Monday, January 31, 2011

GQ Magazine - Fullsteam Brewery

"Run by Wilson, former Abita head brewer Brooks Hamaker, and homebrewing wizard Chris Davis, Fullsteam officially opens in Durham this Friday. From its taps flow southern beer—which is what, exactly?"

- The draft Fullsteam Brewery invents saves southern beer, GQ Magazine

Friday, January 28, 2011

New York Magazine - Durham

"At Bull City Records, a second-floor CD and record store, ask owner Chaz Martenstein to recommend a local band worth hearing. Grab a drink at pool hall and hangout the Green Room...Later, head over to the Durham Central Park pavilion to listen to live funk, world, or old-school R&B bands, playing sets every Sunday through August. Stop for a wood-fired pizza at the Broad Street Café, where folk, jazz, and indie-rock musicians play five nights a week. Finally, settle into a leather armchair with one of up to sixteen North Carolina beers on tap or your choice of more than a hundred bourbons at Whiskey, where pianist Ryan Hanseler and jazz bands play live on weekends."

- Bypass Barbecue in North Carolina, New York Magazine

New York Travel - Revolution

"Make your own lunch at Chop Shop, a monthly five-hour cooking class and meal ($200) taught by chef Jim Anile in his kitchen at Durham restaurant Revolution."

- Bypass Barbecue in North Carolina, New York Travel

Thursday, January 20, 2011

BBC News - Duke University

"So we visited one of America's elite universities...Duke is dubbed the 'Harvard of the South' (although here they prefer to call Harvard the 'Duke of the North'). It's a global centre of excellence, umbilically attached to North Carolina's technology triangle that attracts international students and faculty, particularly from China. From academics to athletics - the men's basketball team is ranked one of the best - the place is imbued with the self-belief...which for so long underpinned the US in its undisputed title as the world's top dog."

- US status anxiety over rising China, BBC News

Monday, January 10, 2011

New York Times - Durham, NC

"35. Durham, N.C.
A downtown turnaround means food worth a trip.

A decade ago, downtown Durham was a place best avoided after sundown. But as revitalization has transformed abandoned tobacco factories and former textile mills into bustling mixed-use properties, the city has been injected with much-needed life. In the heart of downtown, a crop of standout restaurants and cafes has recently sprouted around West Main Street, where low rents have allowed chefs and other entrepreneurs to pursue an ethos that skews local, seasonal and delicious.

The farmers’ market favorite Scratch Bakery has a brand-new storefront for its seasonal homemade pies that include chestnut cream pie and buttermilk sweet potato pie. At the cafe-cum-grocery Parker and Otis, the menu features sandwiches made with freshly baked bread from nearby Rue Cler and locally roasted java from Durham’s Counter Culture Coffee. And at the sophisticated Revolution, squash tamales, mascarpone gnocchi, and tuna with wasabi caviar rotate through the seasonal menu."
 
- The 41 Places to Go in 2011, The New York Times

Bloomberg Businessweek - Duke University

"Duke, in Durham, North Carolina, received more than 29,500 applications for the next academic year, an increase of 10 percent to an all-time high..."

- Undergraduate Applications to Penn, Duke Set Records, Bloomberg Businessweek

Monday, January 3, 2011

Southern Living - Only Burger

"Only Burger, Durham, NC; As the name implies, Only Burger proudly has one focus: perfect patties served on butter-toasted buns. That means your decisions are mercifully simple. Single or double? Chips or fries? Cheese or bacon or both? There’s always a line so make like the Duke students and arrive with cold beer."

- The South's Best Food Trucks, Southern Living

Serious Eats - Scratch Bakery

"Peach Lemonade from Scratch; Durham, NC. Phoebe Lawless is one of our finest pie bakers and pastry chefs, but we are talking drink here, so I feel compelled to rhapsodize about the glass of peach lemonade I had at her recently opened Scratch Bakery. It is a perfectly balanced accompaniment to any one of her seriously delicious sandwiches. Peaches and lemons, it's sweet and tart and acidic squared. Do leave room for a slice of her lemon chess pie."

- Ed Levine's Top 7 Sips of 2010 (For Teetotalers), Serious Eats