Category Archives: North Carolina

February 18, 2015
9:37 AM
by: Uhockey

Guglhupf, Durham NC

Guglhupf Bakery & Patisserie Guglhupf Almond Croissant Chocolate Chip Cookie / Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Rustic Apple Almond Tart Baguette French Toast with 100% Virginia Maple Syrup and Roasted Apples Continuing onward into Durham the second stop on a long day … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Basket, Breakfast, Chapel Hill, Croissant, Dessert, Durham, Food, French Toast, Guglhupf, Guglhupf Bakery & Patisserie, North Carolina, Raleigh, Vacation

February 18, 2015
8:31 AM
by: Uhockey

Rise Biscuits and Donuts, Durham NC

Rise Biscuits and Donuts Coffee Fried Chicken Biscuit Virginia Ham Biscuit King Cake Donut Crème Brulee Donut Apple Fritter Coconut Cream Snowball Pomegranate and Vanilla Pastry Cream Cronie   Making up for lost time, and moreso lost meals, thanks to … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Chapel Hill, Coffee, Dessert, Durham, Food, North Carolina, Pork, Raleigh, Rise, Rise Biscuits and Donuts, Vacation

February 17, 2015
1:27 PM
by: Uhockey

Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen, Cary NC

Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen Sesame Bread with Kerrygold butter Buttermilk-Fried Green Tomatoes with blue cheese sauce, bacon and Voodoo Sauce Fried Mill of Guilford Grit Cake Boudreaux’s Boudin Balls – housemade pork and rice sausage, fried to a crisp, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Basket, Cary, Chapel Hill, Coffee, Dessert, Durham, Food, Ice Cream, Lucky 32, Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen, North Carolina, Pancakes, Pork, Raleigh, Vacation

February 17, 2015
9:11 AM
by: Uhockey

Joule Coffee, Raleigh NC

Joule Coffee Baroida – Papua New Guinea V60 Pourover Cinnamon Roll Banana Date Muffin Snickerdoodle Croissant French Toast with pure Virginia Butter and Maple Syrup Ashe County Cheddar Buttermilk Biscuit Grits with Cheddar Frustrated by the closure of nearly every … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Chapel Hill, Coffee, Croissant, Dessert, Durham, Food, French Toast, Joule Coffee, North Carolina, Raleigh, Vacation

February 17, 2015
7:34 AM
by: Uhockey

La Farm Bakery, Cary NC

La Farm Bakery Granola, Pound Cake, Pimento Cheese, Ciabatta, Whole Wheat, Brownie Samples King Cake Samples Chocolate Chip Cookie Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Individual King Cake Almond Croissant Cream Cheese Danish Mixed Berry Scone Warned to stay at our hotel by … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Cary, Chapel Hill, Croissant, Dessert, Durham, Food, La Farm Bakery, North Carolina, Raleigh, Vacation

February 16, 2015
7:27 PM
by: Uhockey

Poole’s Downtown Diner, Raleigh NC

Poole’s Downtown Diner Hook’s 3-Year Pimento Cheese with Crostini Macaroni au Grautin Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Honey and Thyme Lobster & Dumplings – Potato Gnocchi, Stewed Tomatoes, Butter Beans, Ginger Butter Lime Madeline Cake with Roasted Pineapple and Coconut Cream … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapel Hill, Dessert, Durham, Food, Gnocchi, Lobster, Madeline, North Carolina, Poole’s Downtown Diner, Raleigh, Vacation

February 16, 2015
12:43 PM
by: Uhockey

Skylight Inn, Ayden NC

Skylight Inn Chopped Pork Slaw Cornbread Located in Ayden North Carolina, a town of just under 5000, and serving up what many have called the best North Carolina style whole pig barbecue since it was known as Pete Jones BBQ … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayden, Chapel Hill, Cornbread, Durham, Food, North Carolina, Pork, Raleigh, Skylight Inn, Vacation

August 3, 2013
9:30 PM
by: Uhockey

French Broad Chocolate Lounge, Asheville NC

French Broad Chocolate Lounge Chocolate Ginger Snap Coconut Macaroon Brownie Peanut Butter Ganache Cupcake Cold Sipping Chocolate Chocolate Olive Oil Cake Much like Tupelo Honey Café, French Broad Chocolate Lounge is a place where people seem to enjoy waiting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheville, cupcakes, Dessert, Food, French Broad Chocolate Lounge, North Carolina, Vacation

August 3, 2013
5:20 PM
by: Uhockey

Tupelo Honey Cafe, Asheville NC

Tupelo Honey Café Biscuits with Blueberry Preserves Pimento Biscuits with Bacon Cream Cheese Fried Green Tomatoes Served over Goat Cheese Grits with fresh basil Tupelo’s Encore Cheesy Grit Cakes – deep-fried cheesy grit cakes, drizzled with hot sauce and served … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheville, Bread Basket, Crab, Dessert, Food, North Carolina, Pork, Tupelo Honey Cafe, Vacation

August 3, 2013
8:30 AM
by: Uhockey

Sunny Point Cafe & Bakery, Asheville NC

Sunny Point Café Buttermilk Biscuit Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread Pudding French Toast with Vanilla Anglaise and Whipped Cream Carrot Cake Pancake with Cardamom Cream Cheese Icing Iced Coffee Griddled Peach Poundcake with Raspberry Sauce and Whipped Cream Pecan Brioche Cinnamon … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheville, Bread Pudding, Breakfast, Coffee, Dessert, Food, French Toast, North Carolina, Pancakes, Sunny Point Cafe & Bakery, Sunny Point Cafe and Bakery, Vacation

August 2, 2013
9:35 PM
by: Uhockey

Seven Sows Bourbon and Larder, Asheville NC

Seven Sows Bourbon and Larder Bufala Negra – Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Fresh Basil, Aged Balsamic, Fever Tree Ginger Ale, Simple Syrup Hush Puppies – Hot Pimento Cheese Chicken Cracklins- Texas Pete Aioli Sweetbreads – Franks Buffalo Sauce, Raw Vegetables, Maytag … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheville, Dessert, Food, North Carolina, Pork, Seven Sows Bourbon and Larder, Sweetbreads, Vacation

August 2, 2013
5:01 PM
by: Uhockey

The Admiral, Asheville NC

The Admiral Buttermilk Fried Quail – Purple Potato Salad, Compressed Watermelon, Texas Pete Syrup, Celery Salad Roman Gnocchi – Grilled Octopus, Pecorino, Bagna Cauda, Kale Chips Sweetbreads – Baked Juusto Cheese, Caramelized Peach, Honey-Sesame Gastrique, Smoked Almond House Smoked Duck … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheville, Dessert, Food, Gnocchi, Ice Cream, North Carolina, Octopus, Sweetbreads, The Admiral, Vacation

August 2, 2013
1:07 PM
by: Uhockey

World’s Best Carrot Cake, Asheville NC

World’s Best Carrot Cake Carrot Cake Gluten Free Chocolate Carrot Cake More than a little out of the way up in the town of Woodfin there is a small counter and a large kitchen claiming to produce the best carrot … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheville, cupcakes, Dessert, Food, North Carolina, Vacation, World’s Best Carrot Cake

August 2, 2013
11:14 AM
by: Uhockey

Double D’s Coffee and Desserts, Asheville NC

Double D’s Coffee and Desserts Iced Coffee Embracing its ‘oddities’ as much as Portland embraces being ‘weird,’ Asheville really outdid itself when it came up with a dine-in Double Decker Bus that serves coffee, espresso, cappuccino, lattes, hot chocolate, teas, … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheville, Coffee, Double D’s, Double D’s Coffee and Desserts, North Carolina, Vacation

August 2, 2013
11:00 AM
by: Uhockey

Curate, Asheville NC

Curate Lardo and Paprika Crostini Brandade Pork Meatballs in Tomato Sauce Chicken Croquettes Eggplant with Local Honey and Rosemary Pistachio Cake with Blueberry, Lemon Thyme Ice Cream Were it not for GQ I’d have never guessed that there was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheville, Curate, Dessert, Food, Ice Cream, North Carolina, Pork, Vacation

August 2, 2013
9:35 AM
by: Uhockey

Karen Donatelli Bakery, Asheville NC

Karen Donatelli Bakery Almond Croissant Berries n’ Cream Brest Chocolate Chip Cookie Apple Tart, Sour Cherry and Almond Cream Tart, Blueberry Peach Tart Thoroughly underwhelmed by Over Easy Café I next made my way to Karen Donatelli Bakery, a short … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheville, Breakfast, Croissant, Dessert, Food, Karen Donatelli, Karen Donatelli Bakery, North Carolina, Vacation

August 2, 2013
8:00 AM
by: Uhockey

Over Easy Cafe, Asheville NC

Over Easy Café Lavender French Toast Single Pancake Biscuit with Jam Located on Broadway and filled to capacity within moments of opening I discovered very quickly that folks in Asheville take their brunch quite seriously when I arrived at Over … Continue reading →

Posted in Asheville, Breakfast, Coffee, Food, French Toast, North Carolina, Over Easy Cafe, Pancakes, Vacation