Don Justus has seen people do just about anything to take home some of his apples. In his youth, ladies from a visiting church group refused brown bags, opting instead to fashion their bloomers into larger, sturdier carriers. Recently, a family who’d driven up from Columbia, S.C., donned matching rain boots, coats and hats, and […]

A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to wait tables at the Universal Joint in West Asheville for Little Iron Man’s Big Night Out, a benefit for a local three-year-old boy recently diagnosed with neuroblastoma. Other guest servers were invited as well, including a Blue Ridge Roller Girl and a pro, take-no-prisoners server from […]

The Asheville area has been bursting with new food businesses lately. When it comes to restaurant options, we've got plenty: Pick up a steamer bucket of shellfish at Bluewater Seafood on Charlotte Street, grab a sandwich at Cucina 24 Deli on Wall Street, or scoop up a crêpe from the Twisted Crêpe on Haywood Street. […]