The winner of the Momofuku cookbook giveaway is Julie Singer of Durham. Congrats!

Don't worry if you didn't win. I'll be giving away another cookbook next week. 

Here's a reminder that these two events are happening Sunday:

Buffalo's Southwest Cafe is hosting a wing eating contest during halftime. It costs $10 to enter but the proceeds are donated to The Jimmy V Foundation. If you win, you get 10 wings every day until the next Super Bowl. Talking about getting your wings fix.

For those who just want to watch the fun, wings cost 45 cents each and domestic bottled beers cost $2. Buffalo’s Southwest Café located at 7504 Creedmoor Rd. Raleigh.  

Michael Dean's Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar is hosting a Super Bowl Party.

The first 100 guests will receive free Superbowl pool squares. Here's how the Superbowl pool works:

The numbers that go along with each row/column of the Super Bowl squares sheet will be randomly drawn after all Super Bowl squares have been sold. This makes it so all players have the same opportunity to get any set of numbers. It also means you don't have to know anything about football as it all comes down to the luck of the draw.

Winners must be present to claim their prize.  Prizes are: $50 for first, second and third quarters and $100 for the final score.

The party begins at 4 p.m. Mash House drafts cost $3. Domestics beers cost $2. Raw bar items will be buy one get one free. A special Super Bowl menu includes these items for $6: Asian BBQ Wings, Three-Alarm Chili, White Chicken Chili, Michael Dean’s Shrimp Nachos, Sliders, Roasted Garlic and Vegetable Pizza, Shrimp Pizza, Prosciutto Pizza and Roasted Chicken Pizza.

Reminder: You must leave a comment at the bottom of my earlier post
before NOON TODAY to be entered for a chance to win a copy of
"Momofuku" by David Chang and Peter Meehan.

HERE is the link for where you must leave a comment. 

Here is a reminder if you are still looking for Valentine's Day gifts: 

Chapel Hill Wine Company is partnering with Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory for a chocolate and wine tasting on Saturday, Feb. 6 between 1:30-4:30 p.m.

The event occurs at the wine company's Chapel Hill store at 2809 Homestead Road. 

The wine company will be offering tasty wines, including plum wine and
Ruby port, to pair with the chocolates. Chocolate truffles will be
available for purchase during the tasting.  

For more information, call 968-1884.

Durham's Local Yogurt is opening its second location in North Raleigh in the North Ridge shopping center off Falls of the Neuse Road.

"Local" in Local Yogurt refers to being locally owned and operated. The toppings also are made from ingredients purchased from local farms and vendors. 

Some of the folks behind Local Yogurt are Six Plates Wine Bar owner Matthew Beason and former Six Plates chef Ted Domville. Their original location is across from Nana's and a couple doors down from Wine Authorities. 

Domville says they hope to open the North Raleigh location in April. 

Gravy is offering a five-course Sicilian feast at 7 p.m. Monday Feb. 8. This is the first of chef Tony Fusco's Italian food tour dinners. 

The menu includes marinated white anchovies with fennel sformato, micro arugula and Moroccan oil-cured olives, watercress salad with shaved pecorino, Sicilian tuna with caramelized fennel and Fresno chilies, grilled spiced lamb chops with spinach, pine nuts and raisin pesto and vanilla gelato with spiced almonds and biscotti.

The cost is $30 a person, plus $15 for Sicilian wine pairings.

Call 896-8513 to reserve your spot.

The downtown Raleigh restaurant is the brainchild of Empire Eats, downtown developer Greg Hatem's restaurant group, and Bella Monica, the popular Italian restaurant in North Raleigh. 

The Carrboro Farmers' Market are offering special gifts designed for Valentine's Day shopping on Saturday, Feb. 13. The market is open from 9 a.m.-noon.

Among the possible gifts for your sweetheart:

• Spice wine from Benjamin Vineyards
• A sweetheart package of raspberry jam, hot pepper jelly and cranberry-orange chutney from Blessed Earth Farm.
• Grand Marnier truffles and other chocolates from Fitita's Kitchen.
• Dried hot peppers, hot chocolate and coffee from Turtle Run Farm.
• Gluten-free baked goods from Twin Cakes.
• Tamales, blended spices, chutneys, jams and preserves from Yugala's Baked Goods
• Red tulips from Wild Hare Farm. Come early for those, they won't last! 

If you always wanted to learn how to grow your own vegetables, Food is the Key is offering a vegetable gardening class from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6.

Experienced gardener Alice Loyd teaches a class that will cover soil preparation, garden design and garden timetables. It costs $15. Register at www.foodisthekey.com

If you can't make that class, check out their spring schedule for other gardening and food preservation classes, see spring schedule HERE.

Questions? Call 781-0023