Archive for September, 2011

A peek at puffballs *UPDATED 10/5*

September 28, 2011, filed under Look What I Found; 3 Comments.
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Last night, a smidgen of my dinner included something I stumbled upon in a parking lot–a mushroom rivaling my face in size, growing wild in a small patch of grass near Franklin St.

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Cold Comfort: Local ice cream makers combine the exotic and the familiar – Independent Weekly

September 8, 2011, filed under Eat the Press, Local Bites (NC); No Comments.
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Artisan ice cream in the Triangle wears many hats, and none are the pointy parlor caps you’re used to. A tattooed couple drives through town on a school bus with fresh ice cream in inventive flavors. A Mexican family brings the exotic tastes of Michoacan to Durham with fresh fruit popsicles and curdled milk ice [...]

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