Food Kit: A World of Flavors

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FOOD KIT

A ‘WORLD OF FLAVORS’ AWAITS YOU IN CARMEL

The increasing diversity of the restaurant scene in Carmel inspired the city to create the World of Flavors campaign, with the goal of highlighting the wide variety of culinary options available from around the globe. As more and more people from different cultural backgrounds move to Carmel to live and work, the more the city’s restaurants reflect this growing diversity.

In the Arts & Design District alone, there are restaurants reflecting Thai, Irish, Italian, Mexican and Mediterranean cultures, as well as a variety of American cuisines from the Hawaiian Islands to the southeastern coast. Throughout the rest of the city, diners can dig into generational family recipes from Jamaica, Venezuela, Korea, Japan, China and India, among others. On any warm evening, you can drive down Main Street and see patios buzzing with satisfied patrons who opted to savor al fresco. A modest white house with a beautifully pergolacovered patio is home to Juniper on Main, a unique eatery serving southern “low country” coastal

cuisine. Owners Kevin Keltner and Diane Cannon have created a menu that includes two varieties of shrimp and grits, one made with grains from the Geechie Boy Mill in Edisto, South Carolina, the oldest grist mill in the nation. Start off with an appetizer of fried green tomatoes with a green tomato jam and a bowl of Savannah crab stew to get transported to the southern coast.

SOUTHERN STYLE: Juniper on Main is the place for low country coastal cuisine. CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Grilled salmon with chili lime butter served over coconut rice with citrus black beans, asparagus and plantains; The inviting patio; and quaint front counter.

Located in the heart of the Arts & Design District, Little Cairo Café specializes in Mediterranean flavors with favorite dishes such as falafel and spanakopita. Sidewalk dining is perfection with a plate of savory chicken shawarma – chicken breasts marinated with special spices, slowly roasted vertically on a skewer, thinly sliced on a bed of rice with a house salad. Owners Boles and Naglaa Gendy, along with their son

Abanoub, have lived in Carmel since 2011 and opened Little Cairo Café’s doors in early 2020. In addition to serving up their traditional Egyptian favorites, including delicious kabab combinations, on Main Street, the Gendy family provides catering to friends at St. Mary and St. Mark Coptic Orthodox church, where they are members.

As you travel further west on Main Street and meet the Monon Greenway, you will find Pad Thai Restaurant. Long before opening her doors in Sophia Square, owner Kanlaya Browning lived in “up country” Thailand where she worked in her aunt’s restaurant. Today, she and business partner Supaporn Winterberg provide a menu with authentic

A NOD TO “UP COUNTRY”: CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT, Taste the flavors of Thailand at Pad Thai Restaurant including a starter of crunchy dumplings followed by savory red curry topped with fresh basil; The sunny patio facing the Monon Greenway; A wall of wine and Asian spirits. offerings, such as the most popular pad thai as well as seven different curry dishes. Browning says that her recipes are authentically Thai but adjustable to suit American palates by selecting varying levels of spice, from mild to Thai hot. Browning says her pad thai dish garners the ultimate compliment from local Thai customers who say, “This is just like it tastes in Thailand!”

SAVORY STANDOUTS: Travel to the Mediterranean with flavors from Little Cairo Café. CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Owner Boles Gendy in front of his Main Street café; The house salad with homemade sauces and the popular kabab combination; Interior with a nod to the family’s homeland, Egypt.

Carmel’s wide assortment of eateries offers foodies and those looking for new dining options an impressive variety of flavors. Some of the area’s most creative chefs are sharing their talents daily, cooking wonderful dishes to excite the taste buds of local residents and visitors alike.

“When I first moved to Carmel, I was not sure I would ever be able to enjoy the many flavors of my youth. Thankfully, that has not been the case. There is always something new and challenging being cooked up in various restaurants in Carmel and that is just one more reason I love living here,” said Raju Chinthala, who was born in India and now works for the state’s Indiana India Business Council.

Carmel is truly a culinary destination for those who wish to explore a world of flavors in the Arts & Design District, Midtown, City Center and across the city.

FEELING A LITTLE OUT OF SORTS BEFORE / AFTER | 1 months post 2 tx | courtesy of Antonio Campo-Voegeli, MD, PhD AFTER A RATHER BIZARRE SUMMER? BBL ™ 1st Pass (Full Face): 560 nm Filter, 10 ms, 12 J/cm 2 , 10 ˚C Cooling 2nd Pass: 560 nm Filter, 10 ms, 14 J/cm2, 10 ˚C Cooling

If there’s anything the last six months have taught us, it’s how to hunker down and press on with life, no matter the chaos around us. But, if you’re anything like me, the loads of added stress, periods of insomnia and comfort eating (and drinking, if I’m honest) have produced some new lines on the face I see in the mirror in the morning. And, with many forty and fifty-something friends, I get lots of texts about how to deal with the effects of the new normal as it relates to the skin.

While it is possible to perform a big overhaul in one treatment (HALO laser treatments, anyone?), here is my take on where your money is best spent during your own little personal ‘recovery’ period of self-care:

BBL Therapy (Broad-Band Light) is the one, single treatment I suggest to nearly anyone who asks. It’s the most cost-effective method to treat common skin complaints (pigment, redness, general discoloration) and at the same time, builds better skin for the future with every treatment. It’s quick, and while it’s not painless, it’s tolerable for almost everyone with a bit of topical numbing cream. It’s also really spectacular for the neck and chest.

Before BBL Therapy

Botox Cosmetic ® / Xeomin ® /

Dysport ® : If you’ve been frowning a little more these days, as many of us have been, consider that one of these three neuromodulators can be your own secret weapon against those annoying leftover lines. All work well when administered by a skilled and experienced practitioner (Amanda Bouslog, you’re my hero).

The Theravedic Facial:

We’ve taken as many precautions as possible and gotten our Aesthetics team back in their treatment rooms. For all my friends who are mums, this is their favorite blissful opportunity to take ninety minutes for themselves and get some hands-on tension relief with the bonus of a little clinical skin care, too. For those of you who have resorted to endlessly watching nail art, waxing or facial videos on your phone (guilty), this is your chance to be the one on the receiving end. A little human touch goes a long way toward recharging our souls. Kimberly Ross and Tonya Pylarinos are both brilliant aestheticians

After BBL Therapy

with over twenty years’ combined experience, and this treatment is their own prescription for the ultimate selfcare experience.

Andréa Eppley is the co-founder of Eppley Plastic Surgery in Carmel, Indiana.

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