IN THE NEWS: The News & Observer’s Greg Cox gives two stars to Thai restaurant Twisted Noodles (4201-112 University Drive, Durham, 489-9888, www.twistednoodles.com) and notes that chef Phil Evans at Herons, the restaurant in the posh new Umstead Hotel in Cary, has been invited to cook a dinner at the James Beard House in New York on Sept. 25. Evans is offering a sneak peek of the dinner, a five-course tasting menu with wine pairings by Herons sommelier Steve Eudy, from Sept. 17 to 21 at the restaurant. Herons also recently was awarded the prestigious Four Diamond Award from AAA. newsandobserver.com … Indy’s David Auerbach reports on Cliff Collins, owner of Cliff’s Meat Market, winning the Tabasco Guardian of the Tradition award from the Southern Foodways Alliance, while Claire Cusick reports Bob and Joan Krueger, proprietors of Great Harvest Bread Co. (229 S. Elliott Road, Chapel Hill, 932-1112, freshbakedbread.com) have sold the business to Martin and Rebecca McCorkle. … Cusick also notes the opening of Triangle Brewing Company (918 Pearl Street, Durham, 683-BEER, www.trianglebrewery.com). indyweek.com

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