Greetings from Carrboro, Desire tells a very human story. It bends and shapes our lives. In big and little ways. If discipline tells us how to do something well, desire insistently tells us why. And if that desire shapes your profession, it requires courage and a profound willingness to fail. There is endless work no one sees and […]
New Year’s Day brunch at Acme
December 27, 2018 Greetings from Carrboro, Happily, we’re in that initial poultry stretch of Christmas. You know, the four calling birds and French hens and doves and that tree-bound partridge part. There’s still a solid amount of luster lingering around the season. It still feels, well, festive. But by the time the band arrives with […]
May all your pains be Champagnes
Greetings from Carrboro, There should be a bumper sticker: What Would Santa Drink? My guess isn’t milk or cocoa. And I certainly don’t see him as some jaded elf, man-spreading in his office, looking at his infamous list with a tumbler of cheap scotch in his hand. No. I must say that I picture Ol’ […]
My secret to a happy Christmas
Greetings from Carrboro, I think gift bags added five years to my life. Though, admittedly, I do have serious issues making the all-important tissue paper look, well, right. It’s the crinkling part. By and large, if you stare at any one of my gift bags for more than a few seconds it looks more like an […]
Happy Birthday, Mom.
Greetings from Carrboro, Someone taught me that the key is to sing it fast. To get that first word out in a hurry. So I’d practice once before I called. Her voice was always full of feigned surprise, as if her caller ID was some kind of illicit secret. As if I hadn’t followed through with […]
I’m thankful for Raul
Greetings from Carrboro, I know that I’m not alone. If asked for what I’m grateful, I freeze up and say something remarkably banal like puppies or rainbows or those new flavors of LaCroix. A lot of that stems from a decade’s worth of familial scarring at the Thanksgiving table of my childhood. How in the hell […]
Wine dinner with Chateau Montelena
November 15, 2018 Greetings from Carrboro, That first time, his father drove. He was 8 or 9. And it took them nearly a week from Ohio. Some stretches of road were hard dirt and gravel. Gas station maps were often worthless and road signs were rare. But my father didn’t remember any of that. No. […]
Thanksgiving To-Go available for pre-order now
Greetings from Carrboro, DIY has a certain panache. A certain self-reliant bravado. Any number of times I’ve repaired something at the restaurant, I’ve then proceeded to assume a Leonardo DiCaprio-esque post bear fight swagger/limp having looked the enemy in the eye and not blinked, real man style. Chef/father/hero; that’s me. Admittedly there’s a willful disregard surrounding the […]
Whole hog tasting menu this Wednesday 11/7
Greetings from Carrboro, I made ketchup. Once. It took forever. From a chef’s perspective, you can only wander down this specific culinary trail of tears if you’ve climbed on your moral high horse and then charged, Don Quixote-like, to vanquish the villainous industrial food complex single-handedly. Heinz, Shmeinz. Without a doubt, my handmade chef-ketchup […]
Dear procrastinators,
Greetings from Carrboro, I’m still an optimist. And for a veteran of the restaurant world that’s saying something. It amplifies the usual glass-half-full analogy to a more robust it-may-be-empty-but-at-least-the-glass-isn’t-broken-yet version. Putting nature or nurture aside, I clearly recognize my rampant optimism as some crazy home-brew of naiveté, furious ambition, and stubbornness. And, well, a healthy […]
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