Greetings from Carrboro, I was nervous. And it wasn’t merely the illicit nature of the transaction. The first time she sold me some it was in a re-purposed Ragu jar. While that may reek of hipster authenticity, it is important to note that authenticity at first blush has the profound whiff of the seriously sketchy when […]
Say cheese
Greetings from Carrboro, It’s a personal struggle. I like to think that it’s possibly genetic. Though admittedly, my foray into 23&Me didn’t flag such hereditary hallmarks. But blaming parents is such an easy solution compared to wading into the hows and whys of my professional failings. Fate is such an enticing scapegoat. The truth is that I […]
Low ticket alert for Salt & Smoke 11/9!
Greetings from Carrboro, Walking through the farmers’ market, it sure as hell didn’t feel like fall. But “be prepared” was what I was always told in Boy Scouts. So I bought them anyway; climate change be damned. The calendar did say October if, just barely. And I had a job to do and a date […]
Now accepting Thanksgiving To-Go pre-orders
Thursday, October 10th, 2019 Greetings from Carrboro, I got a TV. The thing is wildly embarrassing. It’s like 4 times the size of any screen that I’ve ever owned. And weighs about as much as a large pizza. Is it me or does all of this newfangled modern stuff feel so much more rife with […]
Acme Pie Day 10/10
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 Greetings from Carrboro, Most of them are handwritten. Simple index cards, often front and back, the name of the dish underlined at the top left. Each one is attributed deliberately in parenthesis “(Clara, Mrs. R. D. Bunn)” at the top right. There are hundreds of them. My grandmother organized the recipes […]
Acme Thanksgiving reservations available now!
Greetings from Carrboro, Potlucks are scary. Because, face it, a lot of people can’t cook. Ok, shouldn’t cook. Yet they somehow still feel guiltily tied to the mast of that sinking culinary ship and oh-so-kindly drag us along for the ride. Thank god there’s no equivalent assembly demanding everyone sport clothes that they made themselves. Lord knows, […]
Meet the Makers Dinner 10/9: Haand Porcelain Pottery
Thursday, September 19, 2019 Greetings from Carrboro, The fancy plates had a gold rim. But no monogram; that wasn’t my mother’s style. Dad jovially called it “the good stuff” to mask the unspoken threat of what would happen to me if I broke anything. It was always unduly stressful setting the table on those days […]
Salt & Smoke Festival tickets ON SALE NOW!
CLICK HERE TO BUY SALT & SMOKE TICKETS Greetings from Carrboro, It’s hard for me to let things go. I have boxes in the attic full of the myriad dreams of who I wanted to be. My Wilson A2000 baseball glove that I haven’t used in 30+ years. The first 50 pages of that great […]
Mount Eden wine dinner 9/25
Greetings from Carrboro, Naming a business is hard. Naming a winery is next to impossible. It’s too fraught. There was a good stretch in the 80’s and 90’s where the rule was pick a romantic animal, provide a suitable adjective and, voila, your winery was named. You know the ones. Wild Horse. Screaming Eagle. Flying Fox. It […]
Acme Drag Brunch 8/28
Greetings from Carrboro, Drag Brunch is having a moment. To be clear to all my fellow southerners, Drag Brunch does not involve race tracks or funny cars or the NHRA. That would definitely be more of a Busch Light and Twinkies and nacho cheese kind of brunch. And, no, it’s also not a show on ESPN2. Personally, I […]
