Food

The restaurant trade in Winston-Salem takes a hit

Jul 18th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Dining Out, Food, Local Scene, Politics and Economy

Saw the list of the 600 Starbucks location that are closing in the United States over the next several months. With 12 locations scattered throughout the city with most of them opening in the past three years, it was with some surprise that the only location Winston-Salem location closing is the one at Harpers Commons [...]



Yearning for better tasting chicken

Jul 12th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Food

I can not think of anything more bland than chicken. It is today the ubiquitous meat in today’s cuisine. Versatile, relatively inexpensive, it far more prevalent than beef, pork or fish. At one time, chicken was a far more expensive meat product but mass production by farmers today that can produce a grocery ready bird [...]