Goose Island Beer Co.’s Migration Week is coming to Asheville this week, bringing with it rare beers on draft and in bottles. From the brewery’s website: MONDAY, SEPT. 21 “Brewing with Barrels, Goose Island and friends” Q&A Time 5-7 p.m. Location Tasty Beverage 162 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC Description Learn all the stories behind the […]
PRESS RELEASE from Ashevillage: Resilient Living Workshop Website: www.ashevillage.org/resilient-living-workshop Date: October 12-16, 2015 Location: Asheville, NC “We sense that ‘normal’ isn’t coming back, that we are being born into a new normal: a new kind of society, a new relationship to the earth, a new experience of being human.” ~ Charles Eisenstein Interested in gaining the […]
PRESS RELEASE from the Organic Growers School: Asheville, NC: Organic Growers School is launching Farm Beginnings®, a yearlong farmer training course beginning on October 24th, 2015. The program is designed to offer beginning and expanding farmers the practical skills and knowledge needed to start and grow successful long-term farm businesses. Farm Beginnings® is focused on […]
PRESS RELEASE from MG Road: Tonight, MG Road welcomes whiskey slingers Kat Hunter and Kristian Niemi from Bourbon in Columbia, S.C., for the second installment of Libation Migration, a weekly event at MG Road in association with Bulleit Bourbon. In addition to these fine visiting barkeeps, MG Road is also very pleased to welcome AJ Pitner, […]
Breakfast and lunch tacos inspired by the cuisine of Austin, Texas, and Mexico will be the focus at new West Asheville eatery TacoBilly.
Monday nights in Asheville are about to take on a cross-country flavor as MG Road cocktail lounge introduces its newest popup concept, Libation Migration, on Monday, Sept. 7.
With one in six people in Western North Carolina lacking consistent access to food, MANNA FoodBank and its partner agencies are uniting to host hunger-awareness events and initiatives in September for national Hunger Action Month. MANNA also hopes to wrap up its Space to Erase Hunger capital campaign this month, allowing for crucial expansions to the organization’s capacity that will impact hungry families in 16 counties.
Good food doesn’t have to be expensive. That’s the message of Leanne Brown’s new cookbook, Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/Day, which is aimed at empowering people on very tight budgets to cook food they love. Brown visits the Asheville area on Friday as part of MANNA FoodBank’s calendar of Hunger Action Month events.
PRESS RELEASE from 51 Coxe: ASHEVILLE, NC – 51 Coxe is pleased to announce that it will hold a Grand Opening Celebration for its newly renovated Food Truck Court, Commissary and Beverage Service onsite at 51 Coxe Avenue at 4pm-6pm on September 11, 2015. We are happy to introduce our services for the food truck […]
Xpress is curious about Asheville’s food choices. Please take a minute to tell us what you eat by completing this poll. We will publish the results in late September.
Webo’s BBQ moves to River Ridge, the Asheville Wine & Food Festival dishes out its annual carnival of edible delights, Mela opens a new restaurant at UNC Asheville, The Fresh Market celebrates Hatch chiles and the Henderson County Cooperative Extension offers a workshop on preserving tomatoes.
The Mountain Jewish Festival kicks off in Hendersonville, workshops are offered on fermented foods and foraging for mushrooms, Black Mountain Ciderworks celebrates its second year, ASAP hosts its Local Summer Cookout and food writer Jonathan Ammons talks about Nightbell’s unique take on the classic deviled egg.
Press release from Wild Wing Cafe: Wild Wing Cafe is hosting a watch party for American Ninja Warrior contestant and Asheville resident Miles Avery. Miles is the owner of Osega Gymnastics and a four-time coach for the U.S. men’s Olympic gymnastics team. At age 56, he is one of the oldest contestants. Wild Wing Cafe is inviting everyone […]
WNC beverage enthusiasts are harnessing the kick of ginger in their alcoholic and nonalcoholic brews.
A new vegan lunch service opens in August, Farm Burger hosts a raffle to benefit ASAP and five local restaurants win recognition from Wine Spectator magazine. Plus food writer Jonathan Ammons talks about his latest favorite dish — grit cakes at Louise’s Kitchen.
In this week’s local food news, Mela celebrates 10 years with a $10 deal, Verner Learning Center receives an early-childhood nutrition distinction, Burntshirt Vineyards is named North Carolina Winery of the Year and more. Plus food writer Jonathan Ammons talks about frozen cocktails at Tiger Mountain.
Some Like It Hot to benefit The Hope Chest for Women Local businesses are coming together this week to sponsor Some Like It Hot, a foodcentric fundraiser for breast and gynecological cancer support organization The Hope Chest for Women. A smorgasbord of appetizers provided by Asheville restaurants and caterers, desserts from area supermarkets, Catawba Brewing […]
The Asheville Wine and Food Festival’s Essence features showdowns among local chefs and mixologists; it’s time for Food Truck Friday at Reynolds Village; two local breweries collaborate to support Asheville greenways and more.
Pack’s Tavern turns five, Season’s at Highland Lake does a Father’s Day brunch buffet, Hickory Nut Gap Farm hosts an open house and Mamacita’s heads to Charlotte Street. Also, food writer Jonathan Ammons lets us in on his favorite local flavors with What’s Wowing Me Now.
More than 80 barbecue teams from across the U.S. competed in the Blue Ridge BBQ and Music Festival June 12-13 in Tryon. Midnight Burn, a team from Hendersonville, was among the top winners in the Kansas City Society-sanctioned event.
Asheville Bee Charmer’s Pollination Celebration event, the Around the World Honey Tasting on Monday, June 15, is focused on honeycentric fun, education and raising money for Bee City USA.
