Born in Fresno, Calif., the writer, editor and educator owned an academic tutoring academy in San Francisco for years – “I like standardized tests as much as the next person, but I have a knack for making those subjects and tests feel fun and engaging” – before she and her family moved to Durham last […]
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Corn-based arepas are a primary staple of the Venezuelan diet; they are equivalent to the bread Americans often pair with their everyday meals. One day soon after Heli Mendez came to the United States in 1997, he walked into a build-your-own-sandwich joint and was instantly struck by the familiar concept. “I realized it was comparable
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A native of Kansas City, Mo., Amy Unell, a Duke University alumna, returned to her alma mater to work with the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts as well as Duke’s Career Center, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative, Alumni Affairs and to teach in Policy Journalism and Media Studies. Formerly a LA-based producer for NBC’s
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Ellen Andrews is a born-and-raised Durhamite who graduated from UNC in 2009 with a degree in psychology, minoring in biology. Always thinking she would go into research, it was only after she spent time volunteering and interning at the Carol Woods Retirement Community that Ellen realized she was best suited to an active,
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Sometimes, you’ve got to go with a drink for its name. This was one of those times. As soon as I saw the Skipper and a Little Buddy on Picnic’s menu, my order was decided. A Budweiser tallboy is accompanied by a well shot – siding with most of the new barbecue joint’s clientele, mine
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As a boy growing up in Pamlico County, children’s author John Claude Bemis spent his days exploring old tobacco barns, swimming in the river, learning to play violin and guitar and, of course, poring over his favorite books. The adventuresome tales informed his passion for writing fantastical stories – he pulls many ideas from the
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I hate carrots. (There, I said it.) By far my least favorite vegetable. That is, until I tried The Boot executive chef John May‘s carrots and radishes appetizer. The born-and-raised Durhamite recently returned to his home town after spending several years as sous chef at Kinston’s Chef & the Farmer (featured in the PBS show
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Step into Arcana through the entrance tucked away on the rear of the Snow building (to the left of Beyu Caffe‘s back door), and you’re met with a space that encapsulates the feeling of coziness. Low ceilings combined with various seating areas adorned with furniture that seems to have been pulled from various 19th-century parlours
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In his sophomore year at Duke University, Zach Maurides was assigned a class project: Conceptualize a web-based software system that would benefit his life. As an offensive guard on the Duke football team, Zach had to manage his schedule as both an athlete and a student, and so he came up with the idea to create a
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“We are an empanadas restaurant,” Makus Empanadas owner Hernan Moyano declares, emphasis on the “empanadas.” “These are true, authentic Argentinean empanadas,” he continues. “They are baked and light – you can eat three or four and still not feel stuffed.” Hernan stresses that, if their Hope Valley Commons eatery were in Argentina, the menu would
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