This Feeds Me Hungry Musings of a Gastronomic Gypsy – NC-based freelance writer Victoria Bouloubasis

Joel Salatin let out a big-bellied laugh in front of more than 600 people while serving on a speaker panel at Meredith College last month. A sense of urgency escaped from his jovial, Southern lilt, as the celebrated sustainable farmer delivered tongue-in-cheek opinions unabashedly. “I don’t know why [farming's] not sexy. To me, a hoop [...]

My story on the Crop Mob ran in the Indy in October. I somehow forgot to post it (still getting a hang of the blogosphere, I guess). The Crop Mob is an amazing group of young, landless farmers. I was the first to report on them; the group was later featured on NPR and in [...]

Some quick news. Now I’m craving Poole’s heirloom tomato salad. Summer can’t come soon enough! Locals vie for James Beard Awards by Victoria Bouloubasis Four Triangle chefs with revolutionary instincts made the cut as prestigious James Beard Awards semifinalists. Congratulations to Raleigh’s Ashley Christensen of Poole’s (426 S. McDowell St., 832-4477, www.poolesdowtowndiner.com); Chapel Hill’s Andrea [...]