Thursday, February 22, 2007

Dogwood Deli: food with a positive attitude (Mango smoothie)


SAN MATEO - WITH pursed lips, James Hall carefully places two dolmas stuffed with parsnip and currant onto a dill cream sauce. He stands back and admires his raw food creation sitting pretty inside a bento box, a Japanese-style lunchbox.
It is 3:36 a.m. Thursday at McDonald's in Garner, N.C., a bedroom community just beyond the city limits of Raleigh. Although the town's taverns closed more than an hour ago, the last clubgoers are straggling home. Their cars barrel by ones driven by waitresses, commercial cleaners, musicians, nurses, and computer analysts heading home from work. The McDonald's sign, posted high along a ...
With Valentine's Day rapidly approaching, I couldn't help but notice the striking similarities between romance and a dining experience. When visiting a new restaurant or going on a first date, one takes the risk of being pleasantly surprised or unexpectedly disappointed.
DRINK TO YOUR HEALTH Bridging the gap between fast food and sports drinks, all-natural mix1 offers
The Healthy Way Cafe has positioned itself in a unique spot, adjacent to both a Starbucks and a Marble Slab Creamery in the St. Johns Town Center. If you can resist the double mocha latte and an ice cream cone the size of your head, then this organic way station may be the perfect place for you.
The air at the Vendome Events Center was thick with unanswered questions Saturday evening. Who was in the hot tub with whom? Who had access to the flare? What did a stolen song, a monkey and a banana smoothie have to do with a man overboard?