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River Run hires a new food chief; holiday events

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Millie Harper

Millie Harper

River Run has hired a new food and beverage chief, Millie Harper, who comes from a Chicago area country club. Also, area eateries have a variety of specials in store for New Year’s eve. And we have news of holiday hours at a few Davidson restaurants. Read the full story

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Shop Sat. at pre-holiday Davidson Farmer’s Market

dining bugDavidson Farmer’s Market will host a pre-holiday market this Saturday, Dec. 18, from 9 a.m. to noon next to Town Hall in downtown Davidson. Also below: Info on New Year’s dinners and other events coming up at area restaurants, and about the Town Board’s vote on urban chickens.
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Fresh for the holidays

local food for the holidays

Local ingredients fill a platter of holiday snacks.

By LYN PALMER
Davidson Farmer’s Market

It’s not unusual for family and friends to drop in unexpectedly during the holidays. Instead of pulling out the regular supply of packaged crackers and cheeses, consider stocking up on a few supplies from local food sources such as the Davidson Farmer’s Market, Bradford Store or Hattie’s Fresh Market. These fresh, tasty items can be transformed into a welcoming antipasti-style platter that will welcome guests this season.

Holiday market this Saturday – details below.
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Lakeside Midtown Sundries closes its doors

By JOE MARUSAK
The Charlotte Observer

CORNELIUS – Midtown Sundries – Harborside, one of Lake Norman’s oldest restaurants, closed Wednesday morning amid a drop in business and financial difficulties of its property owner.
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It’s cookie season. What’s a Puckle Wart?

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The 2-inch cookies are finished by rolling in confectioners sugar.

The cookie-baking has begun around our house and, I suspect, at many other homes this month. Tins of confections, from sugar-dusted balls to chocolate rounds to nut-filled mini-pastries, are filling up the counters.

“When you start making cookies, then you know the holidays are really here,” says Shelley, the chief cookie-baker on staff here at DavidsonNews.net World Headquarters.

This is not an all-at-one-time baking marathon, she says. You can spread the baking – and the holiday season – over the whole month. Read the full story

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Gingerbread house workshops, restaurant news

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Davidson Parks & Rec offers gingerbread house workshops for kids and adults.

dining bugThe town’s Parks & Recreation department is offering a pair of gingerbread-house workshops over the next two weeks – one for adults on Dec. 11 and another for kids on Dec. 18.

Also below, news from local restaurants, including Flatiron Kitchen, Midtown Sundries, Campania and Lake Norman Cottage.

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