Tongue Tales: Nikki Smith

 
Name: Nikki Smith
Occupation: Marketing for Maker’s Mark
Neighborhood: Shamrock Hills (like to frequent Plaza Midwood)
Relationship status: Single
What did you eat today? 
This is yesterdays menu, haven’t eaten today as of yet. Scrambled eggs with gimme lean, spinach, Texas Pete and cheddar cheese with a mini wheat bagel with smoked salmon. Lots of snacks at a friends wine [...]

Smooth sailing at the polls

Fearing long lines and general mayhem I got to my polling place at 6:10am, where I was greeted by about 100 fellow voters drinking their coffee and reading the paper. I had brought my camera and was hoping to get some good video of madness and mob scenes.  Fortunately, there was none to be had. Other than [...]

Tongue Tales: Lynn-Lato

Name: Lynn-Lato
Occupation: 
Mom and food blogger extrordinaire – and I occasionally help out my friend, w/ his South Charlotte restaurant. I update the content on his website, update his menus help w/ menu changes item ideas and brainstorming.
Neighborhood: 
Regrettably(from a food perspective) I live in plain, ole vanilla suburbia, the Marvin/Ballantyne area 
Relationship status: 
Married w/ children & the [...]

Dear La Unica, I Cheated On You

Dear La Unica,
I cheated on you.  Mi amor, mi vida, you know you are the only one for me.  But I am just a man.  A man who can be tempted by rumors of a better salsa verde. 
Estamos en el Sud, amor, we are in The South.  Here you are a rarity, truly La Unica. [...]

For posterity

[revised, re-posted]
Okay people.  I need your help.  Early on in the life of this blog (circa last month) I told you about Rebecca Federman, the librarian at the New York Public Library who is in charge of the largest public menu collection in America.  In watching her video she says that she wouldn’t ever refuse [...]

New feature: Tongue Tales

We live in a gazelle of a town, populated with restaurants galore, a wide spectrum of food markets, and a diverse population to pillage them all. So what are Charlotte foodists eating?
Tongue Tales is a regular feature that will help shed some light on that question.  I’m reaching out to friends and strangers, to food [...]