IP3 is such a Chapel Hill institution to me that it didn’t occur to me until last week that I hadn’t actually ever taken Trav there. We’ve eaten IP3, but it’s been me picking it up and bringing it home, mostly. Last week we were on a quest for a dinner out and ended up…
Tag: food
hot dogs everywhere: national hot dog day
Where: at ‘Sup Dogs Chapel Hill What: the Ranchero: homemade ranch, sup dog sauce, Monterey Jack and cheddar, chili. With whom: Trav Why: it was National Hot Dog Day! Grade: A. Man, I love ‘Sup Dogs. Their special sauce, the combinations of flavors. ‘Sup Dogs is the best.
eats: a week of food
Hello, food! Lo these many years ago when I turned 30 and freaked out, I made a life list, and it was full of items that involved eating. Here, as I approach 40 and feel pretty good about it, I am still into eating, and I’ve been making my happy fat way through some of…
100 foods in 100 counties: guilford county
Guilford County – Greensboro – Jerusalem Market: the Armenian Wrap We finished our trip to Greensboro by checking off Our State Magazine’s food for Guilford County, the Armenian Wrap at Jerusalem Market, which has recently opened a second location S Elm Street. The wrap is listed as “Basterma (air dried beef tenderloin, covered in garlic…
hot dogs everywhere: the varsity (atlanta, ga)
Where: the Varsity, in Atlanta, GA. What: a chili cheese dog, because they’re the gold standard of hot dogs. With whom: Trav. On Valentine’s Day. Because we’re romantic like that. Why: the Varsity is famous as all get out and there wasn’t a better place to eat my Georgia hot dog. Grade: B on the…
life list: thanksgiving dinner
48. Cook a full Thanksgiving dinner for friends and family (including a turkey in the oven). I had forgotten that this was on my life list until a few weeks ago, but damn if Trav and shep. and Clea and Erin and I didn’t cross it off like a boss yesterday. Recipes I made: Tangy…
eats: the big bowl of cheese
Our State Magazine — which you may know from my attempt to eat my way across North Carolina — published a great piece this week, by Adam Lucas, about a restaurant in Pittsboro that has re-created a dish that is probably only sentimentally edible to a certain population who frequented Chapel Hill sometime before 2007….
100 foods in 100 counties: granville county
Cheese and sausage biscuit at Sunrise Biscuit in Oxford, crossing Granville County off the Our State 100 Foods list. The biscuit was fabulous and I would have eaten half a dozen plain.
last minutes and lost evenings
We had a really nice 4th. Long weekend, good company, good food. Trav and I are getting pretty damn excellent at feeding people we love. You should come visit.
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