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0522 grilling multi
Are you ready to fire up the grill this weekend?

Memorial Day weekend: A time for a grillmaster to shine. These 10 new barbecue and grilling cookbooks can give both veterans and newbies inspiration and instruction.

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Enter to win The Grilling Book and gloves
The case for the gas grill
The benefits of cooking with charcoal
Evian giving its water bottle a makeover
By CANDICE CHOI | AP Food Industry Writer | May 22, 2013
Evian New Bottle
Evian is giving itself a facelift to keep up with its sleek, young competitors on store shelves.
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Sweet outlet turns in honey business
May 22, 2013
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A south Charlotte couple have turned their bee hobby into a sweet business.

Food news from around Charlotte
May 21, 2013
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The Carolina Learning Connection will offer this class that features a menu full of recipes to make dad feel appreciated on Father’s Day. The course, taught by Andria Gaskins, will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 6, 2311 S. Tryon St. Learn to make apple beer-brined pork chops; beer-brined greens; ginger beer baked beans and stout ice cream floats. Class is $59 per person, class size is limited.

Pizza’s easy on cook and pocketbook
By Linda Gassenheimer | May 21, 2013

Here’s a quick pizza dinner that takes less time than ordering one. Sweet onions, mozzarella cheese, bell peppers and mushrooms top a ready-made thin crust for this quick meal.

How long will cottage cheese keep?
May 21, 2013

Soft cheeses don’t freeze well.

Fresh ingredients, fabulous salad
May 21, 2013

Peas and beans team up for a can’t-miss concoction





I'll Bite »
Are you baking for the Matthews contest?

Don't forget that Saturday is the annual baking contest at the Matthews Community Farmers' Market...

I'll Bite
Daniel Hartis»
Charlotte brewers turn to wheat beers in spring
How to make your own frozen pizzas at home

Frozen pizzas have their time and place, particularly as back-up meals when we don’t have time to shop or as easy heat-and-serve dinners for baby sitters.

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Beer & Wine»
Sip of the week
NoDa Brewing’s first bottled offering was TriUmphant, a Belgian-style tripel released for the first time in March 2012. It was released again May 18, and you can now grab bottles at the brewery and most beer stores around Charlotte.

Catherine Rabb»
What can a wine teacher learn from her students?
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Charlotte farmers' markets grow with demand

Now that words like 'local' and 'sustainable' have taken root, many Charlotte-area farmers' markets are evolving.

Farmer's Market
Interactive Map: Pick your own produce
Interactive Map: Area farmers markets
Kathleen Purvis»
The 10 rules of cooking in summer
Crusty scallops bed down on spinach

The secret to making sweet, juicy scallops is to sear them for 1 1/2 minutes on each side. They will be translucent in the center and continue to cook off the heat.

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Dean Mullis»
’Maters, ‘’maters everywhere
Tom Hanchett»
Sample vegetarian delights from Vietnam at VN Tofu
Helen Schwab »
Passion8 folks to open American Cafe

Chef Luca Annunziata and Jessica Annunziata of Passion8 Bistro plan to open The American Cafe & L...

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