AltWeeklies Wire
Ravenswood: No Wimpy Winesnew
Many of you have seen and drunk Ravenswood "Vintner's Blend" California Zinfandel. At under $10, this perennial best value is a staple at grocery stores, Costco, World Market and even specialty wine shops.
INDY Week |
Arturo Ciompi |
09-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
Cheesemaker Alessandra Trompeo Injects Italian Culture into Her Worknew
It takes an artisanal cheesemaker to fully appreciate the honor of having a Jersey cow named after you. Includes a no-cook pasta sauce recipe.
INDY Week |
Cynthia Greenlee-Donnell and Sheryl Cornett |
09-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
I am the Eggplant, Goo-goo-g'joobnew
There are lots of reasons we should or might learn to like eggplant if we don't already. A meaty vegetable that can beef up stews, stand in for or complement pasta, stretch sauces and be made into a number of low-fat appetizers and dips, eggplant could be the locavore's new best friend. Plus recipe.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
08-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
Whet Your Palate with Dry Creek Winesnew
Dry Creek is one of Sonoma County's bejeweled locales. Bound by the Alexander and Russian River valleys in California, the tributary is a mere 15 miles long and two miles wide.
INDY Week |
Arturo Ciompi |
08-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
North Carolina: Fertile Ground for Vines and Vintnersnew
The state's expanding wine industry drives a new niche economy.
INDY Week |
Claire Cusick |
08-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Summertime, and Fish Salad is Easynew
In summer, salad nicoise a gift meal: easy, hearty enough to play center stage as a main dish and to stand up to full-bodied red wines, and special enough to serve when we want to show off our farmers' market riches.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
07-31-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Surprising Art of Power Lunching in the Trianglenew
Business in North Carolina gets done a little differently. Most people in the Triangle have adopted a refreshingly understated view of the art of lunching.
INDY Week |
Jane Hobson Snyder |
07-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Legislature Guts Bill for North Carolina's Burgeoning Video Game Industrynew
With more than 30 video game-related companies based in the Triangle, the potential exists for the area to become the East Coast hub of game development. The question is whether the state government can develop an incentives package to help this nascent industry grow.
INDY Week |
Zack Smith |
07-18-2008 |
Video Games
For Summertime Blueberry Thrillsnew
Blueberry Kuchen never fails to please or come out beautifully. Deborah, an artist and artistic home cook, gave me this recipe a lifetime ago, scribbled on the back of an envelope I still have, splashed with purple fruit stains, and I think it may have been handed to her that way.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
07-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
Is 'Bottle Shock' the New 'Sideways'?new
Bottle Shock centers on the Barrett family and their estate, Chateau Montelena, a great California cult winery that was having a hard time staying afloat in the mid-'70s. The Judgment at Paris actually helped them turn their business around.
INDY Week |
Arturo Ciompi |
07-10-2008 |
Food+Drink
Independence Day Cookouts From Piedmont Farms and N.C. Watersnew
If you're not feeding a crowd, just need a starter, or want something a little zestier for a special meal over the three-day weekend, try this recipe for Mark Day's Bourbon-Lime Shrimp. Also Grill-Roasted Corn on the Cob.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
07-03-2008 |
Food+Drink
Put Local Tomatoes to Good Usenew
Don't fear the fruit. Try farmers' market find in these recipes for tomato juice and gazpacho.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
06-26-2008 |
Food+Drink
Recipes: Peach Pot Pie and Peach Brandynew
Make the most of a summer delicacy with these two recipes.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
06-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
A Small North Carolina City Leads the Way to Faster, Cheaper Internet Accessnew
The municipal broadband movement fills the big gap between the internet speeds Americans need and those they're getting from a profit-driven telecommunications industry. The city of Wilson is on the cutting edge of that movement. It is among the newest of 44 publicly owned fiber networks serving more than 60 communities across the country.
Note to Self: Don't Download Porn at Worknew
Three local university employees are out of a job after a state investigation revealed they had illegally downloaded materials, including porn, on work computers.
