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