Durham DoughMan

This sounds totally fun:

The DoughMan: A Self-Propelled Culinary Tour of Durham

Durham + local food establishments + competitive eating + exercise + community garden. You probably like at least 3 of those things, right?

Published in: on April 22, 2008 at 4:33 pm Comments (2)

Piedmont Farm Tour

Celebrate Earth Day with a trip to pastoral North Carolina! The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association has organized a farm tour to take place on the weekend of April 19 & 20.

I am especially excited about Iron Gate Winery (farm #10), where visitors get to see fainting goats, whatever those are, and Infinity Biodynamic Farm (farm #8), since I have no idea what that means, either.

Published in: on April 3, 2008 at 11:40 am Comments (1)

Cool sounding dinner at Jujube on April 9th

Despite being in Chapel Hill, Jujube is an awesome restaurant with unique and very good food. I spent New Years Eve with them and had a blast. They just sent out an email with this interesting sounding wine-inspired dinner for $70. Email with menu after the jump.. (more…)

Published in: on March 23, 2008 at 3:31 pm Comments (0)

More stuff to do: Counter Culture Coffee tour

Durham’s own Counter Culture Coffee on 4911 South Alston offers a free coffee “cupping” every Friday at 10am. After the cupping they take you on a tour of the roastery. Cool.

They also offer free day long training classes where they teach you all about the proper way to make espresso. The next dates are on 3/22, 4/3, and 5/15.

You should also pick up a bag of their Twin Cities Express espresso, which is very very awesome.

Published in: on March 19, 2008 at 3:40 pm Comments (0)

African Dinner Dance Party April 12

This party includes African food, a cash bar, live music, and a dance party, and it helps save children and pregnant mothers from malaria. Sounds pretty ideal. I don’t know much about it, just got an email about it on a listserve, but it sounds like you couldn’t go wrong, unless you love malaria or something. Here’s the blurb from the website:

On April 12th, from 7:00pm–12:00am at the Durham Armory, 220 Foster
Street, in Durham, NC, Triangle residents can enjoy African music and
food while supporting an important cause—helping to save children and
pregnant mothers from malaria.

This party with a purpose is hosted by the Bonjour African Malaria
Project (BAMP) and will include live entertainment, dinner, dance
music, and remarks from local dignitaries including civil rights
historian and Duke Professor Emeritus John Hope Franklin, U.S.
Congressional Representative David Price, Durham Mayor William “Bill”
Bell, and Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Peter Agre.

This year’s African Dinner-Dance Party will feature live performances
from local dance ensembles Collage and Paso y Paso. A complimentary
buffet of African foods, including meat, fish, and vegetarian dishes,
will be served. And a cash bar featuring beer and wine will be
available.

After the food and entertainment, dancing starts with deejay Bouna
Ndiaye playing a wide assortment of African pop music. Ndiaye is the
host of the popular Bonjour Africa music show heard every Sunday from
4–6:00 p.m. on WNCU 90.7FM.

Tickets for the event are available for $25 in advance and $30 at the
door, and all proceeds will go to the procurement of malaria
interventions. For ticket information or other details about the
African Dinner-Dance, please contact Bouna Ndiaye at (919) 215-4765 or
www.bonjourafricaprojects.org.

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