Small bites: RibFest gets a makeover

As in summers past, WNC residents can expect a barbecue rib festival to happen this month at the WNC Agricultural Center. But this year there’s a new RibFest in town. What has been called since 2007 the Carolina Mountain RibFest will now be known as Carolina West RibFest and will sport an edgy new look aimed at appealing to a broader, more alternative audience.

Local writer launches food website

Press release from Earth Flavors   Asheville resident and three-time Peace Corps veteran Carla Seidl has turned her writing and ethnography talents to the local food movement, launching a new website called Earth Flavors (earthflavors.net). With a couple of new “flavors” a month, Seidl’s Earth Flavors blog gives readers the inside scoop on produce and […]

Book signing at Metro Wines

  PRESS RELEASE from Metro Wines Local authors Nan Chase and DeNeice Guestauthors will sign copies of their book, Drink the Harvest, at a reception to be held 3-5 p.m. Aug. 17 at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St. About the book from Amazon: “Preserving the harvest doesn’t have to stop with jam and pickles. Many fruits, […]

Wild roots: New chef at Lex 18 spotlights the bounty of Appalachia

After being open for less than two months, Lex 18 closed in early June only to reemerge on June 14 flaunting some significant changes. Although the restaurant’s interior maintains the same rich, vintage Jazz Age décor, and the bar still highlights the upscale moonshine and classic cocktails touted at its first opening in March, a shift of ownership has resulted in an eatery with a completely reinvented culinary direction.

Herbie Gil and Becca Steinhoff to perform at Metro Wines

  Press release from Metro Wines Comedians Herbie Gil and Becca Steinhoff will be the featured performers at Pop Up Comedy at Metro Wines at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 27. Tickets are $10 each. This will be Gil’s third performance at Metro Wines. Both comedians are soon heading to New York City. Becca Steinhoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUZKvNQqyMc Herbie […]

The Buchi Bar @ Rosetta’s Kitchen opens for business

The Buchi Bar @ Rosetta’s Kitchen is now open and serving alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks, including cocktails made with locally produced Buchi kombucha, fresh fruit and vegetable juices and locally made sodas and kombucha on draft. Wine, beer and Noble Cider are also available, and a dumbwaiter system allows guests to order food from Rosetta’s Kitchen located directly upstairs. Cocktails […]

Small bites: A taste of Black Mountain

A new business is opening in Black Mountain that’s geared to foodies and history buffs of both the local and tourist variety: Creative Mountain Food Tours, owned by McDowell County residents Len and Sandi Eskew, will offer three themed tours that allow participants to do small-plate tastings at at least five restaurants, pubs and breweries while burning off those calories strolling through Black Mountain’s picturesque downtown.

Asheville Brewers Alliance welcomes new director, board leadership

PRESS RELEASE from Asheville Brewers Alliance ASHEVILLE, N.C. (June 6, 2014) – The Asheville Brewers Alliance today announced the election of two new members to its board of directors: Anne-Fitten Glenn, Beer Communicatrix at Oskar Blues Brewery in Brevard, and Scott Jennings, Brewmaster at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Mills River. Joe Rowland, owner of Nantahala […]

Wild Indigo Catering plans to open Brevard’s first food truck

WildIndigo_Kickstarter_060914.pages PRESS RELEASE from Wild Indigo Catering BREVARD, NC (June 9, 2014) – Chef Anne Somich, owner of Wild Indigo Catering, has a plan to bring Brevard its first food truck and she is using the popular crowdfunding website Kickstarter to turn that plan into a reality. Crowdfunding is the collection of finance from backers […]