Tag: North Carolina
Bull City Food Exchange
We are so excited for our coming event – please stay tuned on this page for up-to-date news, and hope to see you there! Bull City Food Exchange local action, global movement Sunday, May 6, 2012 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM | Fullsteam 726 Rigsbee Avenue Durham NC Come support three new food Durham-based organizations [...]
Barbecue…from North Carolina to France: Global Potluck
The next installment of the Global Potluck correspondence includes short oral histories about barbecue by students in Bakersville, North Carolina. Like cheese in France, “barbecue” in the Southeastern US is specific to certain regions. Many South Carolinians prefer mustard-based sauces, Alabamians are known for their “white” mayonnaise varieties, Texans opt for smoked beef brisket, and Louisianans [...]
See the Bus! April Events in NC & on PBS
Since completing the mobile greenhouse in early March, the Sol Food team has been out and about in downtown Durham offering workshops and tours! Start looking for the red, Zomppa bus this spring as it makes stops in all sorts of crazy places! The bus was last seen at the West End Community Garden as [...]
Hayes Barton Cafe: TidBit of the Day
You don’t always expect to find a cozy neighborhood stomp in a capital city. Hayes Barton Cafe & Dessertery is possibly one of the coolest places I have ever stepped foot in. Walking into this 1940s-inspired diner, sitting around the horseshoe counter, we literally met several regulars who soon became fast friends. We were welcomed [...]
Greenhouse Building: Sol Food Mobile Farm
Over the past three weeks the Sol Food Mobile Farm team has been hard completing construction work on their mobile greenhouse. The back third of the bus is now glowing with natural sunlight through a unique plexi-glass ceiling designed and installed by the crew. The original flooring of the bus also had to go in [...]
Durham/Asheville Road Rules
“Belly full… butt drunk.” This Liberian vernacular expression may explain the love of food, and belly busting laughter that Belinda and I share in common. “Butt drunk” describes the deliciously intoxicating moment that follows a well-prepared meal. It first sets in when rolling and raucous laughter replaces the dull roar of clanging forks and knives. [...]
Farmer Foodshare: Class Act
Farmer Foodshare is a non-profit organization that donates healthy, local food to those in need. It is nearly all volunteer and farmer/community run. Its core mission to strengthen the way communities get their food with a sole emphasis on local farming. It’s not only a huge benefit, but it also bonds communities. This organization has a pure heart [...]
Vittles, the Wok Next Door: TidBit of the Day
A great new organization located in NC, Vittles, tells stories about food through short documentaries. The organization hosts community dinners and screen these films to “bring together families, friends, and film-lovers,” as well as non-profits and activist organizations. I met the folks last week – and they are as wonderful in person as I had [...]
Respite from the Day: TidBit of the Day
Respite Coffee in Durham, NC is a welcome…respite. This city, which continues to impress every day with some sort of new (usually food-related) find, had still been missing a good coffee and tea shop in the downtown area. The good places for coffee are usually restaurants. And only offer one or two teas. Finally, a [...]
DaisyCakes 2.0: TidBit of the Day
As you may know, one of my favorite cupcakeries in the world is DaisyCakes, which has been at the Durham, NC’s Farmer’s Market in its Airstream for years. Now they opened a physical shop with simple quiches, breakfast sandwiches, omelets, sandwiches, and soups – all locally sourced. Its potato soup is perfectly creamy and its [...]
