TerraVita Food and Drink Festival

07/27/2023

I love it when we can help others while having a little fun! has organized this intimate experience with one of country-musics most popular artists - and he's of course a big heels fan! Eric Church will be here next week, performing at Memorial Hall, doing a rare acoustic performance. There are only a few tickets left, so grab them while you can! The proceeds go to help fund Heels4Life which support UNC athletes who support non-profits in the community, including TABLE and PORCH Chapel Hill Carrboro!

August 3, 2023

07/20/2023

Fig leaves! One of my very favorite things to work with in the kitchen. You can do so much with these magical leaves and also fig wood as well. In this photo, I am getting the leaves ready for the dehydrator and I’m going to grind the dried leaves after and mix them with sugar to use in baking. The smell is something else, I love it. Coco-nutty, almondy, hints of leather and to***co.

I love using the leaves for making syrups, I add it to my baklava syrup and it’s amazing. They make a delicious ice cream, cookies, cakes, muffins, pancakes and more. You can use them as a wrap for things like fish, use them in a meat brine and more. The wood is also magical. We dry the wood out for a year, cut into small rounds and use in the smoker to smoke fish.

Give fig leaves a try! Ask a neighbor for some leaves if you don’t have a tree.

A shoutout to for introducing me to the power of fig leaves over a decade ago 🙌 I’ve been obsessed ever since.

06/27/2023

TerraVita fans listen up! There are only about 20 tickets left for this upcoming lunch! Vivian Howard is speaking at Appalachian State in Boone, NC, on Friday, July 14 and there are a limited number of tickets for a fundraising luncheon prior to the lecture! The tickets are only $100 and include the meal, and a copy of her latest book, "This Will Make It Taste Good: A New Path to Simple Cooking." Guests who attend the luncheon will also receive priority seating at the 2023 Belk Distinguished Lecture series, immediately following the meal. Hope to see you there!

Vivian Howard is an award-winning cookbook author, TV personality, chef and restauranter. Her first cookbook, Deep Run Roots, is a New York Times bestseller and was named...

03/02/2023

Legacy Awards The Legacy Awards, supported by The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, were established in 2009 by Les Dames d’Escoffier International with one goal in mind: to provide targeted mentorship opportunities for professional women in the food, beverage, and hospi...

03/02/2023

Calling all friends in the hospitality industry that might be interested in a super cool industry experience/opportunity! The Les Dames d'Escoffier (LDEI) Legacy Awards program, now in its 14th year, is accepting applications for targeted mentorship opportunities. And if you know someone who might be interested in one of the six, please feel free to pass it along!! We usually have many more applications by this time, so you have a good shot if you have the experience, desire, and get your application in (by March 17) on time. :) See details below and click here for more info: https://ldei.org/awards/legacy-awards/

Each Legacy Award winner earns an experience of approximately one week working alongside accomplished LDEI members. The competition is open to professional women from the U.S., Mexico, the U.K., Canada, and France who are not current or past members of LDEI but have a minimum of four years’ experience working in their industry.

In 2023, distinguished members of LDEI are offering six experiences in six categories: Catering & Event Planning (New York chapter); Culinary Entrepreneurship (Philadelphia chapter); Food Journalism (St. Louis chapter); Hotels & Hospitality (Nashville chapter); Supply Chain (Austin, TX chapter); and Wine & Hospitality (Wente Family Estates).

The Legacy Awards, supported by The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, and additional support by the Timothy Lam Foundation, were established in 2009 by Les Dames d’Escoffier International with one goal in mind: to provide targeted mentorship opportunities for professional women in the food, beverage, and hospitality industries.

Legacy Awards The Legacy Awards, supported by The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, were established in 2009 by Les Dames d’Escoffier International with one goal in mind: to provide targeted mentorship opportunities for professional women in the food, beverage, and hospi...

03/30/2022

A Chapel Hill favorite - in Charlotte and now coming to Raleigh too!

One of the Triangle’s top bars is adding a new location and a live-fire grill.