, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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Eat it, Duke.
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 →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, NYC, Recipes, Slow Food, Southern Food, Triangle Locavore
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Tagged baked goods, Brooklyn, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Chicago, Chocolate, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, New York City, North Carolina, Pork, TV
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Molly O’Neill at UNC Food Symposium tonight
In case you decided not to visit Raleigh for the Ludo Bites pop-up resto at Gravy tonight, be sure to check out Molly O’Neill’s free keynote lecture for the UNC Food Symposium. “For a decade, Molly O’Neill was the food … Continue reading →
Posted in Chapel Hill-Carrboro cool stuff, Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Events, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, NYC, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged Bargains, Carrboro, celebrity, Chapel Hill, cheese, Durham, New York City, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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Food-centric Kickstarter projects: One success story and one with 27 days to go.
Remember way back weeks ago when we made New York City just a little bit sunnier by supporting Kickstarter Project extraordinaire Girl Walk All Day? Now we’ve got a food-centric winner to shout about from the usually quiet internet pages of … Continue reading →
Posted in Crazy food items in the Marketplace, Durham locavore, Durham small business, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, NYC, Recipes, Slow Food, Southern Food, Travel, Triangle Locavore, Uncategorized
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Brooklyn, celebrity, cheese, Chicago, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, New York City, Pork, Restaurants
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Don’t forget Dine in Brooklyn week!!
Just back from a heart warming, Brooklyn-based NYC weekend. Completely bummed that I missed the Dine in Brooklyn event, which stretches ten whole days, from March 15-25. Check out the full list of participating restaurants here, and be sure to … Continue reading →
Posted in Daily Specials, Durham locavore, Food and Booze, Locavore, North Carolina food, North Carolina small business, NYC, Slow Food, Travel, Uncategorized
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Tagged baked goods, Bargains, Beer, booze events, Chicago, cocktails, Durham, Homemade, North Carolina, Piedmont Farms, Pork, Restaurants
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