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| Url: | http://varmintbites.wordpress.com |
| Author(s): | Dean McCord |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | Food, Dining, Research Triangle |
| Description: | Blog on food and family in the Research Triangle of North Carolina. |
| Ratings |  (4 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 39 Followers |
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Kitchen Art
| I’ve heard of being artistic in the kitchen, but I never thought of making the kitchen into art. Until now. Posted in General, Video Tagged: Rotating Kitchen |
2009-12-02
Hey, I Screwed Up With That Trader Joe’s Thing. OK?
| I feel like a Catholic school boy caught smoking after trying some of the ultra-cheap wine at Trader Joe’s (be sure to read all the comments on that post). First, the experience wasn’t...more |
2009-11-30
Confessions of a Trader Joe’s Wine Buyer
| I like to drink wine, but of all the essential criteria for being a foodie or gastronome or epicure, I’m weakest on the wine side of things. I’ve enjoyed some of the best of the “...more |
2009-11-24
Southern Folks and Southern Foodways
| I’m sipping a cold beer on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, lazing about on a screened-in porch in rural Mississippi. The conversation goes from football to Brazilian forestry camps and then to ...more |
2009-11-16
Busy Bee Beer Dinners — Not Your Standard Bar Food
| If you’ve been to Raleigh’s Busy Bee Cafe, you’ll find a fairly typical menu of sandwiches and salads. Small plates and entrees. They’re all good, and the bar is certainly...more |
2009-11-11
Rules for the Front of the House
| Bruce Buschel is opening a restaurant in the East End of Long Island, and although he’s never done this before — hey, I can relate — he has a bunch of rules for the front of the h...more |
2009-11-06
Opening a Wine Bottle Without a Corkscrew
| This is a video of a very intoxicated individual. But a brilliant intoxicated individual. I’ve never tried to open a wine bottle this way, but I want to now. Please attempt this at your ow...more |
2009-11-04
My Return to Herons — Part 3
| (Note: This is the third and final part of a series describing my time spent working in the Herons’ kitchen. Part 1 can be found here, and Part 2 is here.)I knew that the chefs at Herons ha...more |
2009-11-02
618 Bistro to Open This Week
| 618 Bistro, a Mediterranean-influenced restaurant, should be open by mid-week at Raleigh’s Marketplace at Lake Boone, according to its manager and operating partner, Carolyn Ghezzi. Chef Ale...more |
2009-10-26
Herons Part 2 — First Day Dinner Service
| (Note — This is the second of several parts regarding my two days spent in the Herons’ kitchen.)Chef Steven Greene and I walked out to the front of the house to address the waitstaff, letting them ...more |
2009-10-20
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