Before we get down to food, I would like to do what I usually do, which is share with you all something that happened to me during the week. I aim to share something meaningful and significant, though it may not necessarily be anything large. Last night, however, I did get to do something large and exciting. My son and I, along with 9,998 other people, went to the Time Warner Cable Arena in downtown Charlotte to see the Toby Mac Hits Deep Tour. Toby Mac is one of the most suc

You know that I am committed to exploring the Triangle and exploring its culinary and cultural offerings, just so that I can report back to you. ;-) Or perhaps it is more accurate to confess that I have a thirst for newness and variety. And because I have a weekly readership of sorts, I get to satisfy my social cravings in the name of doing research for the blog. I love it! The mind can rationalize just about anything... The other day it actually crossed my mind that The Indy

The time has come to reflect on the year that has almost completely passed, introspecting and taking stock of who I was and how I showed up this year. This time of year is especially profound for me because my birthday is New Year's day, and as I age I find birthdays to be a good reminder to take a personal inventory. This has not been an easy year, but then again, maybe none of them have been. ;-) Yet as I was reflecting yesterday to a friend, there are those of us who consc

I should be thinking of sumptuous, sensual descriptions for this week's menu, and yet I am thinking about music. That is because I have developed a system of putting in all the titles and photos and respective links first and then going back to compose the text. While I do all the technical work (and hopefully not mixing up any of the numerous links) I listen to music. This morning I got completely carried away by listening to The Hanumen. This kirtan band has some seriously

I woke up early this morning, wondering why I had done so, since I had gone to bed not so early. Then I remembered that it was newsletter morning. Yay! I missed you all last week. I have to say I didn't miss cooking, just because I had whirled back into town on Monday morning after a long trip to Mississippi (where those of us from NC feel like real Yankees), and then had a big catering engagement and two kirtan (music) events to prepare for. I am pleased to report that I too