Comment Archives: stories: Food & Drink
Re: “Geoff Bragg, chef”
Ok. so I'm pretty sure this is an old thread and you may not even see it, but in case you do, I just want to say, that I had your wild rice mushroom soup this past week at Grove Park Inn and it was simply amazing! I really would love to get the recipe. Would you be kind enough to share? Many thanks for a wonderful meal. I had the scallops and they were so beautiful I took a picture of my plate! Kudos!!!
Re: “Recipe: Figs à la Claire”
I had to work and set up the DNC, I live in rock hill SC is there anyway your in laws could possible send me a cutting or 2 from there fig tree. those figs looked amazing and I'd love to try grow some myself. I'll happily pay for the cuttings or trade them some of mine. Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. here's my email address if interested Ediblelandscaping.sc @gmail.com
Re: “Eat With Your Dollars: Genetically modified organism-free dining in Charlotte”
Google "Vilsack Monsanto" and realize you're tilting at a genetically-modified windmill at USDA.
Re: “An insider's guide to country cooking in the Q.C.”
The BEST soul food in Charlotte is by far Nana's Soul Food Kitchen..
Re: “Eat With Your Dollars: Genetically modified organism-free dining in Charlotte”
I am - http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/5/delegates-front-row-seat-a-bully-pulpit-on-what-we/
Re: “Eat With Your Dollars: Genetically modified organism-free dining in Charlotte”
As a delegate, maybe you should ask Obama to fulfill his campaign promise to label GMO foods.
Re: “Recipe: Super Simple Strawberry Cobbler”
AWESOME RECIPE!!!!! First time EVER making cobbler and thanks to this recipe, it rocked! My kids LOVED it!
Re: “Whole Foods behind the scenes sneak preview”
I was so stoked to be there today!!
http://TheSquishyMonster.com
Re: “Whole Foods behind the scenes sneak preview”
How awesome?!?! NC beers are fantastic, and I'm totally jealous of those cheese plates. :)
Re: “A new vegan community kitchen set to open”
I love the name they went with- Garden of Veg*n is genius!
Also, I want vegan caramel apple cinnamon rolls. Congrats on the new space!
Re: “Prepackaged hard-boiled eggs at Trader Joe's?”
Also great for students who live in buildings without actual stoves. So no, its not just because people are lazy, if I could boil my own eggs I would.
Re: “Recipe: Adding Greens to Your Smoothie”
Sounds so wonderful. I'm going to give it a try tomorrow. And by the way, honey is an excellent substitute for the sweeteners above. Thanks for the inspiration. Roz www.rozw.wordpress.com
Re: “Whole Foods offers sneak peak into new Charlotte location”
I occassionally shopped at Whole Foods while living in Atlanta. Really nice stores. But expensive. Here's hoping that they price their store more affordably for the Charlotte market
Re: “Recipe: Lemon Basil Smoothie”
I like the idea of chia seeds, healthy, tasteless. But they do tend to get stuck in my teeth. Hours later, I tend to find another one in my mouth.
Re: “Local charmer Jake's Good Eats wins fans”
Jake's so so Eats and Horrible Service - MUST READ!!!
Went to Jake's tonight for the first time with a friend and our combined 3 kids. As we walked in there was an old lady chewing on a frog leg covered with mushroom sauce setting right at the register counter as you walk in the door. Not an appetizing sight. We tried to make small talk, but her and the other old lady “working” there were about as friendly as couple of rocks. The waitress wasn't much better. She was very slow except when she came to the table, then she couldn’t run away fast enough after quickly pouring drinks and rushing away before we could even ask for forks or napkins to go with our complimentary, homemade, stale, rock hard, Ellie May Clampett biscuits. Every time we asked for anything like ketchup it was 5 minutes minimum and it wasn’t even busy. (What kind of cheap place doesn't put ketchup on the table?!) When she did bring it she practically slung it onto the table and not even near the person that asked for it.
We finally finished our mostly average meal and she gives us the check she says “we have a policy of an automatic 20 percent gratuity on checks of 5 or more.” Which brought our check to 57 dollars. That really chapped my a$$, especially since she was so insistent on knowing if we were all together when we first sat down and never mentioned the “ 20% Policy” at that point. Mandatory TWENTY #!@#*!* percent tip for crappy service! I guess they think because they have been on a cable TV show they can over charge you for lousy service and so so food.
Here's the killer though. As we were in the car pulling out, the old frog leg eating woman comes out of the side door waving a our ticket and our cash saying, " You didn't pay enough maybe you dropped some money." (Yeah on that BS automatic tip) Do you know how much we were short that she had to chase us down thru the gravel parking lot? ONE *&^#*!$ DOLLAR!! I say again ….A DOLLAR!! We stuffed TWO DOLLARS in her grubby little frog-greased hand and drove away never to return to this unfriendly, over priced, mediocre hamburger joint.
Denny's on a bad day beats this place and I hate Denny's.
Re: “Sweet!: Hazelnuts Creperie's Banaberry Cinn”
I love this place!!!
Re: “Why do the black shows on the Food Network suck ass?”
damn why does it has to be a black or white thing when in the kitchen people are just soi fucking ignorant point is your'e not happy to see blacks on tv get over yourselves were everywhere some of your wifes are leaving your asses to get with our black men btw lets stay focused on the food and we do have flavor with our foods ive tasted dishes over the yrs its not seasoned as it should be just being real with ya since you wanna bash the black folks get real !
Re: “Local Discovery: The Goat Lady”
Those cheeses look amazing! The one with all the black sesame seeds is gorgeous.
Re: “Eat With Your Dollars: Sourcing your salmon”
I am writing a research paper, for school, about properly labeling GMOs for public knawledge. Which books or articles would be more informative and critical for me to review?
Re: “Cool beans: Does Charlotte have a coffee culture scene?”
Monk's Groovy Beans at the Atherton Market is up and coming. They also offer pour over, and just recently started offering espresso drinks.