Local restaurants, breweries and organizations have developed creative ways to celebrate the holiday without the meat.
Carnival of Nuts fundraiser supports Asheville native nut collective
The family-friendly event will feature nutty foods, carnival games, squirrel aerial shows and more in an effort to help a local native nut-growing collective buy equipment to bring its harvest to market.
Asheville Thanksgiving events build community through food
A few local organizations and businesses are highlighting gratitude and strengthening community this Thanksgiving through food-focused events that are open to all.
Taste & Tunes: Taste of Asheville takes a musical direction
For this year’s Taste of Asheville, Asheville Independent Restaurants will partner with the local busking collective to highlight the city’s street performers.
Canyon Kitchen chef Adam Hayes presents dinner at the James Beard House
Asheville locals can get an advance taste of the menu at the Foothills Local Meats Butcher’s Table dinner this week.
Beer Scout: Cold Mountain turns 20, Ninjabread Man returns
Highland Cold Mountain Winter Ale and Asheville Brewing Ninjabread Man Porter evoke the holiday season in unique ways.
Small bites: Black Mountain Ciderworks celebrates Guy Fawkes Day
This week, Black Mountain Ciderworks + Meadery hosts its Guy Fawkes Celebration and Croatan release. Also, the RAD Farmers Market holds its annual fundraising dinner, Villagers offers a pickled beets workshop, Chestnut teams with the Asheville School of Wine for a dinner pairing and Lex 18 closes up shop.
Election cakes: OWL Bakery adds some sweetness to Asheville’s democratic process
It was once cake that fed the election cycle rather than campaign ads. OWL Bakery is trying to bring the former back.
Small bites: Day of the Dead at Short Street Cakes
This week kicks off Short Street Cakes’ eighth annual Day of the Dead fundraiser. Also, Vortex Doughnuts turns two, Friends of the Mountain Branch Library in Lake Lure hosts a chili cook-off, the Truckload Sale returns to French Broad Food Co-op and Lex 18 will offer Turkish coffee readings for Halloween.
Asheville Coffee Crawl project showcases local brews
Summer vacation can create more free time than some college students know what to do with. But last summer, Alex Perry and Mary Scarborough, 19-year-old sophomores at Berry College in Georgia, turned their downtime into an opportunity. The pair decided to visit and rank 30 coffee shops in the Asheville area and created a website with their results — ashevillecoffeecrawl.com. “I […]
Asheville chefs join fish stew fundraiser for victims of Hurricane Matthew
Many local restaurants are adding a traditional Eastern North Carolina dish to their menus with the goal of helping victims of Hurricane Matthew.
Small bites: Burger and Brew Nights at Isis
Kitchen 743 at Isis Music Hall celebrates its Battle of the Burger win, MOD Pizza opens in North Asheville, a pop-up dinner will preview soon-to-come Jargon restaurant, chef Elliott Moss has a new cookbook out and The Cheese Store of Asheville teams with 5 Walnut Wine & Cheese Bar for an afternoon workshop.
Local cheesemakers honored at 2016 N.C. State Fair competition
Two Western North Carolina creameries brought home multiple awards for their products.
Beer today, gone tomorrow: Asheville beer happenings Oct. 12-17
** UPDATED OCT. 15** Pour Taproom finds a new home, Burial releases Tin Cup cans and EDISON hosts a Fonta Flora beer brunch
Beer Scout: Local cideries celebrate fall fruit, industry growth and CiderFest NC
Bold Rock, Noble and Urban Orchard discuss the state of the local cider industry.
Asheville Plant-Based Face-Off challenges chefs to highlight vegan cuisine
A monthlong initiative of Asheville Vegan Outreach and No Evil Foods highlights the meat-free cuisine of more than a dozen local restaurants.
Small bites: Taco Throwdown at The Grey Eagle Taqueria
The Grey Eagle hosts a taco competition, chef Katie Button celebrates the publication of her first cookbook, Siam Thai Restaurant opens in North Asheville, Living Web Farms offers a pair of workshops and Buxton Hall Barbecue brings back its femalecentric Velvet & Lace pop-up concept with the Harvest Moon cocktail series.
Eighth annual Asheville Oktoberfest boasts more breweries, new location
The festival’s move this year to Pack Square Park is in response to its continually growing popularity with locals and tourists alike.
Early birds: Now is the time to preorder Thanksgiving foods from WNC farms
Roasted turkey and pumpkin pie still seem a long way down the road, but preorders are already going fast for locally raised holiday food items.
Homegrown Families hosts sweet potato contest and fundraiser Oct. 1
Something sweet is in the air. The seventh annual sweet potato cooking contest and fundraiser is happening Saturday, Oct. 1. This event will also double as the fall open house for the new Homegrown Families Health and Education Center at 201 Charlotte St. The center houses a variety of integrative family health services, including licensed […]
Small bites: Iron Hen Café opens in Asheville
Downtown’s Iron Hen Café holds its grand opening, The Vegan Experience opens at The Block off Biltmore, Local Provisions hosts a French wine dinner and Folkmoot focuses on Middle Eastern cuisine.