Must Catch

The department of agriculture holds a restaurant competition. Did you know that? Just a reminder that North Carolina is still the kind of a place where you might wander into a hog contest or get an award for growing the biggest squash. (Hey, I'd be pleased to get an award for my tomatoes.) Two of the three restaurants that won are from our own Wilmington. Oddly they are even owned by the same person.



Given the sort of corruption you see elsewhere in the state, I might wonder about that fact. Except that I adore Deluxe, which is one of the winners. The food is lovely (if expensive) but the chocolate martinia is must have. The other winner I haven't tried becasue it opened only last November and I've been hunkering down on this novel when I'm not travelling to avoid it. I propose that we all meet there for dinner.