PRESS RELEASE from Short Street Cakes Asheville, NC, October 15, 2014: Short Street Cakes, Asheville’s from-scratch, all-natural, Southern-style Cake Shop, celebrates the Mexican holiday of Los Dias de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) by creating authentic Mexican Sugar Skulls for the Nov. 1 and Nov. 2 holidays. Starting on Tuesday, Oct. 14 and continuing through […]
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Metro Wines to host animal rights advocate, author Julie Lewin
PRESS RELEASE from Metro Wines Julie Lewin, author of Get Political for Animals and founder and president of the National Institute for Animal Advocacy, will speak at Metro Wines on Tuesday, October 14 at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to all. In Get Political for Animals, Lewin, sharing her skills as a […]
Small bites: HardLox Jewish Food & Heritage Festival
The HardLox Jewish Food & Heritage Festival will schlep its annual “challahbaloo” of klezmer and knishes to Pack Square on Sunday, Oct. 19. Challahbaloo! is the theme for this year’s festival, now enjoying its 12th anniversary, and as always, guests can expect to find a host of traditional Jewish delicacies for their noshing pleasure. Some […]
Haywood County hosts Apple Harvest Festival Oct. 18 in Waynesville
Haywood County boast a long tradition of growing apples and will celebrate both the fruit and the season with the 26th annual Haywood Apple Festival on Saturday, Oct. 18.
The Fresh Market to hold Wine Gala benefitting Asheville Symphony Guild
PRESS RELEASE from The Fresh Market Wine and Dine with The Fresh Market at Wine Gala Benefiting Asheville Symphony Guild Tasteful Event at Neighborhood Grocer to Raise Funds for Local Nonprofit Organization The Fresh Market on 1378 Hendersonville Road invites Asheville’s community members to raise their glasses for a feel-good food and wine event. The […]
Winemaker Michele D’Aprix to speak from France via Skype at Metro Wines
PRESS RELEASE from Metro Wines News Release: October 10, 2014 Looking for something different to do tonight? Join Michele D’Aprix in Bordeaux by Skype at 5 p.m. sharp at Metro Wines. Michele is the only American woman winemaker in Bordeaux. She is staying up very late to talk with us from the chateau in […]
Co-executive chef named for Gàn Shān Station
Patrick O’Cain has chosen a kitchen co-conspirator for Gàn Shān Station, his new venture on Charlotte Street. On Tuesday, O’Cain, owner of the soon-to-open Asian-themed restaurant, announced that Charleston, S.C., chef Chris Hathcock will join him in the role of co-executive chef at the eatery, which is slated to open later this year in the old gas station at […]
Small bites: Poppy popcorn shop comes to Merrimon Avenue
Ginger Frank is about to open a business that her kids can really get behind. The East Asheville mother of two is launching Poppy, Asheville’s first popcorn shop, in Merrimon Square this week. Poppy will offer 15 regular flavors to start, both savory and sweet. Her Chicago mix is a rich blend of caramel and cheddar […]
Wicked Weed announces Funkatorium opening date
PRESS RELEASE from Wicked Weed Brewing Co. ASHEVILLE, NC – October 6th 2014 – Wicked Weed Brewing Funkatorium Opens Doors to the Public on Friday, October 10th at 4 p.m. In just four days, Wicked Weed Brewing will open the doors to their second location, the Funkatorium. Despite its close proximity of just 3 blocks from […]
ASAP Get Local celebrates apples for October
PRESS RELEASE from Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Program ASHEVILLE, NC (October 1, 2014)—Local apples are at the core of our region’s agricultural economy. So what a better way to celebrate fall in the Southern Appalachians than with local apples? Area farmers grow them all – Arkansas Black, Cameo, Fuji, Mutsu, Pink Lady, and the list goes […]
Small Bites: Over Easy Café, Herbiary to host book signing events
A dinner with author Robin Rose Bennett at Over Easy Café, new tabletop grills at Korean House, changes in the food-truck scene, a class on the science of cooking with Mark Rosenstein and a coffee IPA tasting event are all in the news this week.
Twisted Laurel opens this week downtown
A new Mediterranean restaurant opens this week in the downtown space at 130 College St. that previously housed the Arcade dance club. The Twisted Laurel Eatery and Lounge opens to the public on Wednesday, Oct. 1, offering a large menu of pizzas, subs, salads, pastas, traditional Greek specialties, desserts and more. The remodeled 6,400-square-foot space features […]
Wicked Weed Brewing announces annual release of Dark Arts wild imperial stout
ASHEVILLE, NC – September 29th, 2014 – Wicked Weed Brewing Announces a New Once-a-Year Release, Dark Arts, a 15% ABV Wild Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels for a year. Co-owners and brothers, Luke and Walt Dickinson, knew since the day they opened the doors of their brewery that they were going to brew the […]
Taste of Our Carolina Foothills wine and food festival
The Our Carolina Foothills campaign will host the inaugural Taste of Our Carolina Foothills wine and food festival on Sunday, Sept. 28, at Overmountain Vineyards in Tryon. The event is a fundraiser for the Our Carolina Foothills public relations campaign to create awareness about and promote tourism in Landrum, Tryon, Saluda and Columbus. Visitors will […]
Mother Earth Produce celebrates third year in business
PRESS RELEASE FROM MOTHER EARTH PRODUCE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (September 25, 2014) – It’s no surprise that a couple of educators are behind a local company’s quest to help Upstate and Western North Carolina residents learn about the bounty of our local fields and farms. Graham and Andrea Duvall, the owners of Asheville, NC-based […]
Monkey business: Sweet Monkey Bakery & Café opens in Marshall
“I was born to bake,” says Hollie West, owner of Sweet Monkey Bakery & Café, a restaurant that opened this summer in downtown Marshall. As a kid growing up in Maui, Hawaii, West begged her mom to buy her an Easy-Bake Oven. “But mom said, ‘No, you have a real one to play with,’” she recalls, […]
Small Bites: Patio Party at West End Bakery & Café
Back in July, West End Bakery & Café embraced the summer season by adding a covered outdoor seating area to its landmark West Asheville property. Around the same time, the bakery’s dessert chef, Meg Schearer, introduced dessert flights to the menu — a sampling of sweet items in tiny portions on one plate — and […]
Spreading the love: Culinary partnership builds relationships
Just over a year ago, Cúrate co-owner Liz Button introduced an initiative to bring a fine-dining experience to the city’s homeless and food insecure. Once each month since last June, Button has brought some of Asheville’s most prominent chefs into the basement kitchen of the Haywood Street Congregation’s Welcome Table program to share their cuisine with the homeless ministry’s guests. Click through for a story and slide show from August’s Welcome Table meal with The Junction and King James Public House.
Ruka’s Table offers lunch, tasting menus
PRESS RELEASE from Ruka’s Table Highlands, N.C. (September 9, 2014) Executive Chef Justin Burdett of Ruka’s Table in Highlands, N.C., is now serving a full lunch menu available daily from 12 p.m. through 3 p.m. Additionally, chef Burdett also offers to cook “off-menu” for patrons, allowing them to enjoy his culinary creativity, in lieu […]
13th Annual Organifest to take place Sunday
PRESS RELEASE What: Organicfest 2014 ~ celebrating everything organic (and green!) When: Sunday, September 7 Time: 10:00 am–6:00 pm Where: Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville, NC Why: Celebrate and promote the goodness of organics! Website: www.organicfest.org 13th Annual Organicfest Celebrates National Organic Month ASHEVILLE, NC—On Sunday, September 7, Asheville’s 13th annual Organicfest will bring thousands to Pack Square Park and […]
Organicfest to happen downtown this weekend
PRESS RELEASE 13th Annual Organicfest Celebrates National Organic Month ASHEVILLE, NC—On Sunday, September 7, Asheville’s 13th annual Organicfest will bring thousands to Pack Square Park and the Roger McGuire Green to celebrate everything that is organic, green, and healthy. Free and open to the public, the family friendly day will commemorate National Organic Month […]