Holiday blues got you down? A flurry of local workshops, wine tastings and tea parties offer opportunities to infuse your holiday social calendar with culinary merriment. With so much deliciousness (and/or alcohol) in your belly you’ll be rendered incapable of muttering “humbug.”
Press release The Buncombe County Service Foundation will host the Eight Days of Food Trucks fundraiser featuring one food truck per day Wednesday, Dec. 11 – Friday, Dec. 13 and Monday, Dec. 16 – Friday, Dec. 20 at 35 Woodfin St. in downtown Asheville. The trucks will be serving food from 11 a.m. – 2 […]
What happens when a venue known for its tap takeovers gets together with a brewery also known for its tap takeovers? A really, really big tap takeover, starting at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11.
The Crossing at Hollar Mill in Hickory is offering, along with its upcoming Schmoozapalooza event, a chance to be a part of the filming of a segment of the Food Network’s “Food Court Wars” program with host Tyler Florence. Press release Schmoozapalooza The Crossing at Hollar Mill is hosting the Catawba County Chamber of Commerce’s […]
Press release The Asheville Independent Restaurant (AIR) 2014 Passport is now on sale, just in time for the holidays. The Passport, which includes buy-one-get-one coupons at more than 40 of Asheville’s locally owned, farm-to-table restaurants and breweries, can be purchased for $50 at the AIR website (www.airasheville.org) or at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce […]
The Asheville area’s holiday offerings include a multitude of palatable family-friendly events. Indulge your family’s senses in holiday spirit with the smells and tastes of local, seasonal fare. Even the littlest bellies will find edible holiday cheer in abundance. The appeal occasionally draws our favorite visitor from the North Pole to dine and mingle with his gracious fans, especially, it seems, when there are pancakes to be had.
From Black Mountain News: Daniel Wright, chef-operator of Tomato Jam Cafe, said he’s been forced to leave the restaurant and the 379 Biltmore Ave. building he’s leased since 2010. Tomato Jam Cafe — a breakfast and lunch spot known for its comfort food and grilled cheese sandwiches — will have its last day with Wright […]
After completing a 30-day all-banana diet, Black Mountain resident and self-described “fruitarian” Montana “Tanner” Leet received the results of a blood test he ordered to show how eating nothing but bananas for an entire month affected his body. At first, Leet misinterpreted some of the test information and mistakenly believed the regime had caused his […]
WNC residents share Thanksgiving memories
Every Wednesday, like clockwork, the Haywood Street Congregation, based in the brick church at the corner of Patton Avenue and Haywood Street, offers a family-style lunch and rollicking worship service that nourishes the bodies and souls of many members of Asheville’s homeless population, along with other residents from all walks of life. (photo by Michael Carlebach)
Advantage West held the “Fry Party” last week at a kitchen at Blue Ridge Food Ventures, located on AB-Tech’s Enka campus, to bring local attention to F3, an effort, according to project director Ron Townley, that pilots a new business model for the production of biodiesel from locally grown canola. The program, he says, is aimed at ultimately reducing Western North Carolina’s dependence on imported fuels by creating a partnership among area farmers, restaurants and biofuel producers.
Just in time for the chill of fall, The Bull and Beggar has opened its doors for the revival of Charlie Hodge’s Recession Proof Mixology, or RPM. Hodge began the project at Chestnut before bringing the program of affordable cocktails and bar food to the River Arts District for the first time last Monday night.
The Venue in downtown Asheville was packed with foodies last night for Asheville Independent Restaurant Association’s (AIR) 10th annual Taste of Asheville small-plate extravaganza. The crowds were gathered to participate in a strolling dinner party that encompassed all three floors of the vintage brick building.
Nothing compares to a feast on Thanksgiving Day without any dishes to clean up! If you plan to eat out for the holiday, it’s a good idea to make reservations as soon as possible.
The mighty plank of wood sailed through the air before docking atop my table. On it, two iron burners protected small fires in their depths. Armored red legs rested in a tangle in the middle and architecturally interesting shapes rose from the edges, forming a tantalizing city. The new pupu platter from Ben’s Tune Up had arrived.
Local restaurant, Native Kitchen and Social Pub in Swannanoa recently donated more than $1,400 to two local schools, Artspace Charter School and The Learning Community. “One of our main goals is to give back to the community,” said Casey Watkins, co-owner of Native Kitchen and Social Pub. “By aiding our local schools, we are going […]
“Star Chefs” has been recognizing the best and brightest culinarians in specified pockets across the country since 2002, and they turned their gaze to the Carolinas this fall. In the end, more than a third of all the Rising Stars awards for both North and South Carolina were handed to WNC chefs and artisans.
Six local chefs put their palates together at The Market Place restaurant on Wednesday to decide the World’s Best-Tasting Honey at the final round of the third annual Black Jar Honey Contest presented by the Center for Honeybee Research.
Press release from West Asheville Tailgate Market What: West Asheville Tailgate Market Harvest Moon Supper Date: Tuesday, Nov. 19 Time: 7 p.m. Location: The Hub, 278 Haywood Road Chefs: Featuring the chefs of Saffron Fine Foods and HomeGrown Eatery, with Michael Gentry from the Sustainable Gourmet. Music: Live old-time music. Beverage: Noble Hard Cider Tickets: […]
Press release from Asheville Sister Cities, Inc. Asheville Sister Cities, Inc. invites the community to a culinary tour of Asheville’s sister cities at the Around the World Party, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Aloft Asheville Downtown, 51 Biltmore Ave. This holiday event will feature international delicacies provided by Cecilia’s Kitchen, […]
Press release from Western Piedmont Community College Western Piedmont Community College’s Sustainable Agriculture Program will offer an on-farm turkey processing workshop 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, at the WPCC campus,1001 Burkemont Ave., Morganton. Students will learn the skill of humanely processing heritage breed turkeys. The instructors for the course taught the poultry […]
