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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Events Upcoming: Young Affiliates of the Mint's Fall Ball
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:08 PM
Just because Halloween is now behind us doesn't mean you can't get into costume - 1920s vintage flapper dress, anyone? The Young Affiliates of the Mint Museum hosts its inaugural Fall Ball on Nov. 8, featuring classic cocktails like the Sidecar, White Lady and Bee's Knees, courtesy of Rémy Martin V and Cointreau. Food, also inspired by the 1920s, will be catered by Something Classic. Selections on the menu include Flash Fried Potato Chalices with Crème Fraiche and Caviar and Waldorf Deviled Eggs with Roquefort, Walnuts & Crisp Apples, among others.
Proceeds from the event will go to support the upcoming Mint Museum Randolph photography exhibit Bearing Witness: The New York Photo League and Sonia Handelman Meyer. $75 for members and $95 for non-members. Nov. 8, 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Mint Museum Uptown, 500 S Tryon St. For more information, visit FallBallCharlotte.com.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Events Happening today: William Grant and Sons Best Bartender Competition
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 12:37 PM
Up for the title are:
Bob Peters of Pisces Sushi Bar
Diego Francica of Heist Brewery
Andy Maurer of Soul Gastrolounge
Maggie Ruppert of Halcyon Flavors From the Earth
Evan Christy of Cowbell
Casey Blair of Bubble Lounge
Miki Nikolic of e2 Emeril's Eatery
Chelsea Rose of Copper
Kyle Crabtree of Block & Grinder
Judges include Charlotte Voisey, Stefan Huebner and Sarah Crosland, but audience members will have the opportunity to chime in as well in a people's choice award.
All contestants' samples of cocktails will be offered with limited availability, so you might want to get there on time. The competition is 6 p.m.- 9 p.m. Heist is located at 2909 N. Davidson St., Suite 200.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Events Upcoming: Dining With Friends
Posted By Laura Rathbone on Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:24 PM
Spend Nov. 2 among old friends and new while raising money for a worthy organization in Charlotte.
As one of the largest HIV nonprofits in the Carolinas, the Regional Aids Interfaith Network's mission is to combat prejudices and strive for understanding within the community. RAIN gives those living with AIDS the ability to live their lives to the fullest.
The charity event Dining With Friends allows hosts to throw their own parties and invite their guests to raise money that will go directly to RAIN. Parties will be held on Saturday, Nov. 2, with the finale shindig at Discovery Place at 9 p.m. The finale is a celebration of all the money raised by the event, and guests are treated to desserts from some of the best restaurants around. Amelie's, barCHOCOLATE and Dandelion Market are just a few of the sponsors. Attendees are welcome to explore the exhibits as they sip on champagne and cocktails. Donations and registration to become a host can be made online at www.diningwithfriendscharlotte.org. Minimum donation of $30 to attend finale. Nov. 2, 9 p.m. Discovery Place, 301 N. Tryon St.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Events / Food News Sow Much Good's Robin Emmons nominated as a Top 10 CNN Hero
Posted By Keia Mastrianni on Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:01 PM
- Image courtesy of Piper Warlick Photography
The inimitable Robin Emmons and her nonprofit organization Sow Much Good is a Top Ten nominated finalist for the prestigious CNN Heroes Awards, an honor bestowed upon ordinary people doing extraordinary things to help others.
Since 2008, Emmons has been an advocate for less fortunate individuals living in food deserts, places where fresh, healthy food is difficult to obtain, and a catalyst for change. She was first inspired to do something after becoming the legal guardian of her mentally ill brother and realized that his health was deteriorating as a result of the food he was eating while living in a care facility.
One small, generous act, planting an extra row in her home garden, turned into the larger mission of Sow Much Good that now services hundreds of individuals via three gardening sites, including the Sunset Road Urban Farm that opened earlier this year. Currently, 73,000 people living in food deserts in Mecklenburg County. Over the last five years, Emmons has grown more than 26,000 pounds of produce for underserved communities in Charlotte.
Emmons aired her featured video on CNN in August and was announced as a Top Ten finalist earlier this month.
The CNN Hero of the Year will win $250,000 to further the mission of their organization. Voting is open until Nov. 17 with the winner decided by the public online vote. The winner will be announced on Dec. 1, 2013 when the CNN Hero of the Year and Gala airs on CNN Networks. To cast your vote, visit the CNN Heroes site here.
This Saturday, Oct. 26, NoLimit Larry, host of CBS Radio's NoLimit Larry and the Morning Maddhouse, will be at the Sunset Road Urban Farm for a voter hangout. Support the nomination of Charlotte's very own hero with members of the local community from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at this free event. The Sunset Road Urban Farm is located at 3432 Sunset Road.
Events Upcoming: Bachtoberfest
Posted By Laura Rathbone on Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:36 AM
$18-$28. Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. Knight Theater, 430 S. Tryon St.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Events Upcoming: Q-City Charlotte BBQ Championship
Posted By Keia Mastrianni on Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:19 PM
Somewhere, not too far away, a pitmaster is firing his coals and preparing a low and slow cook in hopes of taking home the title of Grand Champion this weekend at the Q-City Charlotte Barbecue Championship, along with an opportunity to represent the Southeast at the 2013 World Food Championships in Las Vegas, Nev.
Now, that's what I call a serious pressure cook (insert laugh track here, please and thank you).
For the rest of us, it means a weekend-long festival filled with damn good barbecue, live music, festivities and the company of 100,000 of your closest friends. Beginning tomorrow, the 11th annual Q-City Charlotte Barbecue Championship (formerly known as the BBQ&Blues Festival) returns to Uptown for two full days of smoked meat mayhem, porky delights, beer and another fantastic excuse to get outside and enjoy the fall. Oh, and did we mention it's free to get in?!
Of course, a festival that takes up four blocks of Tryon Street is not without its logistical feats. Here's everything you need to know for your festivus pleasure:
Travel Tips and How to Get Around:
Event Map with bathroom locations. (Super important when you're sipping on beer)
Happening in conjunction with the festival is the first annual Carolina Brew Challenge, held at the Epicentre on Saturday from 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Forty Carolina breweries will compete for the People's Choice Award for Best Brew. Come sample the competition. Tickets can be purchased here.
For more information on the Q-City Charlotte Barbecue Championship, visit http://charlottebbqfestival.com.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Events Upcoming: Carved
Posted By Keia Mastrianni on Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:49 AM
This Sunday, Charlotte chefs are stepping out of the dark corners of their kitchens to wield knives and quench their insatiable appetite for pumpkin-slashing. Family-friendly pumpkin slashing, of course.
Join the Piedmont Culinary Guild, a new culinary collective, as it gathers for a pumpkin carving competition inside the Atherton Market to support the Slow Food Charlotte Farmer's Fund. Word on the street is that some of Charlotte's best chefs will be competing to support the event. Best jack-o-lantern, which gets carved on the spot, wins the chef official bragging rights and lucky spectators can bid on their favorite pumpkin to take home.
Kids 12 and under are encouraged to participate in their own competition by bringing an already carved pumpkin to the event. There will be live music, free beer from Triple C Brewing Co. and refreshments from Luna's Living Kitchen. Food will be available for purchase from local food trucks, and photographer Deborah Triplett will have a photo booth to capture all the fun!
Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door and any child without a pumpkin is $5. All proceeds will benefit the Slow Food Charlotte Farmer's Fund. The event is from 4-7 p.m. at Atherton Market, 2104 South Blvd.
Purchase your advance tickets here.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Events Michael Pollan name-checks North Carolina amid warnings about a 'cooking paradox'
Posted By Mary C. Curtis on Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 2:23 PM
The way Pollan writes, food is history and culture, as well agriculture; cooking is therapeutic, a political act. If "the family dinner table is the nursery of democracy," he said, grabbing fast food on the run really could be the decline of civilization we suspected all along. Pollan explores where what we put in our stomachs really comes from, something that would have been obvious 75 years ago, he said, but now results in such revelatory New York Times best-sellers as The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Botany of Desire and Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation.
After his description of a vast, industrialized potato farm with machines spewing toxic insecticides just so those fried spuds sprouting from bright cartons remain unblemished, you immediately vow to start digging out a patch of dirt or trolling farmers markets. "If you grow vegetables, you will cook them; you will feel guilty if you don't," he said - even though you might have to learn to use more than the microwave.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Events Upcoming: 10th annual Plaza Midwood-Chantilly Chili Cook-Off
Posted By Laura Rathbone on Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:36 PM
The annual Plaza Midwood-Chantilly Chili Cook-Off serves as both a way to raise money for Hospice and Palliative Care Charlotte Region and a great opportunity to enjoy some of the best chili in town.
Local businesses, restaurants and courageous individuals will be serving up their delicious chili in hopes of walking away with the People's Choice award for best dish. Categories for the competition are red, green, white and vegetarian chili. Besides the chili tasting, which continues until every pot runs dry, there will be live music, a sidewalk sale and raffles being given away all day. The Oct. 12 event will be held at the MMR Racing parking lot. All proceeds from the sidewalk sale will benefit Hospice and Palliative Care.
$15. Oct. 12, noon, MMR Racing, 1318-D Central Ave. For more information or to register to compete in the cook-off, visit www.pmccookoff.com.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Events Oct. 5: A day filled with eating and drinking
Posted By Laura Rathbone on Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 12:43 PM
* The second annual Taste of FreeMore gives attendees the opportunity to feast on food and beer from west-side restaurants and breweries from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Savor Café, Picante Mexican Grill and Open Kitchen will be among the featured restaurants, with Four Friends and Birdsong Brewing offering a selection of craft beers. Food prices range from $1-$5. For more information, visit www.freemorewest.com.
* Olde Mecklenburg Brewery's Mecktoberfest will take place from noon to 10 p.m. and is expected to sell out quickly. This German-style celebration comes complete with food and beer, as well as entertainment courtesy of Josh Daniel Duo, ToneBlazers and Holzhackern Tyrolean, a traditional nine-piece Bavarian band. The venue has limited entry, so for those who wish to attend, arrive early to pick up your $5 ticket at the door. For more information, visit www.oldmeckbrew.com.
* The Southeast Crabfeast may have started out as a small gathering of coastal food lovers but has since turned into one of Charlotte's most anticipated food events. This year, the food will be served at Park Road Park from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Be sure to bring your appetite for the all-you-can-eat buffet of Charleston blue crabs and low country boil fixings. Adult tickets start at $25 and kids (10 and under) for $10. For more information visit www.southeastcrabfeast.com.
* Great Grapes! Wine, Arts and Music Festival features select North Carolina vineyards and will be held at Symphony Park from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wineries such as Bottoms Up, Carolina Heritage, Slightly Askew and Southern Charm will be among those offering tastings. Live music includes the tunes of Celtic rock band Uncle Hamish and the Hooligans. Adult admission is $25 in advance ($30 on site) and comes with your very own souvenir wine glass and unlimited samples and performances. For more information visit www.uncorkthefun.com.
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Bernardin's celebrates 1/2 year anniversary
A glimpse into this upscale Uptown location, complete with photos.
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Back of the Box: No Boil Classic Lasagne 5
Not having to boil the noodles rocks!
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New Food Stand: Cast Iron Waffles
The intoxicating smell at Atherton Market is courtesy of Chris Duggan, owner of Cast Iron Waffles.
