Category Archives: Raleigh

Rose’s Meat Market & Sweet Shop, Durham NC

Rose’s Meat Market & Sweet Shop Bourbon Pecan Macaron Chocolate Buttermilk Cupcake Chewy Double Chocolate Cookie Chocolate Sea Salt Tart Rustic Apple Almond Galette Exiting the Nasher Museum, where an unexpected Miro exhibit had just left me as enthralled as … Continue reading

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Pizzeria Toro, Durham NC

Pizzeria Toro Suppli al Telefono – Piedmont Chanterelles, Mozzarella Ricotta Dumplings – Walnuts, Pittsboro Pumpkin San Marzano Tomato, Buffalo Mozzarella, Basil Considered by many to be Durham’s best pizza, and by some as the best Neapolitan Pie in the State … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Beasley’s Chicken and Honey, Raleigh NC

Beasley’s Chicken and Honey Crispy Cheese Grit Fries with Chow Chow and Malt Aoili Fried Chicken and Waffles with Honey Chicken Pot Pie with Milk Gravy and Cornmeal Crust Ashe County Cheddar Pimento Mac & Cheese Custard Buttermilk Biscuits with … Continue reading

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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

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