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

I challenge anyone who claims to despise beets to try them roasted. They’re magic, really. I can’t think of anything else that tastes like them. A beet dug out of the dirt, scrubbed, and roasted, dances on the palate. A hint of earth with a sweet tinge. It’s not the mushy, putrid taste you’d get [...]

An oasis in a food desert TROSA Grocery opens in East Durham by Victoria Bouloubasis Cornbread smeared with sweet orange marmalade and live music helped mark a celebration in East Durham last week as residents welcomed the first grocery store to open in the neighborhood in at least 50 years. TROSA, the Durham-based nonprofit, opened [...]

How about luring me in with a ruffled prosciutto ring instead? At least, I think that’s what this is. I stumbled across these brilliant photographs by Italian photographer Fulvio Bonavia on the fashion and design blog COUTE QUE COUTE. The images come from his latest book, A Matter of Taste, fusing haute couture with fresh [...]