Food: Potato Latkes for Hanukkah

Cary, NC — Like many families in Cary, we will celebrate the first night of Hanukkah (Tuesday, December 16, 2014) by lighting a menorah, spinning dreidels, and eating traditional foods like potato latkes.

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Uncle Maddio’s Pizza to Open in Cary

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Cary, NC — Uncle Maddio’s Pizza, the original “Create Your Own Pizza Joint,” is coming soon to Parkside Town Commons in Cary. The restaurant is scheduled to open in December 2014–this month. Read more

Recipe: Easy Made Red Sauce

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Cary, NC — Want a good, home-made red sauce that’s simple, easy and takes little time? Here’s the college man’s easy make, not-out-of-a-can red sauce. Read more

Recipe: Apple Cider Brined Turkey

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Cary, NC — Several years ago, we discovered how easy it was to brine our turkey and loved the results of a moist and flavorful bird. Read more

Recipes: Apples and Cranberries

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Cary, NC — This is the second in our series of Thanksgiving 2014 Recipes. Today’s installment focuses on recipes you can make with help from the kids. Read more

2 Thanksgiving Side Dishes Recipes

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Cary, NC — With Thanksgiving just around the corner (next week!), we’ll be publishing three days of Thanksgiving recipes, courtesy of The Matthews House in Cary, that are twists on tradition. Today, we cover two recipes for side dishes – Harvest Butternut Squash Soup and Pomegranate Apple Kale Salad. Read more

Beaujolais Festival Returns To Cary

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The 8th annual Beaujolais Wine Festival will take place Nov 14, 2014 at the Matthews House in Downtown Cary.

Cary, NC — Bienvenue à Beaujolais! It’s fall, the leaves are turning and the sweaters are coming out of the closet. That can only mean one thing: It’s time to enjoy some good wine, tasty French hors d’ouevres, and shop at a silent auction as part of the eighth annual Beaujolais Festival hosted by The Sister Cities Association of Cary. Read more

Halloween Pumpkin Recipes

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Cary, NC — If you are like me, you purchased several pumpkins to add to the doorstep decor for Halloween. Don’t throw these beauties away. Hurry, and before they get moldy, try cooking them up! Read more

Publix Opens In Cary

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Publix officially opened Oct 29, 2014 in the Bradford development in Cary.

Cary, NC- After much anticipation, Publix supermarket has opened in Cary at the corner of Davis and High House Roads. A development that started with controversy in 2007, has come full circle to be embraced by the community in 2014. Read more

Restaurants: T.Mac Opens in Waverly Place

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Photo of interior at new T.Mac restaurant showing rotating booth in foreground.

Cary, NC- Back in January, Waverly Place announced that among their soon-to-be new tenants would be a restaurant called Taco Mac. (CaryCitizen story) Now, the chain has been rebranded as T.Mac and their newest addition finally opened October 5th, 2014, upping the craft beer wars going on across Cary and the Triangle. Read more