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Slideshow: Spring has sprung in downtown Asheville
Around town today, people are in T-shirts and dresses, eating sushi and burritos on patios and sipping beer in courtyards. It’s a great day to dine — and drink — al fresco. Want to see? Check out our slideshow.
It takes guts
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Cupcakes for cures Eat cupcakes for a good cause? Yes, please! Cupcakes for Cures returns to the Grove Park Inn on Saturday, March 26. It's a cupcake lover's dream — a frosting-scented ballroom stuffed to the gills with the tiny creations of professional bakers competing for prizes and recognition. Amateurs and kids can get into […]
King of Pops celebrates warm weather with popsicles
The pushcart opened for its first day of business today across from the Grove Arcade, stocked with frozen treats like chocolate-sea salt and coconut-lemongrass popsicles.
— photo by Dustin Spagnola
Dish: Sampling the WNC food scene, one bite at a time
Xpress debuts our food-centric video series, Dish. In this episode, we try out rockfish milt at Zambra tapas restaurant in downtown Asheville.
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The offal truth
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Modesto gets a bakery Asheville has a new source for French pastries, breakfast breads, cupcakes and some of the only wood-fired bread in town. Hector Diaz has opened a bakery window on one side of his Grove Arcade Italian eatery, Modesto. Inside the tiny kitchen, Johnson-and-Wales-trained bakerJennifer Aker and Fulton Forde turn out classic desserts […]
Random musings about the Asheville food scene
As more and more great food comes to Asheville — and our local chefs continue to explore what’s available to them — it’s hard not to get excited. Here are a few observations from the weekend.
Dawg Gone
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Cure yourself, or eat Spanish tapas, they say The much-anticipated Cúrate is opening on Friday, March 4, in the former Arts Council gallery space on Biltmore Avenue. The traditional-style Spanish tapas bar is the project of Heirloom Hospitality, a group that includes chef Katie Button, an alumna of the internationally renowned Ferran Adria's el Bulli […]
National Truffle Festival comes to the Grand Bohemian this Saturday
—photo by Susi Gott Seguret
To experience truffles at the height of their flavor, prepared by stellar chefs from all over the country, head over to the Grand Bohemian this weekend for the National Truffle Fest, now in its third year.
Is local grain production in jeopardy?
A proposed bill in Congress may drastically affect the production of local grain — which means, ultimately, possible changes to our local food system.
John McEntire (pictured above) grows heirloom turkey wheat on his farm in Old Fort—Photo courtesy of Hazen Hunter photography
Smoked trout rillettes , courtesy of The Market Place and ASAP
This month, ASAP spotlights trout in their Get Local campaign as a featured local ingredient. Chef William Dissen of The Market Place has provided a recipe for trout rillettes in honor of trout month.
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Fiore's expands Fiore's Ristorante Toscana, Anthony Cerrato's classic Italian restaurant, is opening a second location in Arden at 2310 Hendersonville Road. But don't expect to see a carbon copy of Ceratto's downtown eatery. "It's going to be pretty different, actually," he says of Fiore’s South: Italian Comfort Food. For one, even though the menu will […]
“It’s botany, it’s art, it’s alchemy, it’s everything”
Cats and Dawgs to close
Cats and Dawgs, an eatery located at the Grove Arcade, is closing this Saturday, February 26.
Quick Bites: Food news to go in very tiny portions.
A few culinary notes gathered from wandering around downtown Asheville on a pretty day.
Loretta’s Café moves to a larger location
After 12 years in an almost impossibly small building on Patton Avenue, Loretta’s Café, a hot spot for cheap sandwiches, is moving north to 109 Broadway St. to set up in much larger digs.
Barbecue blunders
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Food fight The WNC Magazine Chefs Challenge series is back with new chefs, new secret ingredients — and a whole new venue. The challenges, to be held at Cucina 24 (24 Wall St. in downtown Asheville), will kick off Monday, March 7, and run through April 25. Last year, all of the action took place […]