Surviving With Flavor
“Hard as a hickory nut” is an old-timey saying, and presumably Hickory Nut Gorge holds a fair amount of this namesake specimen. But…
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Rare Oconee Bells are the true harbingers of mountain spring
Americana bigwigs Gillian Welch and David Rawlings wrote “Acony Bell,” one of their earliest songs, and titled their recording company — Acony Records —…
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Brooks Tavern: rich pub food and original ambience
It feels like an old-style bar car on an Amtrak train, minus the cigarette smoke — one long, narrow room chugging forward with…
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Stitch in Time (and Space)
Stitchery never stops. A national touring exhibit, Through the Needle’s Eye, launches this month in Brevard, pauses in town till September, then will go…
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Newman’s (By No Other Name)
A gray-and-white rescue cat called Edward greets visitors with a shy blink just inside the doors of The Orchard Inn. He wanders outside to…
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Twice the Rice
Filling a space vacated by previous Asian restaurants, Joey Nguyen, a native of New Orleans and former resident of Charlotte, had the advantage of…
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Stickin’ With The Pig
Back in June, on the eve of opening Old Etowah Smokehouse, chef Mike Moore admitted to Bold Life that “The Pig” has followed him…
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Surveying the Rows at Veterans Healing Farm
In this picture, Air Force veteran John Mahshie peruses the anise hyssop and bee balm among the lush acres of Veterans Healing Farm, the…
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Deviled Eggs in the Details
How many well-schooled restaurateurs does it take to boil a kettle full of peanuts? In the case of Magpie Meat & Three, the answer…
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Gillian Welch Takes Her Own Sweet Time
Gillian Welch doesn’t hurry. Revival, her first disc, dropped 20 years ago. Between that day and today, we’ve experienced three polarizing presidents, 9/11 and…
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