Am I allowed to call myself a Published Food Critic now?
I’m published! I’m published! I’m published! If you’ve been following The Onyx Plate on Facebook and Twitter, you might already know this little bit of information…and you very well might be tired of hearing about it. My apologies if so. Otherwise, I’m super excited and extremely proud of myself. Did I just say that? I … Read more
My New Project! Fresh. Local. Good. food group Blog!
I know it’s been a while since I have posted, and please forgive me. Between introducing a new kitten to a well established older cat in our home, long days of work and exercise, and now a dabble of a cold, it has surely been busy. But that’s all the ho-hum of what’s been going … Read more
The NC BBQ Company…some of the best letters ever combined together!
Just take a second and review the below company seal…what all do you see? Every little detail screams North Carolina and BBQ! Just love it! While I was sick in the middle of December last year, I was laid up at home on the computer…A LOT! I entered a FB contest to win some BBQ … Read more
Homeland Creamery: A smile in a cup…or cone.
I got more than I beckoned for on Wednesday during a hunt for amazing Ice Cream… 1. I didn’t expect for Homeland Creamery to be decently close to us. I knew it was a beautiful ride through the Country, but never realized that it isn’t too far away for a regular visit. 2. I didn’t … Read more
Iron Hen Café: Fresh. Local. Good. Simply Amazing!
As some of you may know, I have a birthday coming up tomorrow. On a sidenote: Has anyone figured out how to stop the birthdays from coming around making us older? This is really getting old…no pun intended. I have also been off work for a few days, and plan on being off all next … Read more
BBQ sauce makes life sexier…
There’s so much to be said about BBQ here in North Carolina. Soooooooo very much. The main thing is the East and West battle of the sauces. One is more vinegar based, one is more tomato based. And, you know what? That’s fine and dandy with me. I can appreciate the beauty in both styles. … Read more
Caking with Mom: Be Prepared
Shouldn’t that always be the motto for life? You never know what is around the bend. Some events are hard to be prepared for in life. For instance, the earthquake in Japan that caused a continuous strand of chaos to follow it. There is no way anyone could have been prepared for all that followed those … Read more
The BIG 1-0-0 and Tillamook! Thank you!
“Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” ~ Jacob A. Riis … Read more
