Spicy, sweet chili
A friend of mine recently won a chili cook-off at a Chicago breast cancer fundraising event.  He shared the recipe which came in first out of 40 competitors (not bad for his first cooking competition!).  It seemed quite non-traditional and intriguing for a chicken chili given the use of sweet potatoes so I decided to [...]

Kandas, Morrisville
G’s family was in town a few weeks ago and they love to go out for Indian food.  Since we haven’t established our favorite Indian place yet we did some research online and decided to try Kandas in Morrisville.  The restaurant is in a strip mall and is very basic in décor.  The menu is [...]

The Pit, Raleigh
The Pit might be the area’s most famous barbeque place.  The chef, Ed Mitchell, is an ambassador for this southern food specialty with appearances on the Bobby Flay’s Throwdown (he won), the Today show and numerous articles in the likes of the New York Times and Gourmet.  He is also an advocate for traditional methods [...]

Settling in
Well, what can I say… we settle into our busy routines quite quickly!  While we did move to Chapel Hill, NC at the end of August we have already been to Boston three times, have taken a trip to the gorgeous Blue Ridge Parkway for leaf peeping and had some family visit.  With all [...]

O Ya, Boston
Rarely does a restaurant live up to the hype generated by the media but in this case it certainly did.  Since being named the number one ‘Coast to Coast, Restaurants that Count’ 2008 by the New York Times’ Frank Bruni, O Ya has been on my radar.  We had wanted to try it for quite [...]