The Gourmez

Once upon a time, three little tweeps named @demandycom, @thegourmez, and @BCwritr decided to meet up for dinner at a new restaurant by the locally famed David Mao. This was fated, because all three loved food and hanging out with others who also loved food. A date was set and other tweeps of the same [...]

Starborough Sauvignon Blanc 2008 Marlborough, New Zealand There’s a green tint to this white wine, which is intriguing—no, it doesn’t take much to intrigue me. The nose is strongly herbal, tarragon mixed in with some peach notes. I can taste the peach also, but it’s quickly subsumed by that herbal flavor while sipping. It’s not [...]

Last night, I made my first batch of cold-brewed coffee based off of the first two links on a Google search of the term: Smitten Kitchen and I Need Coffee. This is seriously a simple procedure, though I’m already musing some variations to try, based mostly on time considerations. Here’s what you need: Glass/container for [...]

About six months ago, I lamented the passing of Big Slow Tom’s Trivia from Connolly’s Irish Pub in Cary. This forced my trivia group, the Fallopian Swim Team, to seek better waters elsewhere, a place hopefully nearby some of our trivia members’ homes (mostly based in Cary/Morrisville with Ben and I being the regular out-of-town [...]

First off, I’m short on reviews right now. I haven’t made it to a lot of new places or tried a lot of wines or cocktails in the past couple of weeks. I’ve got a couple in mind for this week, but it’ll be a few days before I go, review, and write things up [...]

Kiuchi Yuzu Wine Japan Yuzu is a citrus fruit native to Japan. I’ve never tried yuzu wine before, or even yuzu for that matter, so this glass will be my first impressions of both. The color is a pleasant gold with some peach highlights. The nose is strong, sweet, and reminds me of peach again. [...]

Last week, as part of winning 3rd place in Women on Writing’s Summer ’09 Flash Fiction contest, I was interviewed on The Muffin Blog. We covered my inspiration for Last Complaint, how and why the character came to be the selfish yet somehow human character that she is, my food/wine/cocktail reviews, my lifelong obsession with [...]

I’ve got two news tidbits to share with you all.  First, The Gourmez, my review archive site, has been updated to include a section for cafes, otherwise known as coffee shops.  I’ve moved over a few reviews that more correctly fall under this heading (3 Cups, Coffee & Crepes, and Blue Coffee Cafe) and have [...]

As someone who is happy to believe that the Internet exists by magic, I don’t know how I keep ending up at events like Ignite Raleigh, where a set of 15 short PowerPoint presentations, mainly focused on social media, were given.  I don’t even have a data plan for my cell phone, you guys. I [...]

Last night, I finally made it out to an event sponsored by Traction, a Triangle organization dedicated to discussing and promoting progressive issues in politics.   I’ve wanted to many times before but the stars just never aligned until now.  So I headed on over to The Regulator Bookshop and decided to learn a little more [...]