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The Farm to Fork Picnic at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden will showcase the very best of the region

By Sydney Hennighausen September 12, 2018 Harmony between fresh, local food and restaurants has not always been familiar on restaurant menus. Cooperation between the two, along with unity between chefs and farmers has recently become something diners really crave. Thanks to organizations like Center for Environmental...
By CLTure September 12, 2018
Food

The Wow Factor Cakes make confectionary visions come to life

By Lindsay Kosma February 6, 2018 Cakes have held a place in the special moments of our lives for thousands of years. In fact, cake is as rich in history as it is in flavor with some of the earliest evidence of its existence dating...
By CLTure February 6, 2018
Food

Salud Cerveceria is a classic Charlotte small business story

By Cameron Lee June 15, 2017 Ten years ago, 21-year-old Dominican-native Dairelyn Guzman met a young Jason Glunt from Charlotte. Dairelyn moved to Statesville directly from the Dominican Republic and, after they initially met, Jason would make the trek many nights to and from Statesville...
By CLTure June 15, 2017
Food

Ashley Boyd is in the forefront of Charlotte’s budding pastry scene

By Amanda Cosenza August 26, 2016 Chef Ashley Boyd is a rare Charlotte native in the forefront of the budding pastry scene in the Queen City. She’s also playing a key role in her family’s restaurant, 300 East. In a city with so many new...
By CLTure August 26, 2016
Food

Spreading Queen Charlotte’s good word through pimento cheese

By Beth Mack August 17, 2016 (updated) What does one do with spare time after leading a four-year social media campaign with more than 26,000 followers that helped Charlotte bring back the Hornets? For one die-hard Charlottean, you appear on Jeopardy! and pocket enough cash...
By CLTure August 17, 2016
Food

Le’s Sandwiches and Cafe; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

By Lindsay Kosma July 14, 2016 Tucked away inside a most unassuming shopping center at the intersection of Sugar Creek and North Tryon Street, a simple neon sign reads “Banh Mi Sandwiches.” To find this glowing sign, one must venture into the Asian Corner Mall,...
By CLTure July 14, 2016
Food

Bob Peters wants you to sit, relax and soak it all in

By Cameron Lee January 4, 2016 Charlotte is going through an uncomfortable growth period that may leave some feeling a bit uneasy. With condo projects, chain restaurants and strip malls breaking ground on what seems to be a weekly basis, we are inundated with articles...
By CLTure February 4, 2016
Food

Global flavors find a home in Davidson’s Kindred restaurant

By Alison Leininger Photos by Carter Short March 12, 2015 Kindred is a great name for a restaurant. The connotations of family, gathering and like-mindedness make for a welcoming sign on the outside of the 19th century restored brick building on Davidson’s Main Street. It also...
By CLTure March 12, 2015

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By Lindsay Kosma February 6, 2018 Cakes have held a place in the special moments of our lives for thousands of years. In fact, cake is as rich in history as it is in flavor with some of the earliest evidence of its existence dating...

By Cameron Lee June 15, 2017 Ten years ago, 21-year-old Dominican-native Dairelyn Guzman met a young Jason Glunt from Charlotte. Dairelyn moved to Statesville directly from the Dominican Republic and, after they initially met, Jason would make the trek many nights to and from Statesville...

By Amanda Cosenza August 26, 2016 Chef Ashley Boyd is a rare Charlotte native in the forefront of the budding pastry scene in the Queen City. She’s also playing a key role in her family’s restaurant, 300 East. In a city with so many new...

By Beth Mack August 17, 2016 (updated) What does one do with spare time after leading a four-year social media campaign with more than 26,000 followers that helped Charlotte bring back the Hornets? For one die-hard Charlottean, you appear on Jeopardy! and pocket enough cash...

By Lindsay Kosma July 14, 2016 Tucked away inside a most unassuming shopping center at the intersection of Sugar Creek and North Tryon Street, a simple neon sign reads “Banh Mi Sandwiches.” To find this glowing sign, one must venture into the Asian Corner Mall,...

By Cameron Lee January 4, 2016 Charlotte is going through an uncomfortable growth period that may leave some feeling a bit uneasy. With condo projects, chain restaurants and strip malls breaking ground on what seems to be a weekly basis, we are inundated with articles...

By Alison Leininger Photos by Carter Short March 12, 2015 Kindred is a great name for a restaurant. The connotations of family, gathering and like-mindedness make for a welcoming sign on the outside of the 19th century restored brick building on Davidson’s Main Street. It also...