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Greetings from Carrboro, Some things take root. Just as often, there are things that don’t hold on and are lost. The South isn’t for everyone. You can’t walk outside, midday, and not feel that truth. Kudzu took root. A little too well. People swear that in this ridiculous heat you can watch it grow. And […]

Greetings from Carrboro, My sister brought ratatouille home from college. Being away from home made her fancy. At least in my mind. Because before her little culinary adventure, the closest our family got to French food was French fries. And with French fries you got a familiar and oh-so-American hamburger. With the ratatouille we got a […]

Greetings from Carrboro, The Tomato Festival is here! The Tomato Festival is here! Tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday. So, so, soooo many glorious tomatoes. You could say that the kitchen is wading in every imaginable size, shape, and color of tomato that you can imagine. It’s quite the sight. And, still, we’re afraid that we’re going […]

Greetings from Carrboro,   When spring is good, it’s SO good. On certain afternoons the flowers bloom brighter, the birds sing more beautifully, and all seems exactly right in the world. And Saturday, April 9th, promises to be one of those days. BBQ + Beer + Bluegrass + Bivalves. No abacus necessary. You can do […]

Greetings from Carrboro. Time, as they say, gets away from us; it’s a sneaky bastard. Seasons come and go and there is refuge in their deeply familiar path. But our annual pilgrimage from January to December is full of days where we mark time within the arc of our lives. On my birthday, I always […]

July 10 -12 will be the 14th Annual Acme Tomato Festival. So, ladies and gentlemen, buckle up. It’s a weekend dedicated to our great local farmers and their oh-so-awesome tomatoes. We will feature these beauties in every color and shape and culinary guise imaginable. OK, maybe not every single one. But pretty damn close. Nearly […]

Acme’s own Kevin Callaghan will be the featured guest chef at the Wanderlust Festival – June 5-7 – in Snowshoe, WV. After festivals all over the world, this is the first ever Wanderlust Festival (wanderlust.com) to be held in the southern US. Just think about it: two thousand people getting together for a weekend dedicated […]

Greetings from Carrboro, I was probably 11 when I got my first real taste of New Orleans. Not in any literal sense of taste. My college age brother returned from the Crescent City with two things: 1) a giant hurricane glass from Pat O’Brien’s and 2) a pair of glow-in-the-dark underwear that became especially scandalous […]