Vietnamese beef pho noodles are best if you take your time with the broth. Why not solve that with a slow cooker? (Nikki Sawyer Moore/DavidsonNews.net)

My husband and I got married five years ago this month.  On my bachelorette weekend, friends came up with a “Newlyweds” game show-style questionnaire, to see just how well I knew this man: My husband answered questions in advance and as we girls prepared to go out on Saturday night, it was my job to give the same answers. The more matches, the better suited we were for each other.

I did not do very well, and I don’t remember many of the questions, with one exception: My husband’s greatest fear was leaving the coffeemaker on. There it was. For all my protestations that my fears were of a higher nature, I couldn’t deny that my greatest anxiety in life is being able to remember whether I unplugged a household appliance before leaving home.

What’s this got to do with pho? The key to good pho is good broth. Good broth takes time. Lots of time over heat. Read the full story

Scoopers from left: Eric Hilse, Karen Toney, Julio Ramirez, Katherine Hilton, and Ron Raeford. Not pictured Caroline Queen and Courtney Spear. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Ben & Jerry’s in Davidson and local celebrity scoopers helped raise $438 Wednesday night, Oct. 3, for Davidson Cornelius Child Development Center. Read the full story

Il Bosco Ristorante & Bar in Davidson has renovated its kitchen and added morning coffee and pastries. David Batty has a report. Also below: an anniversary special coming up at area Melting Pots, and results of the Ada Jenkins Center’s Fire BBQ competition. Also, new dinner menu at Flatiron Kitchen. Read the full story

(Davidson Farmer’s Market photo)

Davidson Farmer’s Market will be offering a “Taste of the Market”  during sales this Saturday morning, Sept. 29.  All vendors and farmers will be offering samples, including fresh shrimp, roasted sweet potatoes, mushroom soup, quiche, hot dogs, sausages, goat cheese, breads, empanadas, confections, jams, honey and more.

The market runs 8 a.m. to noon off Main Street, behind Summit Coffee (128 S. Main St.) and next to Town Hall. Read the full story

Nighttime flashlight mazes resume this weekend at Rural Hill’s Amazing Maize Maze – and the historic site is celebrating with a Friday night Fall Food Truck Rally, accompanied by N.C. wines and craft brews. On Saturday, the restaurants in Birkdale Village will join in “A Taste of Birkdale With a Twist of Fashion,” a fundraiser for Hospice and Palliative Care of Lake Norman. Meanwhile, restaurant and club news this week includes word that Alton’s Kitchen and Cocktails in Cornelius is adding lunch beginning Monday,Hot Stone Grill at Kenton Place is opening soon, and Piano Man dueling piano bar opens this weekend. Read the full story

Shelley Walsh of Know Your Farms (white shirt) helped shoppers at the new farm stand at Kenton Place Saturday (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

CORNELIUS – A steady stream of shoppers stopped by the Know Your Farms stand at Kenton Place Saturday morning as it began a four-week trial selling produce, flowers, honey and other goods from local farms. The stand will be open for at least the next few Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon. Read the full story