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How CharmCuterie Went from a Fundraiser to a Full-Blown Grazing Board Business
“Grazing tables can connect a room full of strangers” says owner Kandace Lecocq. “I love the way it makes them interact.”
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Former Afghan Refugee Set to Graduate from the University of Baltimore School of Law
The fourth-year law student is from a village in the Kunduz Province, which didn’t even have a public school until U.S. troops dislodged the Taliban around 2003. She’ll take the Maryland bar exam in July.
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Food & Drink
Review: Kandahar Afghan Kitchen Joins Hampden’s Restaurant Row
At the newish restaurant from former Helmand staffers, the dishes that come to the tables are as much works of art as what’s on the walls.
Food & Drink
Restaurant Refresher: Twenty Years Later, Tapas Teatro is Still Terrific
The small-but-mighty plates still draw people, consistently, hungrily, to the Spanish restaurant in Station North—by most accounts, the first tapas restaurant in Baltimore.
In Good Taste
Open & Shut: Busboys and Poets; The Choptank; Canèla
The latest restaurant openings, closings, and recent news.
In Good Taste
The Helmand Owners Look Back on 30 Years in Mt. Vernon
Qayum and Pat Karzai reminisce about their beloved Afghani restaurant.
In Good Taste
Open & Shut: A Beer Garden Grows in West Baltimore; Ekiben, Chez Hugo, and Le Monade Host Pop-Ups and Collaborations
The latest restaurant openings, closings, and recent news.
