Don’t trash that doggy bag! Asheville culinary experts have some creative ideas for giving new life to leftover restaurant meals.
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A generous helping: Activism is the main course for some WNC cafes and breweries
Although many of the region’s community-minded food businesses and breweries are known for their support of charities and causes, some were designed from the very beginning with a higher calling in mind.
New in the neighborhood: Growing North Asheville restaurant scene targets locals
Four food and beverage businesses with diverse concepts will launch in the neighborhood this spring.
Local chefs battle it out at the 2018 Asheville Wing War
This year’s offerings from the 11 competing kitchens ran the gamut from classic Buffalo wings to puréed fruit-topped concoctions.
To-go box revival: How to turn restaurant leftovers into new meals
This new series challenges local chefs to help combat food waste by offering innovative strategies for rejuvenating restaurant leftovers.
Tea party: Hot toddies to the rescue in Asheville’s cold and flu season
Warm winter cocktails offer healing and comfort in a mug.
Totally wasted: Asheville chefs offer tips for keeping food out of the trash
Food waste is a costly problem that is particularly painful in Western North Carolina with its high rate of food insecurity. Thrifty local chefs say there are many ways to start ending food waste in the home kitchen.
Copper Crown hosts benefit for sous chef Seth Walters
The East Asheville restaurant will hold a dine-out event Jan. 10 to support an employee recovering from a debilitating seizure.
Could Beer City kill Foodtopia?
Lower margins on Asheville’s craft brews could negatively impact local restaurants.
Front lines: Animal Liberation Front vs. Wild Abundance permaculture school
This fall, an international animal rights organization spearheaded a campaign to stop a small Western North Carolina permaculture school from hosting its annual home-butchering workshop.
Issues on the table: Asheville chefs lobby food policy in Washington and beyond
There’s a lot of good that can come from the sharp end of a chef’s knife, the blunt pressure of a rolling pin or the flash of a deglazing pan. But more and more these days, the culinary greats seem to be taking off their aprons and stepping outside their kitchens to help shape their communities […]
Asheville chefs bring story of Appalachia to the Triangle’s Terra Vita Festival
The annual food festival featured a panel discussion with local chefs Susi Gott Séguret and Mike Moore on the history and evolution of Appalachian cuisine.
Asheville Council candidates forum puts service industry issues on the table
The Buncombe County Young Democrats and the Asheville Sustainable Restaurant Workforce hosted a forum for Asheville City Council candidates this week that probed issues affecting the city’s population of restaurant and hospitality workers.
Rewriting Foodtopia: Food Policy Council revisits the Food Action Plan
This month the Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council seeks approval from the city for a revised version of its Food Action Plan.
Sunday kind of love: Is the Brunch Bill living up to its hype in Asheville?
While the recent passage of SB-155 was widely celebrated, skeptics have wondered just how much stimulus two hours of morning alcohol sales would provide for an already booming industry.
New chef, management bring changes at Local Provisions
After the sudden departure of chef Justin Burdett earlier this month, the nationally recognized downtown restaurant will undergo a few modifications to its original concept.
DIY bar infusions repurpose food scraps, preserve flavors
With kitchen scraps, herbs, spices and inexpensive liquors, it’s easy to adopt preservation methods used by Asheville bartenders to create flavored infusions for the home bar.
Fire it up: Outdoor grilling law opens up new options for Asheville restaurateurs
State legislation passed at the end of May offers an affordable way for eateries to expand their menus and draw more customers.
Swerving through paradise: The rise and fall of DWIs in Beer City
Although Western North Carolina’s craft brewing industry has grown exponentially in the last decade, DWI arrests have decreased significantly.
Falling short: What’s causing Asheville’s restaurant labor crisis?
The challenges of finding and maintaining kitchen help are not new to Asheville’s restaurant industry, but the problem seems to be growing for many local restaurateurs.
New app by Asheville developers streamlines liquor industry ordering
The brainchild of River Arts District bar manager Palmer Fox, new Apple iOS application Barley can cut the time it takes bartenders to complete the ABC ordering process by as much as 75 percent.
