Best I've Had All Week

Best I’ve Had All Week: Lamb Barbecue Torta at Sweet Union Flea Market

by Tricia Childress on August 30, 2010 at 9:20AM

Eating the food from the red food truck that fronts Highway 74 within the Sweet Union Flea Market in Monroe is an experience everyone should have. Their $6 lamb barbecue sandwich – listed as Barbacoa de Borrego Torta - is enough to feed two.

Best I’ve Had All Week: Green Duck Curry at Thai Orchid

by Tricia Childress on August 20, 2010 at 9:29AM

There is something reassuring about going in to a spot you’ve been to many times and being consistently pleased each of those times. Thai Orchid, which opened in 1994, in south Charlotte’s Strawberry Hill Shopping Center, is the kind of place which eschews subtle tastes for powerful Thai flavors.

Best I’ve Had All Week: Cucumbers from my garden

by Tricia Childress on June 14, 2010 at 11:12AM

Even though I am a member of a CSA and have a virtual bounty of locally grown vegetables each week, I still planted a small garden this year. I had intended to grow more herbs and some heritage tomatoes, but I ended up planting a variety of peppers, eggplants and cucumbers, too.

Best I’ve Had all Week: Uncle Scott’s All Natural Root Beer

by Tricia Childress on May 25, 2010 at 2:03PM

Great Scott: a local root brew. A few sodas have their roots here in North Carolina: Pepsi and Cheerwine.

Best I’ve Had All Week: Mother’s Day Dinner

by Tricia Childress on May 11, 2010 at 3:03PM

If your mom is also a restaurant critic, preparing a meal for her can be daunting – at least my kids tell me that. But in truth my sons have developed finely honed palates from an early age and some accomplished culinary techniques as well.

Best I’ve Had All Week: Greens from my CSA

by Tricia Childress on May 5, 2010 at 10:44AM

I’ve been a member of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) for several years. The idea behind this is you buy a share of a local farm and then weekly you and the other members of the CSA are provided with equal shares of the produce.

Best I’ve Had All Week: Quiche Florentine at Café Monte French Bakery & Bistro

by Tricia Childress on April 13, 2010 at 1:09PM

You would be surprised at how many SouthParkers battled the Yellow Season by having brunch outside. One favorite spot is Café Monte French Bakery & Bistro.

Best I’ve Had All Week: Daffin’s Candies Chocolate

by Tricia Childress on April 5, 2010 at 5:15PM

Easter has become another holiday/religious celebration where candy is a necessity. But the milk chocolate I look for on Easter is the one from my mother’s hometown in western Pennsylvania.

Best I’ve Had All Week: Irish Soda Bread

by Tricia Childress on March 22, 2010 at 9:50AM

St. Patrick’s Day gives everyone an excuse to be reacquainted with the dark delights of Guinness, but it is the making of Irish Soda bread which makes me feel akin to some of my ancestors. In the past I have tried the breads sold at area grocers, but they were too sweet - like the “hot” cross buns on the shelves now.

Best I’ve Had All Week: Sambal Oelek

by Tricia Childress on March 15, 2010 at 4:02PM

Sambel Oelek is a ground chili paste and one of the more popular condiments of Indonesia. This condiment uses all parts of the chile including the seeds, but doesn’t have that lip searing heat many of the chili sauces have from this part of the world.

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