AltWeeklies Wire
When life gives you lemons, make lemon meringuenew
Brooke Erceg has spent seven years working on her grandmother's lemon meringue recipe: "In a way, I think she wanted me to figure them out on my own. Just like she did. One pie at a time."
INDY Week |
Victoria Bouloubasis |
12-06-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: lemon meringue recipe
A Twist on Apple Pienew
Emily Elizabeth Hilliard undoubtedly deserves the title "pie girl." In 2005, well before food blogs (or pies) were en vogue, she began blogging about the pastry at nothinginthehouse.com.
INDY Week |
Emily Wallace |
12-06-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: apple pie recipe
Sweet potato pie: better than pumpkinnew
In Vardaman, Miss., you had to wear heels to compete for the title of Sweet Potato Queen. April McGreger, aka the Farmer's Daughter, wobbled in such shoes: "I knew very early I wouldn't be a Sweet Potato Queen."
INDY Week |
Emily Wallace |
12-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
Hang up the hangovernew
Stay horizontal. Swallow some vitamins. And never, ever overindulge again.
INDY Week |
Julie Johnson |
12-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
Where cotton candy comes fromnew
In 1897, William James Morrison, former president of the Tennessee State Dental Association, co-created a machine capable of producing cottony strands of crystallized sugar.
INDY Week |
Emily Wallace |
10-17-2012 |
Food+Drink
Are presidential homebrews a political edge?new
President James Madison proposed the creation of a national brewery and a cabinet position for a Secretary of Beer, which, sadly, never came to be.
INDY Week |
Julie Johnson |
10-04-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: White House Beer
Bread Uprising's revolutionary spiritnew
"We wanted to figure out ways and structures that made sure we kept foregrounding people of color and low-income communities that we want to be rooted in."—Tim Stallmann
INDY Week |
Victoria Bouloubasis |
09-26-2012 |
Food+Drink
Fondue: Remembering the Cheese Dish of Yesteryearnew
The history of fondue is not that sexy.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
09-26-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: recipes
Some parting advice about learning about winenew
Ask questions. Sommeliers and wine shop owners should be like teachers, willing to help you learn.
INDY Week |
Amber Nimocks |
08-23-2012 |
Food+Drink
The Rise of Southern Cheesemakersnew
On Saturday evening, the American Cheese Society's 29th annual conference and competition took over a Raleigh ballroom with 14 tables devoted to different styles--from American originals to feta, cheddar, washed rind and smoked cheeses.
INDY Week |
Emily Wallace |
08-08-2012 |
Food+Drink
Lighten Up, Beer Geeksnew
Periodically, a beer enthusiast will privately confess to enjoying the occasional Bud Light. The comment is either received with scorn or the kind of puzzlement that occurs when a person you think you know admits to something terribly out of character.
INDY Week |
Julie Johnson |
08-02-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Beer Geeks
The cure for the summertime bluesnew
Sometimes the cure for stifling summer heat is to step out of your taste comfort zone and try some different wines.
INDY Week |
Amber Nimocks |
07-25-2012 |
Food+Drink
Making Moonshine and the Taxes You'll Owenew
Although homemade beer and wine are permissible in North Carolina, non-tax-paid spirituous liquor is another story.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
07-16-2012 |
Food+Drink
Is there a future for North Carolina hops farming?new
North Carolina brewers, growers, researchers and beer drinkers agree that with the right hops variety and the right investments, hops could be a robust niche industry in this region and in the mountains, where there are fledgling hops farms.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
07-16-2012 |
Food+Drink
Taste-testing vegan ice creamnew
Taste-testing some of the best (and worst) dairy-free (and soy-free and gluten-free) ice cream facsimiles.
INDY Week |
Maggie Spini |
06-25-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Vegan Ice Creem
