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Taste of WNC

Taste of WNC by Bob Bowles
Farm-raised bread baker and friend of all things grape, Bob Bowles is a board member of Slow Food Asheville, founder of the Asheville Wine & Food Festival, and your guide to all the latest culinary happenings of our region.
Grove Park Inn - Farm to Table Dinners

The Grove Park Inn is hosting the 2010 Visiting Chef Dinner Series (http://tinyurl.com/33cn9y9). The dinners are held at their Horizons Dining Room; which features wonderful views of Asheville.
Native Vines and Homemade Wines

A phone call out of the blue!” Hey Bob, want to come over to Maggie Valley and try some of my wine?” I have been trying to get up with a friend, John Holmes, for several years as he had related his ex
Fishing for the Perfect Secret Ingredient

Five challenges down and only eight more to go before the Final Iron Chef Challenge at the WNC Magazine Asheville Wine and Food Festival.
What Secret Ingredients are in Your Pantry?

Apples, lots of apples. We had boxes of Rome and Granny Smiths from local growers and packing houses.
I have a secret!

I’ve been a little too occupied to blog about the WNC Chefs Challenge (www.ashevillewineandfood.com) at the Flying Frog Café (www.flyingfrogcafe.com) and have felt that I was a little too close to the
Hot Spots in a Really Cool Town

Highlands is a hot spot for food, wine, and fun! I just attended the 2010 Collective Spirits Wine Festival (www.collectivespirits.com) in Highlands (www.highlandschamber.org) and it was a blast.
Top Chefs

Ever wonder what top chefs do when they get together?
Chefs and their Kitchens

I have been in so many restaurant kitchens lately! It has been interesting to see the various workplaces where some of the best food in WNC is conceived and prepared for a wide variety of patrons.
Asheville is still the Paris of the South

Have you ever been to a Wine Dinner? The Market Place’s (www.marketplace-restaurant.com/) William Dissen and Steve Pignatiello of Pcomms Wines (www.pcommswines.com/) recently partnered to produ
Blowing Rock’s “Fire on the Rock Chefs Challenge"

The chefs march down the aisle, onto the stage, and stand behind their respective prep areas in anticipation of the challenge.