Piperi is a counter service setting but features a variety of Mediterranean cuisine. Everything is fresh and they proudly do not even have a freezer on site. They only use olive oil. They use humanely raised, antibiotic & hormone free chicken with no animal byproducts and it is their preference with the meat too but [...]

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! What made ours even warmer was the gorgeous weather in Charlotte. It felt like spring time! This was a very special Thanksgiving because my parents and sister and her family all relocated to Charlotte earlier this year. We had a great potluck spread and my sister hosted. [...]

There was a time when extra overripe bananas meant the pleasure or pressure to bake. Once I made the banana ice scream recipe from the Vitamix cookbook, I realized that bananas were just as useful frozen as any other frozen fruit. This is an easy way to preserve those spare bananas without them sticking together! [...]