I have a story today profiling the second-in-command in well-known Triangle kitchens. Meet Jimmy Alfano and Jim Long of the Angus Barn, Amanda Forsyth of Magnolia Grill, Miguel Torres of Lantern and Sunny Gerhart of Watts Grocery.
Greg Cox gives 3 1/2 stars to The Pig in Chapel Hill. HERE is his review.
And Greg explores the Triangle ethnic food world with a new Cheap Eats column. His inaugural column explores Mongolian barbecues.
One of my neighbors' daughters did a lemonade sale on Sunday, and so I couldn't resist sharing this note from Chef Amy Tornquist of Durham's Watts Grocery about her daughters' bake sale tomorrow. If you are in the neighborhood, you should stop by. Tornquist wrote:
"My girls are very concerned about the fate of sea turtles after the oil spill and are participating in a nationwide bake sale tomorrow "for ocean's sake." [That would be the Great Bake for Oceans' Sake.] Watts Grocery along with my girls and a few friends will have a table set up near Watts (in front of the Green Room) tomorrow from 10-1. We will be selling iced sea turtle cookies, brownies, homemade lemonade and other treats." All proceeds benefit the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center on Topsail Island.
I just got word of the menu for Watts Grocery chef Amy Tornquist's social at 3Cups later this month.
Sounds delicious. Mark your calendar for 6 p.m. Sept. 16.
The social costs $23 in advance and $26 at the door. Go here to reserve tickets.
Watts Grocery owner/chef Amy Tornquist will be at the Durham Farmers' Market from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday serving up Zuke's country sausage with okra and lady pea salad.
Tornquist will be at the Carrboro Farmers' Market at Sept. 19 so mark your calendars if you are a fan.
