Celebrated Spirits: Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy
3/4 ounce lemongrass syrup (see recipe below) 1 ½ ounce Seedlip Garden 108 Spirit-free Gin (or substitute a spirit-full Gin of your choosing!) 1/2…
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Hummingbird
Years ago, Chef Coleen Speaks had reached a crossroads in her life that led her to deciding whether her next move was going to…
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Celebrated Spirits: La Surfeza
La Surfeza is clean, crisp, and refreshing. With a touch of lime zest added for citrusy brightness, this zippy Mexican lager is the perfect…
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Celebrated Spirits: Roman Holiday
A lower-proof summer refresher that is bright and fresh with hidden flavors of botanicals, bitter orange, cherry, and vanilla. Fresh mint 1 oz. Amaro…
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Lechon Latin BBQ & Bar
When it comes to barbecue in North Carolina, whole hog is canon. At restaurants across the state, giant smokers are loaded with pigs to…
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Summer Recipes from the Garden
Strawberry Beet Salsa From Denise Gee Makes about 2 cups 8 ounces red baby beets 8 ounces hulled fresh strawberries 3 tablespoons finely chopped…
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Worth the Drive: Rustic Roots
There’s something exciting about traveling beyond familiar territory to visit a destination restaurant. In the case of Rustic Roots, a bona fide farm-to-table eatery…
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Hey There, Hot Stuff
When it comes to spicy foods, many restaurants in Raleigh and its surrounding areas offer an explosion of fiery flavors — so if you…
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Celebrated Spirits: Piglette Grisette (4.2%)
Sour, bring, and downright easy, grisettes are the traditional Belgian table beer for summer: low alcohol, easy to drink, but chock full of flavor….
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Celebrated Spirits: Mary Me
1 ounce Conniption Gin 1 ounce Aperol 0.5 ounce simple syrup Dash Rizzo rosemary/grapefruit bitters by Crude Bitters and Sodas 1 ounce club soda…
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