Shop Like A Chef
It’s no secret that restaurant chefs are notorious for getting up extra early to be the first shoppers at the farmers market, nabbing…
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Cook How They Cook
Blue Ridge Bakery in Brevard is known for artsy, made-to-order cakes and robust Mediterranean lunches. And it’s a generous place, too, refusing to…
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Fruit of the Future
“I just slice them in half. And it’s kind of like they grow in their own little cup and all you need is…
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Apples for Days (Even Years)
The record spring rain that prompted mudslides and evacuations in Henderson County apparently didn’t hurt the all-important apple crop at Sky Top Orchard,…
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Set to Pour
One day, Brenda Coates hopes to distill her own liquor, but in the meantime, she’s serving up dozens of types of brandy from…
Read More“A Beautiful and Orchestrated Life”
To better understand all the buzz about local honey, Killer Bees Honey in Lake Toxaway offers tours in Pisgah National Forest on Thursday…
Read MoreThe Fruit of Henderson County’s Labors
It just wouldn’t be Labor Day weekend in Western North Carolina without hitting the downtown streets of Hendersonville for the annual North Carolina…
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Brevard’s Oldest Brewery Gets Canned
Since 2012, fans of Brevard Brewing Company — the oldest brewery in Transylvania County — could only find its five signature ales on…
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The Other Apple
It’s round, red, and juicy, and Hendersonville is celebrating it this month. Everyone’s favorite salad “fruit” gets the jump on the ubiquitous apple Saturday,…
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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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