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“In this cocktail, we infuse Doc Porter’s vodka with blueberries from King’s Drive Farmers Market in Myers Park. Doc Porter’s is a grain-to-glass distillery in Charlotte. They harvest all their grain from a farm in […]

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“We pickle all kinds of local vegetables—baby carrots and beets, onions, cauliflower, shishito peppers, jalapeños, habaneros. We have a jar of pickled vegetables on our menu, but we also use them as flavor vehicles for […]

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The Plate

“We pickle all kinds of local vegetables—baby carrots and beets, onions, cauliflower, shishito peppers, jalapeños, habaneros. We have a jar of pickled vegetables on our menu, but we also use them as flavor vehicles for […]

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Stir it up

“I wanted to do something with a vegetable on our summer drink list. I love carrot juice, and it’s a natural fit with ginger. Aperol is herbaceous and bitter but has some sweetness too—it plays […]

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Stir it up

“I wanted to do something with a vegetable on our summer drink list. I love carrot juice, and it’s a natural fit with ginger. Aperol is herbaceous and bitter but has some sweetness too—it plays […]

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Stir It Up

“A caipirinha is a traditional cocktail from Brazil. It’s straightforward and simple: cachaça, sugar, and lime. Cachaça is kind of like Brazilian hooch, so it was natural to think about moonshine when trying to do […]