When I went back to find this menu, I was surprised to see that it was also the week when I reviewed the Lebanese restaurant in downtown Raleigh, Sitti. (If you missed that, you can read it here) Re-reading the review reminded me that I owe you all a review for Margaret's Cantina in Chapel Hill. I had heard about the Cantina over my many years of living in the area, yet had not made an effort to go there until about a month ago. Boy, have I been missing out! Margaret's Can

I don't know if April 15th has any significance to you all other than it happened to be Easter Sunday this year. After spending several years in the tax and bookkeeping business, April 15th is a kind of bold type day for me in that it is generally Tax Day. This year the tax deadline is tomorrow, April 18th, yet that doesn't really mean that my world has been any less crazy than it would have been if the deadline were still the 15th. Suffice it to say that between a few tax cl

What a weekend this has been! I had the honor of having two catering jobs this weekend. Unfortunately, they were both on Saturday, and within two hours of each other, so I couldn't really relax and enjoy being present at the first one. This was a shame, since the first event of the afternoon was the Grand Opening of Armonia Health's community acupuncture clinic in Durham. Lilan Hsiang Weiss first envisioned this bilingual community-centered health center nine years ago, and w

As Winter seems to be finally bowing out and allowing Spring to come forth, folks are celebrating by spending as much time outdoors as possible. Just drive by any of the local health food stores, parks, or coffee houses and you will see shiny, happy people making the most of the sunny weekend. I count myself lucky that I happened to be one of those shiny, happy people yesterday over at the Honeysuckle Tea House in the idyllic Chapel Hill back country. The Tea House re-open