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What I Eat While She Is Away Part 1 – Chicken Wings
I have a weakness for chicken wings. I can live without most foods, but not chicken wings. I could literally eat them everyday and never grow tired of them. I have actually had them three times in...
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Ilios Noche Family and Friends Preview Night
From our very first visit, we thought that Ilios Noche was ill. Not ill in a sick way, but ill in a Beastie Boy’s Ill Communication sic kinda way (that means good). Many bloggers start out any...
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A Charlotte Classic – McNinch House Restaurant
New to Charlotte and a little unsophisticated on the dining palette, I asked colleagues and friends where to go for our first anniversary dinner six years ago. The unanimous answer was the McNinch...
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Allagash Beer Dinner at The Liberty
The Liberty definitely ranks as one of our favorite restaurants in Charlotte. We dine there more often than we should – even without a coupon. That’s the mark of a good restaurant in the Gourmand...
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My First Blog Date and Midwood Smokehouse
My blogging neighbors over at Dee’s Adventures and Looks Like LuLu have both been on blog dates, but to be honest, I thought that was weird. A little background information here – my wife and I met...
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Whitewater Center Thursday Night Riverjam
Upon moving to Charlotte six years ago, we quickly learned that Thursday nights were for live outdoor music. Back then, it was Alive After Five at Wachovia Plaza where a mesh of young bankers would...
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Food Truck Fridays in South End Charlotte
I have become infatuated with the food truck trend. I’ve watched the shows – The Great Food Truck Race, Food Truck Revolution, etc. I’ve even brainstormed opening my own. These aren’t the food...
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Charlotte Brewery Crawl
When I moved to Charlotte six years ago the city was void craft breweries, or micro-breweries as they were called way back then. Sure, there was Rock Bottom Brewery in Uptown, but have you checked...
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Oh Christmas Lights of Charlotte!
I grew up in Northeast Ohio where Christmas was white. My father and I would set out on the day after Thanksgiving and begin the ceremony of hanging the Christmas lights. We wanted to gain an early...
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Olde Mecklenburg Brewery’s Rauchbier Release Night
To claim that Olde Mecklenburg Brewery is my favorite hometown brewery might be an exaggeration. Or is it? Since OMB pioneered the craft brewery scene here in Charlotte, many breweries worthy of...
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Guest Post – I Love Luce
This whole social media / blogging idea still seems strange to me. I get the creative outlet. That’s why I started The Wandering Gourmand. I not-so-secretly dream of becoming a published author....
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Guest Post at The Wandering Sheppard – Queens Feast Italian Style
I fancy myself a self-declared expert on Italian food. After all, I am a quarter Italian. That has to count for something, right? I have at least some spaghetti sauce in my blood. Plus, I have the...
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Fighting to Get Fit at Title Club
It’s not easy being The Wandering Gourmand. Having this “expert” knowledge of food and drink comes with a price. There is a lot of sampling – roasted pork belly, brewery tours, wine tastings. I...
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Conversation with Claudia – A Wine Tasting Dinner at Aria Tuscan Grill
I was sitting at my computer staring blankly at an empty white screen trying to think of the perfect blog post to summarize our week long culinary tour of Tuscany. I flipped through pages of my...
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NoDa Brewing Pairing Dinner at Harry’s Grill and Tavern
The first spoonful of creamy beer and potato soup was a celebration of flavors and textures to the palette. At first the smoke of the bacon rushed the palette and then quickly stepped aside for the...
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Charlotte Craft Beer Week’s Annual Cask Ale Festival at Duckworth’s
What is cask ale? According to the web site Cask Toronto, cask ale is “beer that is brewed from traditional ingredients and matured in the cask from which it is served. This means that it is fresh and...
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Unknown Brewing in Charlotte, North Carolina
It’s easy to be unknown in Charlotte’s exploding craft beer scene. From the time Brad Shell, Boss Man at Unknown Brewing, decided to open shop in Charlotte and the taps started pumping beer, the...
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Goose Island Migration Week Beer Dinner at The Liberty
Goose Island Migration Week Dinner in Charlotte, NC When Goose Island was acquired by InBev, I admit to joining critics and calling the brewery sell-outs and corporate. Both are very negative terms in...
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South End Hops Festival in Charlotte, NC
I’m not going to lie. There are some perks to being a blogger. One of them is an inside track to craft beer news and invites to media events like the one I recently attended in anticipation of South...
View ArticleOur Staycation in Charlotte, North Carolina
It’s strange being a tourist in your own town. As locals, we tend to take things for granted. Landmarks that bear so much significance to our city’s history become blurs on our daily commute. Monuments...
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