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Small Bites
Cocktails by the water There's not much in the way of waterfront drinking around these parts, until now. By the side of the French Broad in the River Arts District sits a newly established private club and bar, The Bywater, opened Sept.19. The Bywater offers an alternative to the downtown bar scene, a relaxing atmosphere […]
600 pounds of live fish gone from Sunburst Trout Farms
The suspects allegedly made off with a truckload of trout, liberated from the farm with the aid of several nets and scoops of fish food.
LAB-grown meat
Small Bites
Now that's New York-style pizza Circle in the Square Pizza on Merrimon has always claimed to offer “a slice of New York.” Indeed, the pizza served is touted by plenty of Northern transfers as one of the only authentic New York-style slices to be found this far south of the Mason Dixon. Sure, the pies […]
Cooking up the biz
When local caterers and food artisans want to dish out the entrepreneurial spirit, many of them head to Blue Ridge Food Ventures, an 11,000-square-foot, shared-use processing facility that enables men and women alike to breathe life into their dreams. A project of regional economic-development commission AdvantageWest, the facility and its staff have helped a number […]
Food news to go: Area restaurant news in small bites
Brixx Pizza catches fire, The Southern gets down and dirty, Ritrovo Pizzeria is alive and well.
Small Bites
Looking for the ultimate party? This month, the Asheville Independent Restaurant Association takes a unique approach to ensure that hopeful culinary professionals have a bright future. AIR is auctioning off an entire staffed dinner party for up to 60 people, complete with drinks and an assortment of sweet and savory treats from AIR member restaurants. […]
Lexington Avenue Brewery raises its own beef, wants to feed it to you
The LAB brings meat from the hoof to the kitchen for their “Beer and Beef” dinner on Tuesday, Sept. 28.
Laurey Masterton, ever the food activist, hosts a fundraiser for ASAP.
Masterton will throw the “hive-to-table” benefit on her Weaverville property on Wednesday, Sept. 22nd. The real star of the show? Masterton’s bees.
Photo courtesy of ASAP
From goat training to bee keeping
Where can one learn how to train goats, practice organic insect control and stage a natural, do-it-yourself burial all in the same day? There will be ample opportunity to do so at the fourth annual True Nature Country Fair, presented by the Organic Growers School on Sept. 25 and 26. There, attendees can learn about […]
Re-imagining Heiwa
Apple gleaning, beer floats and the closing of Ophelias
An apple a day When it's apple season in Western North Carolina, there's no avoiding it. Hendersonville just held its festival celebrating the fruit, and Waynesville has one too. Hickory Nut Forest in Hickory Nut Gorge is gearing up for itsown festival as well. AppleFest, a free, family-friendly event, will be held on Saturday, Sept. […]
Organicfest grows in Pack Square Park on Saturday
Head downtown tomorrow for a festival of organic foods, demonstrations on sustainable living and live entertainment.
Kid’s Garden Parade, courtesy of Organicfest
Fire on the Mountain
We didn’t tell the whole story about the many farms and donors who are helping put together the latest, greatest Slow Food fundraiser.
Small Bites
Slow food fundraiser In its history as an international movement, Slow Food has focused on the pleasure, as much as the politics, of food. Slow Food, founded in Italy by Carlo Petrini, is about preserving traditional ways of eating, preparing and cultivating what ends up on the table. The movement has since spread across the […]
Fresh Asheville
Organic Growers School rolls out its fourth annual True Nature Country Fair this month
Homesteading to health and healing, permaculture to primitive skills, gardening to green building, there’s something for everyone at this do-it-yourself fair.
City of 1,000 Easels project seeks to saturate the roster with talent, issues call for more artists
On Sunday, September 12, the Asheville Area Arts Council plans to station 200 visual artists along the sidewalks of downtown Asheville for the “City of 1,000 Easels” project — and wants you to join in the fun.
Valet Gourmet on Broadway has front door smashed, safe stolen.
Some time early this morning, an unidentified person threw a rock through the glass front door of Valet Gourmet, an independently owned food delivery service formerly known as Blue Ridge To Go. The business has been located at its Broadway location since December of 2008.
Festival of Flavor
What's a street festival without food? A grouchy group of drunken zombies, that's what. Fortunately, for festival-goers, there are plenty of local restaurants available to help soothe the blood-sugar woes at LAAFF. Just what can revelers expect to see and taste? Several Lexington Avenue merchants will be represented at the LAAFF food court, and it's […]