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Food

New local chocolate sources added

We heard from the folks at Weaver Street Market about two sources of local chocolate, so here’s the updated list:

Chapel Hill Toffee
www.chapelhilltoffee.com, 906-1726
Milk and dark chocolate varities available at Weaver Street Market, WomanCraft and A Southern Season

Luca*
www.lucachocolate.com, 208-7982
Chocolates of all kinds hand-made in Ramseur and available at Weaver Street Market

Carolina Confectionery Company
www.carolinaconfectionery.com, 967-7500
Hand-made toffee from mom’s recipe and other candies
Valentine’s specials: Heart-shaped box of toffee ($35)
or Heart-shaped box of truffles ($40)

Matthew’s Chocolates

107 N. Churton St., Hillsborough, 732-0900
Selection of chocolate changes weekly

Miel Bon Bons Patisserie & Confiserie
www.mielbonbons.com, Carr Mill Mall, 967-2313
Hand-crafted petit fours and bon bons

* Yes, we know Ramseur isn’t in Orange County, but many locavores consider “local” within 150 miles of the “centroid”, which in our case is Citizen Tower. So Ramseur, at a mere 45 miles, is in.

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Food

Local sources for V-Day chocolates

You might have caught the feature on locally made chocolates in last week’s Mill. We’re reprinting the list of resources here in hopes you’ll help us add to it:

Carolina Confectionery Company
www.carolinaconfectionery.com, 967-7500
Hand-made toffee from mom’s recipe and other candies
Valentine’s specials: Heart-shaped box of toffee ($35)
or Heart-shaped box of truffles ($40)

Matthew’s Chocolates
107 N. Churton St., Hillsborough, 732-0900
Selection of chocolate changes weekly

Miel Bon Bons Patisserie & Confiserie
www.mielbonbons.com, Carr Mill Mall, 967-2313
Hand-crafted petit fours and bon bons

Who’d we miss? Drop a line with the business’ name and contact information to margot at carrborocitizen.com or post a comment here. We’ll keep updating the list as we find new sources.

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Food

Glasshalfull’s V-Day menu

Chef Ricky Moore at Carrboro’s Glasshalfull just emailed us the official menu for Valentine’s night. Now, you certainly can head over there on the 14th and order off the regular menu, but why would you want to pass up this menu created especially for two:

First Course
Oyster, Leek and Truffle Soup
Or
Frisee’ Salad, Shitake Mushrooms, Parmesan and Sherry Vinaigrette

Main Course
Each dish serves two guests, please choose one:
Fish: Salmon “Chateaubriand” with Salsify, Snow Peas and Caviar-Champagne Buerre Blanc
Or
Duck: Honey Roasted Magret Duck Breast, Butternut Squash, Red Cabbage and Pear Vinegar Sauce
Or
Lamb: Grilled “Heart of the Lamb Leg”, Garlic Potato Puree, Hazelnut Green Beans and Rosemary Jus

Sweet Course
Chocolate-Chiptole Pot de Crème and Passion Fruit Milkshake

This “menu for lovers” is $60 per couple (plus tax and gratuity). Reservations are recommended. Call 967-9784.

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Arts & Music

EVENT: Art and music collide

The Bizart Collection presents “local artists and musicians coinciding” from 6 to 9p.m. on Fri., Feb. 13 at Bleeker Street Gallery (406 E. Main St.) in Carrboro. The gallery will feature works from Justin Blatt, Justin Hall, Todd Emmert and Chief, accompanied by musical guests Impossible Arms, Inspector 22, Rayswore, Smurt1 and Password to Larkspur Lane. For more information, visit the event’s Facebook page.

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Miscellany

Get yer Barackwurst here!

Chef Ricky Moore of Carrboro’s Glasshalfull hasn’t stopped celebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama earlier this month. In observance of the history-making president’s taking office he create Barackwurst, “a hybrid of the Chicago Dog and the DC Halfsmoke,” he explains. “Folks were going gaga over them when I served them on January 20th.” The smoked and grilled wurst is garnished with lilikoi mustard, spicy pineapple relish, and Chicago- and DC-style garnishes. It’s available on Fridays and Saturdays only — and only at the bar.

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Community

Happy New Year

The Year of the Ox ushered in by a Lion.
The Year of the Ox ushered in by a Lion.

Saturday night the Lion danced again at Jade Palace.

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Miscellany

Carrboro Cyberry discussions and classes

BOOK DISCUSSIONS
On Thursday, Dec 11 at 7:00pm, the Movie/Book Club meets to discuss Twilight and the
bestselling novel it is based on by Stephanie Meyer. See the movie, read the book,
or both and you are invited. Carrboro Cybrary, 100 N. Greensboro St., 918-7387,

On Thursday, Dec 18 at 7:00pm, the Contemporary Fiction Book Club meets to discuss
2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz.

COMPUTER CLASSES
Free computer classes: Computer Basics, Web Basics, Intoduction to Email, MS Word,
MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Health Information on the Internet, Exploring Facebook.
Registration required. Wednesdays, Jan. 21 – Mar. 4, 7:00pm, Carrboro Cybrary, 100
N. Greensboro St., Carrboro, 918-7387

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Weather

Winter storm warning

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Thursday Fizzled, but Saturday is looking like the real thing.
Begin panic shopping.
Via NWS:

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXPAND INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST BY SUNDAY.

Snow, ice and then the temps to keep it all frozen.

Handy list to follow:
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools
(919) 967-8211 www.chccs.k12.nc.us
Orange County Schools – (919) 732-8126
www.orange.k12.nc.us
Chatham County Schools – (919) 542-3626
www.chatham.k12.nc.us
UNC-Chapel Hill
(919) 843-1234 www.unc.edu
Chapel Hill Transit – (919) 969-4933
www.ci.chapel-hill.nc.us/index.asp?NID=72
Triangle Transit Authority – (919) 485-7433
www.gotriangle.org/News/severeWeather.html
Raleigh-Durham International Airport
(919) 840-2123 www.rdu.com
Contact your airline for flight delays and cancellations.

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Weather

Weekend weather

Via this week’s Citizen: Rain helps lakes, but drought still very much with us

From 7 a.m. Tuesday to 7 a.m. Wednesday, nearly one and a half inches of cold rain fell over a wide swath of Orange County adding to lakes surrounded by new grasslands and streams that have long been dry or barely trickles. But don’t expect any declarations of victory over the drought.

Via NWS:

Today: Rain likely, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 57. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 51. South wind between 10 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of showers before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. West wind between 6 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Light north wind.

Sunday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Northeast wind between 3 and 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.