Food Notes

The two-day Time Warner Cable BBQ and Blues Festival runs from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday on Tryon Street from Trade to First street.

Vikings rule Orange street fair's final day

ORANGE — Towering over the crowd in faux-fur leggings, a helmet with horns and long flowing braids past his shoulders, Thor sauntered around the Orange Plaza, ax in hand, posing for photos with fair-goers. Thor’s real name is Brad Banks, an...

Where's The Beef? One Man's Search For 'Steak'

Mark Schatzker, a lifelong steak lover, was disappointed in the steaks he was eating. So Schatzker set off on a quest to find the very best piece of beef in the world -- a quest that took him from feedlots in Texas, to French cave paintings of prehistoric cattle, to the Argentine pampas.

Sedona Announces Perfect Pairings Gourmet Getaway

The Bed and Breakfast Guild announces a brand new four day getaway designed to showcase the best Sedona has to offer in accommodations, dining and wine tasting. The package combines vineyard tours followed by a gourmet picnic, a gourmet cooking school experience with a local celebrity chef and a chef's table dining experience at a fine dining restaurant along with accommodations at one of the ...

The autumn hot list 2010

From the hip-hop artist who scares Kanye West to the funniest teens on the telly and the launch of Tom Ford's must-have womenswear label, here are 20 highlights for the next season 1. Celebrity offspring It's easy to be envious of second-generation celebrities. Not only do their genes mean that without even trying they look vaguely famous, but they also get an unfair leg-up when it comes to ...