Monday, August 25, 2014

Bon Appetit Features Loaf Bialys in Top Food Trends of 2014

Loaf's bialys were featured in Bon Appetit Magazine's "Top 25 Trends of 2014" in its September, 2014 edition.

CNET Profiles Durham's Tech Scene

"Adam Klein, chief strategist for American Underground, an incubator that has expanded from 35 startups to 150 in three locations in Durham and Raleigh in four years, rattled off a list of quality-of-life perks that have kept him in the area. "I can live downtown at half the cost. I cut my commute down to five minutes, and I'm still a direct flight to Boston, New York, or San Francisco. It's a progressive community, well educated, with lots of people from other countries," he said, also noting a burgeoning restaurant and craft beer scene. "And the weather doesn't hurt.""

— "Vexed in the city: San Francisco strife spurs tech defectors elsewhere," Ben Fox Rubin and Joan E. Solsman, CNET

Monday, August 18, 2014

Air Canada's enRoute Covers Durham's Food Scene

"“The Triangle was just plopped down in the middle of all this farmland,” says Mike Ellis from behind the bar of Mateo, an airy brick-and-wood tapas joint with a distinctly Southern flavour in downtown Durham, North Carolina."

—"North Carolina Cuisine: Where to eat in the "Research Triangle"", Christopher Korchin, Air Canada enRoute

Rise recognized among "Best Breakfast Spots in America"

"Before opening Rise, the Durham restaurateur fulfilled one of our personal dreams: he tackled a seven-city, eight-day biscuit-and-donut research tour to sample some of America’s best. Specials change daily, but stick to the menu for your first time and wedge a brined and breaded fried chicken fillet between the biscuit, plus a scoop of spicy pimento cheese and a runny egg."

— "The 21 Best Breakfast Spots in America," Kevin Alexander and Liz Childers, Thrillist

Friday, August 15, 2014

Our State Finds Honeysuckle Treat in Durham

Our State Magazine asked, "How Do You Take Your Honeysuckle," recommended the Honeysuckle treat "Sweet Child o' Mine" at Scratch Bakery in Durham.

New Yorker Profiles Bull City Summer

"Working with nine photographers, four writers, and one video artist, the North Carolina writer Sam Stephenson led the documentation, last year, of what turned out to be a championship season for the Durham Bulls, the triple-A baseball team made famous by the movie “Bull Durham.” "

— "Sam Stephenson's Bull City Summer," Jackson Krule, The New Yorker

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

New York Times visits Durham's Central Park District

"Over the past months, the loudest bangs have been heard in the Central Park District near the corner of Rigsbee Avenue and West Geer Street. The intersection was first settled by Fullsteam Brewery, whose cavernous tavern lured locals (and lots of food trucks) to this previously neglected part of town. Now there’s live music, top-notch barbecue, fair trade coffee, and even valet parking on a block that five years ago was deserted after dark."

— "A Corner of Durham, N.C., Comes to Life," Ingrid K. Williams, The New York Times

Rose's Meat Market & Sweet Shop Among Bon Appetit's Best New Restaurants

Durham's Rose's Meat Market and Sweet Shop has been recognized among Bon Appetit's "50 Nominees for America's Best New Restaurants 2014."