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.
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What’s cooking: Local food and drink events on the Fourth
Locals whose Fourth of July plans don’t already include overstuffed picnic baskets or cookouts with friends will have plenty of other food and drink options to choose from this holiday as Asheville’s restaurants and bars get set to celebrate with everything from wieners to watermelon-mint cider. Those who are really, really hungry can fill up […]
Comedian to perform at Metro Wines’ Blind Tasting League
Washington D.C.-based comedian Herbie Gill will make a guest appearance at the Blind Tasting League at Metro Wines at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 2. Gill has performed at Metro Wines before and always puts on a great show. He also knows wine! Cost is $15. Visit www.blindtastingleague.com for more information and to RSVP.
All Souls Pizza welcomes Montford Farmers Market to the RAD
All Souls Pizza will help the Montford Farmers Market’s transition to its new incarnation as the River Arts District Farmers Market with a welcome-to-the-neighborhood bash at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, in its field at 175 Clingman Avenue. The festivities will also celebrate All Souls’ first anniversary and mark the beginning of drink service […]
Asheville Food Fights to host inaugural WNC Battle of the Burger
Asheville Food Fights’ hugely successful Asheville Wing War will soon be joined by a new installment in the series of annual culinary throw-downs to raise money for local charities: the WNC Battle of the Burger. Only 15 local restaurants will be allowed to compete for the title of Best Burger in WNC in the […]
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, […]
Small bites: Toast Café plans Asheville expansion
Toast Café plans Asheville expansion Charlotte-based restaurant chain Toast Café is planning to open as many as three locations in Asheville in the coming months. CEO Robert Maynard says he is looking at potential spaces downtown on Biltmore Avenue as well as in West Asheville. According to Maynard, the company, which focuses on breakfast […]
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.
Pottery Dinner at All Souls Pizza
Press release from All Souls Pizza All Souls Pizza and Melissa Weiss Pottery are collaborating for a three-course Pottery Dinner on Sunday, June 29, in the field at All Souls, 175 Clingman Ave. Service begins at 6 p.m. All courses will be served on custom ceramic tableware made by Melissa Weiss. All pottery will […]
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 […]
Stir Crazy fundraising event to benefit Blue Ridge Food Ventures
Press release from Blue Ridge Food Ventures [Asheville, North Carolina – June 23, 2014]: Tickets are now on sale for Stir Crazy, a party benefiting Blue Ridge Food Ventures, featuring food, craft beer, wine and specialty cocktails, live music, and silent auction and raffle items that range from restaurant gift certificates and zipline […]
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 […]
Mixed company: Rhubarb introduces Sunday Supper
Chef John Fleer is taking the traditional American idea of family and friends gathering around a table for a Sunday evening meal to a new level. Fleer’s Pack Square restaurant, Rhubarb, is reimagining its current Thursday evening Family Meal as Sunday Supper, a celebration of the abundance of area farms in a communal dining setting […]
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.
Hemp documentary inspires beer collaboration
Black Mountain’s Lookout Brewing has collaborated with Hi-Wire Brewing and Urban Orchard Cider to create a small-batch, short-release hemp-seed oil brew in support of a documentary made by local filmmakers about industrialized hemp. The beer will be available at a special screening of the movie, Bringing It Home, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 17.
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 […]
Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival starts Friday
Tryon is the place to be for barbecue fans this weekend. The Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival is happening all day and well into the night on Friday and Saturday, June 13-14 at Tryon’s Harmon Field. The Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned event will feature dozens of cooking teams from as far away as Florida […]
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 […]
Wicked Weed to release World Cup beer series
PRESS RELEASE from Wicked Weed Brewing Asheville, NC — With the start of the World Cup on June 12, Wicked Weed Brewing will release a series of beers inspired by traditional ingredients and/or beer styles from countries around the world. Wicked Weed Head Brewer Luke Dickinson has worked for months to source ingredients from […]
Beer and sub pairing at Metro Wines
PRESS RELEASE from Metro Wines Everyone knows the importance of wine and food pairing, but what about beer and food? Metro Wines is switching it up and will team up with Jersey Mike’s to host a beer and sub pairing on 6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 12 at Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St., Asheville. The cost […]