After almost a decade in business, Rosetta's Kitchen on Lexington Avenue is expanding in a big way. While business booms, Rosetta Star remains grounded in community. The restaurant owner and mother of four says that community involvement has been instrumental to her success. You may already know that Star is launching a packaged-food line called […]
White Duck Taco Shop expands hours, both the Gluten-Free Expo and Artisan Bread Bakers Fest are happening this weekend — and much more.
USA Today reports that food and drink tourism is booming. And yes, the article mentions Asheville: “Online travel company Viator, which provides access to more than 9,000 tours and activities, has seen a 50% increase in wine tour sales in the past year. And Kelly Gillease, vice president of marketing for Viator, says beer tour […]
Part two of an audio interview with TV personality, writer and outdoorsman, Steven Rinella
Part one of an audio interview with TV personality, writer and outdoorsman, Steven Rinella
Doug Beatty, founder of Barley’s Taproom and Pizzeria and the Brewgrass Festival will open Bone Fire at the Hardware in Abingdon, Va. in early April. The smokehouse and music venue will offer the town its “first taste of barbecue.” Even more interesting, however, is Beatty’s reason for leaving Asheville: “Beatty said he moved to Abingdon […]
The Renaissance Asheville Hotel (31 Woodfin St.) has been undergoing quite the transformation, and announces today that the renovation includes the installation of a new farm-to-table restaurant called the Writer’s Bistro. From PR Web, via Yahoo news: “The multimillion-dollar renovation transformed the hotel’s lobby, registration areas and gift shop. Its new restaurant, the Writer’s Bistro, […]
Sugar Momma’s Cookies is looking to get into the food-truck game, launching a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the project.
Could the Tri-Cities be the next location for Tupelo Honey? From Tri-Cities.com: A poll on Tupelo Honey’s Facebook page asks fans to vote for the Asheville-based restaurant’s next location and the top cities are all in the Tri-Cities. Johnson City currently leads the vote tally, with Kingsport, Bristol, Va. and Bristol, Tenn. trailing. The original […]
From the Asheville Travel Blog: Looking for somewhere special to dine this week? Satisfy your appetite with a 10-day dining extravaganza through Asheville’s beautiful Biltmore Village district. From today through March 18, you can enjoy 3 courses for $30 at participating restaurants. Reservations are recommended and be sure to tell your server that you’re there […]
VisitSouth.com picks up the story of Asheville’s new food-truck lot: One stop, many delights at “The Lot,” Asheville’s food truck stop Food truck lovers, rejoice! Asheville now has a downtown lot dedicated to food trucks. Known simply as “The Lot,” the area is located in a previously vacant lot the downtown city bus terminal on […]
In 1903, Auguste Escoffier, the oft-called "chef of kings and king of chefs," released Le Guide Culinaire, considered by some to be the French culinary Bible. To the average modern eater, the menus in the 5,000-recipe tome may seem downright bizarre; the book is now regarded as more of a recorded history of food than […]
From a press release: Register now for the April 19 NC Craft Beverage Regional Exchange Group meeting, held at Highland Brewing Company. This will be a combined meeting for hop growers and beverage producers focusing on managing fermentations from a very applied and practical standpoint. Discussions will include basic yeast and microbial activities, propagation considerations, […]
About.com has nominated Asheville as a finalist for 2012’s Most Romantic Place in the USA or Canada. The list also includes Maui, Miami Beach,Quebec City and Savannah. Click the link below to vote.
Ultimate Ice Cream Company supports county-wide greenways development with ice cream during the month of March. The “I Scream for Greenways!” Ice Cream campaign is in support for Connect Buncombe’s “Greenways, Please” initiative. Connect Buncombe is the Buncombe County Government’s outreach and involvement campaign for the greenways program, managed by Buncombe County Parks, Greenways and […]
Chefs William Dissen and Nicholas Figel team up on Wednesday, March 21 to present a five-course dinner with West African flair to benefit Asheville’s Adama Dembele.
Deep South Magazine (no, we haven’t heard of it yet, either) came out with a list of 50 restaurants that are, in their words, redefining Southern food. Anyone who’s paying any attention to the Food Network — or magazine racks, for that matter — knows that Southern food is pretty hot right now. Deep South […]
After almost a decade of business, Rosetta’s, the Lexington Avenue staple, is expanding in a big way.
From a Mission Hospital press release: Keeping up with a national trend toward locally sourced foods, Mission Hospital’s chefs will be demonstrating how to build a local burger this Friday, March 9. Exhibition cooking stations featuring local ingredients will be set up in the Mission cafeteria from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The menu will include hamburgers […]
From a press release from NC Choices: Just a few seats left for Whole Animal Butchery for Farmers and Chefs with Kari Underly of Range, Inc, Chicago, IL. This training is geared toward farmers who direct market pasture-raised meats including beef and pork as well as chefs, retail butchers and commercial meat processors who want […]
The Asheville Artisan Bread Bakers Festival, in its eighth year, takes place on Saturday, March 24. This year’s theme, “Local Grain, Local Flour, Local Bread,” speaks to the efforts of one dedicated group of bakers to bring locally grown and milled flour to North Carolina.
