Food Network features Cocoa Cinnamon

"Great coffee, a super-mellow vibe, and some awesome sweets are on the menu at Cocoa Cinnamon."

—"Coffee Talk: Where to Find Great Cups Across the Country" Andrea Strong, Food Network

Chez Moi Bakery featured on Rick Sebak's new PBS show

"Chez Moi Bakery in Durham, N.C., whose owner, Rhonda Jones, makes seven kinds of rum cakes at home and sells them in her dessert truck"

—" 'A Few Good Pie Places' and 'A Few Great Bakeries,' are good eats" Arthi Subramaniam, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

CBS features Durham's Chris Rosati

"Last winter he decided to test the butterfly effect theory at a diner in his hometown of Durham, North Carolina. He saw two girls at the table next to his and gave them each $50 with one very simple instruction -- do something kind. Rosati says he left the diner and forgot all about it until he got an email that included pictures from a village in Africa with people holding thank you signs. It was the butterfly effect."

 

— "Man Inspires Hundreds to do Something Kind" Steve Hartman, CBS News

Endurance Magazine features Durham's Eno River Run

"The Eno River Run promises technical single track on a beautiful trail, not to mention an awesome river crossing!"

—"RUNNING – 3 Great Fall Races" Staff,  Endurance Magazine

Garden & Gun features pies from Phoebe Lawless, of Scratch Bakery

"Given the abundance of crops currently in the field, there’s no better time to bake a pie, says Phoebe Lawless, owner and chef of Scratch Bakery."

—"What's In Season: Three Late-Summer Pies" Jenny Everett, Garden & Gun

Our State features a new spin on traditional apple doughnuts with cider from Bull City Ciderworks

"Put a spin on the traditional apple doughnut by using hard cider from Durham-based Bull City Ciderworks as an ingredient."

—"Apple Cider Doughnuts". Elena Rosemond-Hoerr, Our State

Durham's ELF recieves praise in California

"I went over there and they had one on the floor and I got to sit in it, I thought, 'Oh, gee, this is me."

—"ELF invasion in Pleasanton" Dolores Fox Ciardelli, Pleasanton Weekly         

Piedmont's new chef earns rave reviews

"after three recent meals I’ll venture this: Gettles is among the best chefs de cuisine in the Triangle’s thriving culinary scene, putting him in the same league with James Beard award-winners Scott Howell (Nana’s) and Andrea Reusing (Lantern and her new restaurant at the Durham Hotel)."

— "A new chef takes Piedmont to new heights" Steven Petrow, AFAR

Next Generation 'Que

"Old North Carolina traditions—pastured-raised hogs, cooked whole over wood and pulled at serving time—are meeting up with high-tech cookers and fine dining sensibilities: it’s old-school and very up to date at the same time."

—"Next Generation ‘Cue: The Farmer, the Chef, and the Barbecue Man" Robert Moss, The Daily South

The Charleston City Paper gives "A Brief History of Bombadil"

"Durham, N.C.'s Bombadil specializes in remarkably precise, painstakingly crafted pop songs that still leave breathing room in their arrangements. The seemingly effortless songwriting presents infectious choruses and sing-along verses with lyrics that are somehow playful and somber, direct and obscure."

— "N.C. group's melodic pop hides an occasionally bumpy existence" Vincent Harris, Charleston City Paper

DBAP grew from different ballgame

"We knew it then, and we know it now: This is one of the premier mixed-use developments on the East Coast, they put their heart and soul into this."

—"In Durham, stadium grew from different ballgame" Kate Bramson, Providence Journal

BuzzFeed releases "34 Amazing Things That Will Make You Fall In Love With Durham N.C."

"The Bull City is the southern funk town of your dreams."

— "34 Amazing Things That Will Make You Fall In Love With Durham N.C." Christina Lan, BuzzFeed

Travel & Leisure features Research Triangle Chef's Tour picks

"The fried eggplant pizza at Toro in Durham is one of my favorites. In the spring, they do one with pea shoots, lemon, and guanciale that’s unreal. They’re always switching up the menu."

— "Chef's Tour: North Carolina's Research Triangle in Five Meals" Brooke Porter Katz, Travel & Leisure

CNBC Small Business Cities profile features Durham

"There is tangible energy here in Durham, it is something that you can't quite explain until you are here and see what the companies have going on and see their loyalty and commitment to staying in Durham."

—"CNBC Reporter: There Is Tangible Energy In Durham" Laura Baverman, Exitevent