I'm starting a readers' review panel for kitchen products. If you think you should review free food products for the newspaper, read about how to be chosen for the kitchen panel here.

Also in Greg's Epicurean column, he writes about the new R&R Grill in Chapel Hill and Westie's American Grill in Cary. Greg's Hot List is a round up of pet-friendly patios across the Triangle. 

If you would like to get your hands dirty in a garden or at a local farm, consider joining a "crop mob." Here's my story today about the local movement and an effort to expand it to Raleigh.