AltWeeklies Wire
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
For backyard hobbyists, hives are the bee's kneesnew
Small hives raised by farmers and hobbyists are critically important as researchers continue to search for the cause of annual honeybee die-offs due to colony collapse disorder.
Tags: Beekeeping
Escaping the Digital Piracy Debatenew
We're not going to take away the internet, its access or the expectations of the youngest generation of listeners anytime soon, so arguing about a return to a system that has suffered for a reason seems like a waste of logic.
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
Blackbird singingnew
Harry Crews' oversized life was truly stranger than fiction, from brilliant writing to strange hobbies and everything in between.
INDY Week |
Memsy Price |
05-31-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Harry Crews
Chardonnay's big do-overnew
It seems I wasn't alone in my oaked chardonnay discontent after all. It just took some time for my generation to make itself heard.
INDY Week |
Amber Nimocks |
05-28-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Wine, Chardonnay
The Rise and Fall of the Easy-Bake Ovennew
I'll tell you about the hardscrabble times, the lean years, when we Toughskins-wearing moppets baked cakes in an oven using two measly light bulbs. And they weren't even compact fluorescent!
Tags: Easy-Bake Ovens
Let Us Praise Nutmegnew
A shrine to the aromatic spice.
INDY Week |
Victoria Bouloubasis |
05-02-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Jonathan Nyberg, Nutmeg
Crowd-Sourced Sex Ednew
There's danger when women are denied fundamental control over their own bodies. A century after Margaret Sanger's time, the continuing need for that reminder is evident all around us.
Sturgeon and Caviar Farming in Western N.C.new
La Paz farm in Caldwell County is the first of its kind in N.C. and only the fifth in the U.S. Sturgeon are being processed now, and the group expects to sell caviar by Christmas.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
04-20-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Caviar North Carolina, La Paz farm
The progressive interest in stylistically conservative musicnew
To call it apologetic would be reductive; to say that it's driven in part by the need to experience, understand and connect several once-forbidden dots seems closer to the essence.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
04-09-2012 |
Commentary
The Durham Bulls and their ballpark get a makeover for 2012new
The DBAP's upgrades impress the eye, but something fans will never see is even more impressive. Plus: Who's new (and returning) in the bullpen and the clubhouse
RailHawks' new coach Colin Clarke has puzzling past of undervalued successnew
Clarke's journey to Carolina is the latest chapter in a footballing life spanning two continents, five decades and a series of lofty heights and ignominious setbacks.
My two dadsnew
On May 8, we have a chance to set just one example of tolerance for our children. It's up to you.
INDY Week |
Kate Fellman |
04-05-2012 |
Commentary
