Across from Dean & Deluca’s in the Uptown area of Charlotte, North Carolina, stands a beautiful tree behind a clear glass window. Behind that, a cafeteria style row offering food being served by what look more like chefs than your typical elementary school lady. A common mistake is that the decor leads to a Japanese [...]
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Vapiano’s Italian Food Perfectly Al Dente
October 30th, 2011 
NearlyBionic 
Posted in Life in the USA, Restaurant Reviews 
Tags: Carrara, Charlotte, Cooking, German, Germany, Home, Italian Food, Italy, Japanese, La Fiera, North Carolina, Pasta, Pizza, restaurant, Review, Sandwiches 
1 Comment »Scavaging a Friend’s House and the Metric System
September 22nd, 2011 NearlyBionic When you are staying at a friend’s home, what do you do if you are already awake and they are still asleep? You go through their stuff of course!
Posted in Food and Cooking, Life in Art, World Travel Tags: baking, Cooking, eggs, friends, measuring, metric, quiche No Comments »Philly Cheesesteak? No way! It’s Better…
August 14th, 2011 Nearly Bionic My latest cupcake adventures brought me to Philadelphia. Yes, I tried the cheese steak prior to finding this great bakery and it was good. I am definitely more of a sweets kind of gal than a steak and potato one though. Walking around the city, looking for a place to get my husbands hair cut [...]
Posted in Food and Cooking, Life in the USA Tags: Bakery, Cheesesteak, Chocolate chip cookie, Cupcake, Fruit curd, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Switzerland No Comments »Civic Center Conservatory Offers Outdoor Cafe For Denver
July 10th, 2011 Nearly Bionic While walking around Denver Colorado, my Mom and I walked right into the middle of a lunch crowd’s dream : quick, really good fast food! Come to find out, it’s all part of Civic Center Eats. An actual portable outdoor cafe, that launched June 7th and runs through September 29th. The proceeds benefit the Civic Center [...]
Posted in Restaurant Reviews Tags: BBQ, Chicago, Civic Center Denver, Civic Center Park, Cooking, cupcakes, Denver, Food truck, food venue, Home, Venezuela 1 Comment »Gluten Free Baking Success
June 17th, 2011 Nearly Bionic The Allergen Free Baker’s Handbook by Cybele Pascal The latest book found on my library’s shelves, looks like it should be a beautiful addition to my beginning collection. Mrs. Pascal doesn’t simply have recipes typed out and bound for us to figure out on our own, no. She starts the book out with everything that [...]
Posted in Baking Tags: Allergy, Cooking, Food, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free diet, Home, Recipe, Special Diets No Comments »Caramel Disaster Turned Fabulous
June 16th, 2011 Nearly Bionic Okay, so last night I tried making caramel. I have made it before although since I cannot tell you the last time, let’s just say that I forgot that it goes from melting to burnt in a matter of seconds. Mine turned out bitter from being cooked less than 32 seconds too long. Since I [...]
Posted in Candy Tags: Butter, Candy, Caramel, Cook, Cream, Pistachio, Wax paper, Wine tasting descriptors No Comments »
