Come out for Common House’s 1st Annual Pig Roast! Head out there for live music, cornhole tournament, BBQ, beer from North Carolina breweries and much, much more. The event starts at 2 p.m.
To buy tickets, click here.
Yum! I love frozen yogurt!
Yoforia, an Atlanta-based frozen yogurt company, is planning to open two locations here in the Charlotte area. Score!
From a press release:
Atlanta, GA (October 22, 2009) Yoforia, having established frozen yogurt domination in Atlanta, has announced that they are expanding outside of the Peach State and opening two new stores this winter in Charlotte, NC.
The popular neighborhoods of South Charlotte and Myers Park have been chosen as the ideal environment for the rollout of Yoforia Frozen Yogurt in North Carolina. The new stores will be located in existing shopping centers of Selwyn Corners (2823 Selwyn Ave., Suite J) and The Shops at Piper Glen (5432 Red Rd., Suite A-2-near Trader Joes). Each store opening will bring 10 new job opportunities to the area. Yoforia will infuse their traditional 1,200 square foot locations with their signature bright orange and green colors and clean, modern design. Operating hours will be:
Mon-Thurs, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Fri-Sat, 11 a.m. to 12 a.m.; Sun 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Windows 7 hit stores yesterday, and with it came a whopper of a promotion. Considering how obese Americans are, thankfully, this promotion is in Japan only.
From PCWorld.com:
For the next seven days, Burger King will be a selling a gigantic seven-layer Whopper, which is apparently a gargantuan five-inches thick. The price? Y777, of course — at least for the first 30 customers each day. If you’re customer number 31, you’ll be paying Y1450. Given that a double Whopper is loaded with just shy of 1,000 calories, we’re guessing that this one’s a good few days worth of “nutrition.”
Eww. I can just imagine. Watch this video via CheapAssGamer.com:
Go. Like, right NOW.
(photo from last year’s BBQ)
The 80th Annual Mallard Creek Barbecue will be held today, starting at 10 a.m. at the Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church Community House, 11400 Mallard Creek Road.
Four drive-thru lines will be available; orders of 50 plates or more may be placed via phone and will be “quickly accommodated”: 704-547-0323.
If you missed out on last week’s Great Grapes Festival, here’s another wine fest you can check out this Thursday:
Enjoy a spectacular evening of fine wines from across the world! Aquavina’s Wine Festival features more than 100 varieties of wine and gourmet food provided by Aquavina and other uptown restaurants. Admission price includes all food and drink. Proceeds benefit The Mint Museum and the Young Affiliates of the Mint will be volunteering at this event. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit aquavina.com or call 704-377-9911.
Tickets: $35/person. Ages 21 and over only.
Thursday, Oct. 8, 6-9 p.m. on The Green Uptown.
… if there were more restaurants like these.
Van Gogh is Bipolar is a cafe … yes, a place you eat food at … in the Philippines. Aside from its unusual name, its appeal is that it offers food that is supposed to improve your mood.
From Springwise.com:
The cafe only serves all-natural ‘happy-hormone-producing’ foods, set to lift customers’ moods. Its menu is loaded with foods that are believed to help balance the brain’s levels of serotonin and dopamine, which in turn helps alleviate mild to moderate depression.
Don’t believe ‘em? Here’s a link to their menu, complete with descriptions of how the ingredients are supposed to relieve anxiety, release dopamine or beat depression.
Doesn’t that look good? Eat yourself happy the next time you’re visiting the Philippines!
“Hey Kim, what time is it?”
“Oh, it’s half-past salmon.”
“Huh?”
I guess you couldn’t really say that unless you had one of these … a sushi clock.(FYI: The sushi isn’t real; it’s art, people!)
What a great way to add color to your kitchen … and it’s not a bad conversation starter, either. If it weren’t for its price tag — $312 US dollars — I’d get one.
Of course, if the idea of raw fish makes you a little queasy, this might not be the timepiece you want to rely on.
To purchase one, visit Japan Trend Shop. (Side note: The battery is included but the manual is in Japanese. Oops).
Hmm. Not sure how I feel about this.
A group of inmates from Florida’s Hillsborough County Jail are making and marketing their own hot sauce. JailHouseFire hot sauce comes in three varieties—Original, Smoke and No Escape—all made from peppers grown right there onsite.
Currently available only online, all proceeds support inmate programs.
From the Charlotte Museum of History:
Join us Sept. 21, from 7-9 pm, for an informative lecture by food historian Sandy Oliver.
Food history is full of useful information, including food preservation advice, great and forgotten recipes, and a myriad of alternative, and often green, technologies. From early bread pudding recipes to celebrations of fresh fruits of the garden, Sandy Oliver will discuss how decades of historic research has enriched her daily life and can do the same for yours as well.
Fee: $7 for museum members; $10 for non-members. Pre-registration is required. Please call the museum at (704) 568-1774.
This event is presented in partnership the Historical Cooking Guild of Catawba Valley, and is sponsored by Cooking Uptown.
3500 Shamrock Drive
704-568-1774
www.charlottemuseum.org
